The M12 Sidewinder is an essential piece of gear for every Airsoft player's kit. With the quick spin of a crank, almost any M4 mid-cap magazine can be fully loaded in under 5 seconds.

The compact size of the M12 Sidewinder perfectly fits inside any double M4 mag pouch to easily be carried into the field. The capacity of this speed loader allows you to load twelve mid caps before needing to refill. Designed by an Airsoft player for the players, the M12 Sidewinder is the last speed loader you'll ever need, simply fill the loader with BB's, clip the magazine into the loader and wind the handle to fill the magazine. Easy!

Key Features:

• 1600 round capacity
• Compact size allows the M12 to fit in a standard double stack M4/M16 magazine pouch
• Each rotation of the crank loads 12 BBs
• Integrated winding clutch prevents magazine overfilling
• Dot matrix allows for easy identification of owner or contents
• Sound dampening buffer pre-installed

Speedloaders are a crucial piece of kit for every regular airsoft player. If you use mid cap mags this is especially important for reloading. The last thing you want to do is run out of ammo in game and have to hand-load your mag.

To buy an airsoft weapon in the UK you must have a valid airsoft defence.

This is not a licence, it is basically just proof that you intend to buy an airsoft weapon for use in airsoft.

An airsoft defence could be a UKARA or membership with the British Airsoft Club, and various other forms of defence.

You can only obtain an airsoft defence once you are over the age of 18.

To get an airsoft defence the law is that you should play at least 3 games of airsoft, and that you must have been playing for at least two months.

You can still buy an airsoft gun without a defence, provided you are 18 or older. If you choose to do this we would, by law, two tone (paint in a bright colour) parts of your chosen weapon. This is because an airsoft gun is considered a RIF aka Realistic Imitation Firearm, because they are so close to the real steel, whereas when you paint parts of it in a bright colour it becomes an IF aka Imitation Firearm. The reason being that the bright colours make it look less realistic to the public, and therefor less likely to be mistaken as real, were it to be used for any other purpose than airsoft.

When you order a gun from us you will need to add your defence details in the comments section of the cart. If you do not have a defence you will need to write the colour that you wish to be used for two toning your airsoft weapon.

Here is what's stated in the VCRA (Violent Crime Reduction) Act:

For airsoft skirmishing, the Association of British Airsoft is putting in place arrangements to allow retailers to check that individual purchasers are members of a genuine skirmishing club or site. The key elements of these arrangements are:
1. new players must play at least 3 (three) times in a period of not less than two months before being offered membership
2. membership cards with a photograph and recognised format will be issued for production to retailers
3. A central database will be set up for retailers to cross-check a purchaser’s details
4. member’s entry on the database will be deleted if unused for 12 months.
The defence for airsoft skirmishing can apply to individual players because their purchase of realistic imitation firearms for this purpose is considered part of the “holding” of a skirmishing event.