legal fps / bps
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and ramping's also in abit of a gray zone in england in Scotland it's illegal (don't tell anyone though) as I believe in England the law is something like "an airweapon is not allowed to fire 2 or more projectiles per single pull of a trigger" and you could say that with ramping your firing 1.7 balls a trigger pull (wouldn't like to explain that to a judge though) but in Scotland the law states that "an airweapon is not allowed to fire more than 1 ball per single of a trigger".
But yeah mazimum legal limit for fps is 330 (but never in tournaments as that can start to break bones at close range
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But yeah mazimum legal limit for fps is 330 (but never in tournaments as that can start to break bones at close range
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I think John might have been thinking along the lines of "not even the home office know yet"mikey601 said:
We've never tested full auto against the law as there has never been a reason to do so.
280-300 fps
0ver 400 and someones getting punched.. stupid timmies that dont get chrono'd go over 400
0ver 400 and someones getting punched.. stupid timmies that dont get chrono'd go over 400
Maximum in UK tourneys is 300fps.
Usual limit at many tourneys is 280fps.
Lets not get into the crap about full auto/ramping being legal or illegal its tedious, you use it at a tourney it aint gona be allowed, you use it in a field against ur mates, they are gona be pissed off but the coppers aint gona come down on ya.
BPS wise, most tourneys that dont use ramping will either have unlimited semi, or semi capped at 15.4bps.
Again if you are in your garden or playing with mates no one is going to stop you chucking unlimited ramping on an shooting 25bps at each other, but the fun wears off pretty soon, usually once you run out of paint!
Usual limit at many tourneys is 280fps.
Lets not get into the crap about full auto/ramping being legal or illegal its tedious, you use it at a tourney it aint gona be allowed, you use it in a field against ur mates, they are gona be pissed off but the coppers aint gona come down on ya.
BPS wise, most tourneys that dont use ramping will either have unlimited semi, or semi capped at 15.4bps.
Again if you are in your garden or playing with mates no one is going to stop you chucking unlimited ramping on an shooting 25bps at each other, but the fun wears off pretty soon, usually once you run out of paint!
& look like a blackberry. Stuff like unlimited ramping coule be quite dangerous when fired at a person, in the manual for the spitfire mod for unlimited ramping QUOTE "do not fre at live targets" QUOTE. Beleae me its very coll but i wouldn't want to be shot with it.chrismrgn said:
*edit* Please note the following comment relates to AIRSOFT weapons - not paintball:
It's true!! Full auto airsoft guns are usually limited to around 350fps on most sites but semi auto only guns can go to 425fps and single shot sniper guns can go to 500fps. I don't fully understand the physics but I don't think 500fps neccessarily means it is over 12 ft/lbs.
Sorry should have made it clearer I was talking about airsoft guns in response to a previous post - have edited my post to make it clear.
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