Sligo airsoft site

-Al-

Hey guys,

My cousin and myself are setting up an airsoft site in Sligo. We own the land, 4.2 acres of which will be set aside for the playing field.

10 minute drive from Sligo town centre, Heavy bushland, lots of stone walls, hills, long grass, short grass, stones, concealed passage ways.

It will be setup for advance and secure, king of the hill alamo, capture the flag and, CQB.

Its currently early days but we'd like to gauge interest plus feedback on suggestions for what you'd like to see at an airsoft site.

The land is a little different but will make for some interesting games.

sharky0922

if i finnaly get a car..count me in ..

johnboysligo

count me in

Tigger

i shall play

i shall bring other people they shall also play

johnboysligo

Tigger wrote: »

i shall play

i shall bring other people they shall also play

ah good the more the better

MacAonghusa

Further to the pm ... sounds great; definitely interested as it sounds better than sites we have been looking at. Will drag along 2-3 others too.

p.s. can always give a lift to townies if needed.

Chuck the Buck

Hey nice to hear about a new site!

One of my friends (he doesn't believe in boards!) is from the town and he'll be up for it regularly, may even manager to drag a couple of his mates (and myself) out to you too!

major sims

this is going to burst your bubble, the grossley politically incorrect image on the bebo site directly threatens the sport of airsoft and should be removed this is coming form some one who runs a site , the image in question is political the link to this page should be removed or locked


signed

"IN THE INTEREST OF PRESERVING THE SPORT OF AIRSOFT "

:mad::mad::mad:

-Al-

I have asked by cousin to remove it from the bebo page and, I have removed the link in the mean time.

A PM would have sufficed and I dont appreciate the suggestion of locking the thread, leave that up to the mods please.

now back on topic.

Thank you to the people who have shown an interest thus far. We'll keep you all informed how everything goes.

NMC

Definately be up for this. could drag along one or two others too.

markm009

count me in. this sounds like a great idea, all i need now is an AEG

private.G

Is it already open.

Gyster

nope not yet in the midle of getting insurance and the site sorted before it will be open then for all to come:)

markm009

any update on the site yet guys??

-Al-

Heya, thanks for asking, just waiting for some info from the gardai - will post when we have more info.

marco murphy

Well done sounds brilliant

Crave

Hey Al,
How's it going? Any pics of the site?

MacAonghusa

Crave wrote: »

Hey Al,
How's it going? Any pics of the site?

AFAIK that particular site fell through. Alternative sites in the locale are being inspected with the help of a certain state organisation who will remain nameless for the moment.

johnboysligo

Crave wrote: »

Hey Al,
How's it going? Any pics of the site?

Hey Crave no pics available because as MacAonghusa said that particular site fell through dont worry all is not lost Al will update you all via this thread when he has some news.

Tigger

MacAonghusa wrote: »

AFAIK that particular site fell through. Alternative sites in the locale are being inspected with the help of a certain state organisation who will remain nameless for the moment.

is it the de-centralisation board?

MacAonghusa

Tigger wrote: »

is it the de-centralisation board?

Damn, how'd you figure it out?

Chuck the Buck

So any more word on this?

I was just chatting to my friend in Sligo and apparently there are another 4-5 people he knows who are looking to play at your site when its open!

Best of luck with it lads

-Al-

heya no new info yet, just been busy the last wee while. great to hear theres more sligo people into the sport.

hopefully we'll have some good news in the next week or 2

alan

MacAonghusa

On my end i'm still waiting on insurance quotes. Once I get those (if they're acceptable) we should have no problem getting a permit for the site.

I'd suggest we form a club (to cover the insurance costs as a group) and play on the one site; we can still split into individual teams if needed.

Tigger

MacAonghusa wrote: »

On my end i'm still waiting on insurance quotes. Once I get those (if they're acceptable) we should have no problem getting a permit for the site.

I'd suggest we form a club (to cover the insurance costs as a group) and play on the one site; we can still split into individual teams if needed.

good plan batman

MacAonghusa

Tigger wrote: »

good plan batman

Why thank you Boy Wonder

SOLID_SNAKE!

This is a great idea

-Al-

thanks very much, we think so too

Puding

can work well, we have the same system down in cork, run as a club not for profit site, good luck

MacAonghusa

Puding wrote: »

can work well, we have the same system down in cork, run as a club not for profit site, good luck

Thx Puding. Any advice you can give us (esp on insurance/warning signs etc) would be appreciated.

