Hello Comrades.
I stumbled across this site after looking for WW2 paintball events and am keen to get involved. Just one small problem being that i have never played airsoft and have no equipment of my own. My understanding is that i would need to buy my own kit including gun which is fair enough but then i have also been told that you need UKARA membership to perchase one. I have also been told that to obtain the membership you must have been to at least 3 airsoft events within 2 months (or something like this). Does this mean that to attend CiA events i would first need to attend three other airsoft events to obtain the licence to perchase the gun to play in the CiA events??
Hiya Curly and welcome, your right on the points you have made about being registered to buy a gun 
most sites have hire or loan guns to get you started, you can buy a two tone if over 18 but that is not really the best way to go as it's bright as hell, look about for sites close to you and get playing, get some games under your belt and get known on here and there are some really nice people who might be able to lend you some kit for a CIA game.
What part of the country do you live?
Is it coz I is Welsh
Welsh and proud
Your all fekin bonkers
Hiya Curly and welcome, your right on the points you have made about being registered to buy a gun
What part of the country do you live?
I live in Sidcup, South East London/Kent. Do most sites also hire/loan all gear (eye protection etc..) needed for a beginner?
Yes... though they won't be WW2 kit.
Yes... though they won't be WW2 kit.
Booooooooooooo! Well its a small price to pay to be able to join and i guess it will give me a little practise.
hi curly
welcome mate, im just down the road from you in dartford.
jay.
hi curly
welcome mate, im just down the road from you in dartford.jay.
Yes Jay may lend you one of those 50 cal Brownings on his cellar wall 
Welcome Curly!
Free speech is expensive these days!
hi curly
welcome mate, im just down the road from you in dartford.jay.
Yes Jay may lend you one of those 50 cal Brownings on his cellar wall
Welcome Curly!
only if oddball lends you one of his many shermans in his barn to mount it on 
hi curly
welcome mate, im just down the road from you in dartford.jay.
Yes Jay may lend you one of those 50 cal Brownings on his cellar wall
Welcome Curly!
only if oddball lends you one of his many shermans in his barn to mount it on
Haha, will hold you both to that 
. Here is what i have to do from a complete beginners perspective (please tell me if i am incorrect). First i have looked up a site in lewisham that charges £25 a day and £50 including kit rental. As i have no kit i will need to rent the kit. To become a member i will need to attend three days at £50 each and then pay a £50 membership fee. Once i am a ukara member i can then buy my own gun and kit to turn up to these events. Is this correct and do prices change alot depending on site. Are there any loop holes or maybe advice as far as borrowing equipment? Basicly starting from fresh whats the fastest and most economical way of getting involved?
Some sites are cheaper, some offer free membership. No, there are no loopholes - basically the government don't want anyone buying anything that looks like a real gun. So there are some hoops to jump through and some cost involved.
In any case, I'd strongly advise anyone 'new' to try out open day skirmishes first before leaping into WW2 stuff. You will be more appreciative and even more important save a load of cash if you don't like the concept of being shot at.
Some sites are cheaper, some offer free membership. No, there are no loopholes - basically the government don't want anyone buying anything that looks like a real gun. So there are some hoops to jump through and some cost involved.
In any case, I'd strongly advise anyone 'new' to try out open day skirmishes first before leaping into WW2 stuff. You will be more appreciative and even more important save a load of cash if you don't like the concept of being shot at.
Ok thankyou. Will get going...
Were most people here into airsoft and then started getting into the WW2 stuff or were they WW2 enthusiasts who stumbled across airsoft or is there a mixture of both???
A mixture now but when we started it was airsofters who had got bored by regular skirmishing and wanted to combine an interest in WW2 with the personal battle element of airsoft.
Background: http://www.ww2airsoft.org.uk/pages/about-us-2.html
WW2 airsoft-based battles are generally much more immersive than 'ordinary' airsoft - the suspension of disbelief being the key. Along with this is a slower game than an open day skirmish - this is why I'd recommend chaps try regular airsoft first. Jump straight into WW2 stuff and it might very well be thought boring. Compare and contrast and there is more chance of appreciation. Still, getting through a couple of thousand rounds an hour might well be exactly the sort of thing chaps want, many hundreds of players up and down the country can't be wrong, but that isn't the WW2 way!
hi and welcome
give an open day a go
if you like it, great, but the ww2 day are a lot more in depth and realistic, A FAR BETTER game in my opinion
dont worry about buying a gun straight off
just try it out a few times, if you want to come to a CIA event , and one that im going to, ill lend you a gun.
you just need to put together a "looks like" loaout and see if you like it
looks like kit can be done quite cheap!
if you like it and get intersested, get saving as once you have "The ww2 bug" youll pawn your arsehole to get the latest outfit 
"Take that you rotton helping of strawberry flan!"
Joseph Porta to "strawberrys and cream", in the sven hassel book ,ogpu prison
Were most people here into airsoft and then started getting into the WW2 stuff or were they WW2 enthusiasts who stumbled across airsoft or is there a mixture of both???
I discovered WW2 Airsoft first and my first ever airsoft game was a WW2 one, at that time there were no airsoft sites in Devon so I was the other way round, but I recomend skirmishing first, just to get a little falva of what its about.
welcome to the mad house
£50 for a walk-on and hire seems very steep.
Have a look here for some local sites for a starter: http://www.btinternet.com/~fabothamley/FFZ/map2.html
Click on the names for links to their respective sites.
Remember, there are sites that aren't on this map though.
HS
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