The main benefit we offer to skirmishers is the continuation of their hobby. British airsoft will die without associations protecting it, there can be little doubt of that, it has been proven many times as we’ve overcome several proposed bans in the last decade. Beyond this, we hope a members relationship with the association should be one that enhances their airsoft experience and gives them some appreciable perks that they would not have enjoyed otherwise. We run occasional members only games and a number of sites and shops offer discounts and offers to UKAPU members.
The other thing we can do is step in and represent you if the Police or Border Force have wrongly confiscated legitimate airsoft equipment from you. We’ve done this a few dozen times and always been successful in recovering the equipment and have even convinced the Police to drop wrongful criminal charges.