-Al-

Puding wrote: »

can work well, we have the same system down in cork, run as a club not for profit site, good luck

thank man, just sent you a pm a few mins ago

SOLID_SNAKE!

by the way is will there be an age limit, and will you be able to rent gear

-Al-

there will be an age limit (not decided yet, will be determined by the age range of the people we talk to) and no rentals as of yet but tha may change in the future.

SOLID_SNAKE!

Finally something to do in this town

SOLID_SNAKE!

also will there be uniform requirements,muzzle vollocity limits or will this onfo be on the site and if so as soon as its up send me the URL

Puding

well you can guarentee the muzzel limit will be under 1J

SOLID_SNAKE!

yeah but lets say hypitheticly(probably mispelled) i have something over 328fps lets say 455fps will i still be able to use it, or what if i change out for some heavy 0.20g or 0.35g's to bring it down

deepimpact

SOLID_SNAKE! wrote: »

yeah but lets say hypitheticly(probably mispelled) i have something over 328fps lets say 455fps will i still be able to use it, or what if i change out for some heavy 0.20g or 0.35g's to bring it down

See here

1 Joule is 100m/s (approx 328 fps) with a 0.2g bb.
Higher weight, reduced velocity, but must still equate to one joule.

455fps w/ 0.2g bb is over the limit and requires a licence.

Puding

thats why i used 1j to denote the limit as that is the legal limit, normaly given as under 328fps with .2g bb

455fps w/ 0.2g bb is over the limit and requires a licence.

would be classed as a firearms you would not be able to get a license anyway

SOLID_SNAKE!

yep if i ever got something that powerful it'd be hard to bring down, besides thats a ridiculus fps for skirmishes

MacAonghusa

As regards our own team (S.S.A.G for now), for anyone who plays with us I would say the following:

Age limit: no enforced age limit but under a certain age would need to be accompanied by an adult etc. (need to check insurance implications etc)

Gear rental: we would rent *some* basic equipment (inc. guns) and would put that money towards the insurance costs i.e. no profit

Uniform: whatever's comfortable.

Muzzle velocity: <1J. Your responsibility to ensure guns are under the legal limit.

Protective gear: Minimum - goggles with all round seal.

Ammo: we would need to insist on biodegradable bbs if we end up playing where we plan to.

SOLID_SNAKE!

i'm 16 is that too young

MacAonghusa

SOLID_SNAKE! wrote: »

i'm 16 is that too young

I would say no, but again I don't no yet what the insurance implications, if any, are.

Puding

Muzzle velocity: <1J. Your responsibility to ensure guns are under the legal limit.

you will need to have access to a chrono and test even if its just to cover yourselves for the insurance

MacAonghusa

Puding wrote: »

you will need to have access to a chrono and test even if its just to cover yourselves for the insurance

Good to know, thanks. Can be easily arranged/bought though I can imagine it's a fairly grey area here (i.e. re calibration or certification of chrono device).

Puding

its not as much of an issue as you would thing all versions i have need no set up and remain accurate even after a year + of use

MacAonghusa

Puding wrote: »

its not as much of an issue as you would thing all versions i have need no set up and remain accurate even after a year + of use

How do you verify its accuracy?

Tigger

MacAonghusa wrote: »

Good to know, thanks. Can be easily arranged/bought though I can imagine it's a fairly grey area here (i.e. re calibration or certification of chrono device).

i worked as a calibration and instrumentation specialist for a while
the distance between the measuring fields would have to be verified and then the accuracy of the timing system evaluated

i reckon my madbull is good to +/- 5% and get all my gear as close to 95ms-1 as i can

MacAonghusa

Tigger wrote: »

i worked as a calibration and instrumentation specialist for a while
the distance between the measuring fields would have to be verified and then the accuracy of the timing system evaluated

i reckon my madbull is good to +/- 5% and get all my gear as close to 95ms-1 as i can

I was thinking that if a chrono is required to cover yourself then perhaps annual calibration of the device will be required otherwise how else do you know the device is accurate.

-Al-

SOLID_SNAKE! wrote: »

yeah but lets say hypitheticly(probably mispelled) i have something over 328fps lets say 455fps will i still be able to use it, or what if i change out for some heavy 0.20g or 0.35g's to bring it down

hypotetically, you wont be playing at our site with it

But theres no uniform requirments, you want to wear shorts a bright coloured t-shirt be my guest.

SOLID_SNAKE!

right anyway what would be the normal age limit for skirmishing and stuff
more to the point is 16 too young