The only thing that makes them a gel blaster is the projectile shell for gels isn’t it?
Like it’s essentially no different to the a soft ones I mean. Or is it?
Just wondering as I was thinking of trying to import one if its legally possible?
Would still obviously apply for a b709a with full disclosure on the form that it’s intended for gel use only with gel shell projectile methods.
As far as I can tell with the grenade launchers they’d surely have to be the same as the A soft just with different shells for the projectiles? Or am I wrong?
The biggest issue that I found with ABF/Customs is that they have a “list” of global Airsoft retailers and suppliers.
If you purchase ANYTHING from any of the main suppliers, it will get seized purely because it is an item that has been shipped from one of the companies on their “list”.
Even with the b709a, if the computer flags it, it will get seized and then have to argue with the Government that it’s NOT an Illegal Airsoft item… ask me how I know!
It might not be an Airsoft device technically, but if coming from a supplier linked to Airsoft products, then they consider it as being Airsoft.
Makes me wonder how the local retailers get them in them into Australia in the first place.
Also weird because several of the guys on this forum have purchased items from Airsoft suppliers many times and have received them, albeit in those cases we’re talking about parts.
But to satisfy my curiosity, am I correct in my assumption that with the grenade launchers, the only difference is the shells have been designed to fire gels instead of bb’s? Or is the firing mechanism different between a soft and gel soft?
Yeah it’s a lottery as to what gets seized and what doesn’t.
I had empty metal Gearboxes seized because they were supplied by a retailer linked to Airsoft products, and the stupid thing is that if they were COMPLETELY built gearboxes with all the Gelblaster internals already installed, I would have been able to argue against the decision!
So yeah, if you can afford to risk it, get the paperwork done and make sure that it’s 100% completely fitted and labelled as a Gelbaster item and roll the dice.
Unfortunately nobody knows how the ABF is going to react on a day to day basis.
Sorry to beat a dead horse, I’m not sure that question has been addressed regarding whether they are essentially the same and the only difference is the shells to shoot gels
The launcher, is exactly the same, for both gelsoft/airsoft.
Simple break barrel, you cock a spring , that fires a push rod, which hits the shell, and causes the shell to fire.
40mm airsoft shell…40mm gelsoft shell…the same launcher will fire both…
Differentiation, occurs on the shells.
One is 7mm gel, the other is 6mm airsoft.
ABF will call it an airsoft launcher, in the blink of an eye…
Yeah I thought it they must be the same just different projectiles
Absolutely retarded on ABF’s behalf when half the shops here have imported them at some point. They had to go through customs to get here at some point, no difference in who imports them if they are exactly the same minus the projectile so it’s a bit stupid that they’d confiscate them
Are you referring to the launcher or the shell itself?
As BME said there’s no difference in the launcher itself but for the shells the difference is the size of the hole that holds the BB or gel, being 6mm compared to 7.5mm.
