Should Tippmann A5's with RT's be banned???

[Dskize]

edit. was definately not Alexandria

 

[Pump'n'Splat]

Originally posted by John C
Nope,

There is no law that says a fully auto paintball gun is illegal (so long as it shoots paintballs at less than 300fps).

In fact any electronic gun that goes over 10bps would probably be classed as fully auto in the eyes of the law.

That doesnt mean the home office have tested fully auto paintball guns and deemed them legal, it just means they dont see the need to make a law banning fully auto paintball guns at the moment because up to now we have behaved ourselves.

Nope, and...yes....

AU, i've followed this up, in SCOTLAND it is illegal, in the UK it's a grey area...

So, basically that site that dskize is referring to (and any other for that fact) that allows RT, Ramping, etc in Scoland had better wake up sharpish, because if not we're looking at another ban in Scotland....one trigger pull - two shots was EXACTLY the reason paintball got banned in Scotland, I have had this from the mouth of the Police Sergeant who attended the site where it was investigated, and then paintball guns as a whole put through the ringer...

Just a thought folks, it's likely to get a whole lot hotter everywhere in the UK for airguns, it just seems that Scotland had a forerunner for it, paintball markers are no longer illegal here, but there is a specific law which states that a firearm (to include air propelled guns) firing more than one shot per trigger pull is an illegal firearm (class 6 or whatever ye call it.)

 

[invid]

apoligies for further derailment but

dskize-
I marshalled at the event, there was no full auto allowed
I and another marshall (In the zone that saw the most action) witnessed no full auto
There was a request to the main organiser Al(that "dick/moron") for full auto which was promptly denied
You heard full auto sound signature? boards regulate ramping (which was allowed if people had common sense) it gives off a uniform sound - easy to confuse the two

it was the same rules for everyone- There was scenario players,tourny players and non players marshalling- no blind eyes for anyones actions

Derailing a topic with half-facts to slag off someones event/hard work to provide enterainment for others isnt koolaid

 

[Dskize]

deny it all you want - just because you didnt see it doesnt mean it didnt exist ,there were many things the marshalls didnt see at that event- to carry this on would just mean further slagging of your event - i will however edit the above post as i had no intention of naming it in the first place.

yours having seen the light

Dskize

 

[alan]

It's always nice to see some objective critisism.

Al

 

[Dskize]

my above post has cleary caused offence to a certain party - this in hindsight is pretty bloody obvious as its quite an offensive statement - i will retract this because i shouldnt have posted this kind of thing on a public forum and will keep my thoughts to myself - also while thinking it through it was more to do with what IMO was a dreadfull event and this percieved treatment just topped it off - my apologies to anyone I have offended on a personal level - I was out of order

 

[niax]

the simple way to tell if you will allow RTs is to check to see if your insurance covers them and if so, how you feel they are being used

 

[3fingasloth]

rt

I played a FEW of the domination days at UNREAL (HAD A GREAT TIME)been on the end of some of those strings from the rts .If you ban Rt surely that gives someone with any angel ego etc etc an unfair advantage.Is it not just the people who have spent a lot of money on guns crying cause there being out gunned by a low end marker,that costed a fraction of the price.BAN ONE BAN ALLs am looking forward to this months new set up

 

[Skeet]

I think its more a question, of...if teh RT's can use rebound or whatever, then teh other markers should be allowed to rebound or ramp etc...or...true semi for all..which is where the Tippy owners will be outgunned...and teh argument will come from them instead!

 

[Shades]

rt

Originally posted by 3fingasloth
.If you ban Rt surely that gives someone with any angel ego etc etc an unfair advantage.Is it not just the people who have spent a lot of money on guns crying cause there being out gunned by a low end marker,that costed a fraction of the price.BAN ONE BAN ALL

I think you need a greater understanding of markers and triggers before you make a flippant comment like this one. The Rt trigger on the A5 is more on the grounds of a cheat mode like ramping or trigger bounce on top of the range electro markers.

As for unfair advantage, what about those using 98 tipmans etc.. More a case of making it more enjoyable for all concerned.

It’s just about time that the rec/walkon side of paint ball come under stricter scrutiny (like tournament play) before the government put their two-cent in.