what the heck "airsoft"?

Question

can someone please tell me what the deal is with "airsoft" guns?i have no idea what they are about.do people that buy them have battles like paintball?or is it just because they look like the real thing?
i read a little about them online,but someone who has one or more please help me out.

Answer 1

You know I have no idea what you're talking about but . .

BP's service issued weapon is a P2000. I think its in the final transition of becoming like part of the uniform or whatever due to the ammunition and the fact that it is adjustable for both male and females. Something like that.

Also, you're allowed to sign-out a long arm. If thats the case your sidearm becomes your secondary weapon (I hope I got that right). The long arms might include M-4, 870, or UMP-40. M-4 most likely since it was mentioned over and over.

Do I get best answer although I kinda got out of the topic?

Answer 2

Airsoft refers to a BB gun that uses larger plastic BB's (6mm or 8mm vs. 4.5mm) instead of metal BB's. Usually these guns are bought for one of two reasons:

1. Collectors that want an authentic looking replica of a real gun without the legalities involved i.e. gun permits, accidental shootings, etc and at a much lower price than real guns.

2. People who want to play paintball type games with real looking guns. This is often called Military Simulation or MilSim for short.

Airsoft refers to the fact that the pellets are plastic and generally don't inflict damage although hits to the eyes are quite serious. Eye protection should always be worn. In addition having one of these guns in public or at a school would be very dangerous as the guns are often exact replicas (except the internals) and may cause police to respond as if was a real gun.

Answer 3

Airsoft is a Military Simulation style War Game in which opposing teams utilize Military Style Weapons that fire a 6mm Plastic Pellet. They are called Airsoft due to the fact that a Pellet is Metal and Soft comes from Plastic being softer than Metal Pellets and Air due to the fact that they are mostly Air powered. Airsoft started off big in Asia and slowly made it's way over to Europe and the U.S. Notice how most major Airsoft Companies are Asian. G&G, Tokyo Marui, ICS, Classic Army, and G&P. Most are located in Hong Kong. Airsoft is like Paintball, I play games in a Military Simulation style with Medics, Objectives and other things simulated in a Combat Scenario. There is a type called Paintsoft. Which is Airsoft in Paintball style play using sometimes inflatable bunkers and running and gunning style game play. I switched to Airsoft from Paintball due to the fact that I am currently pursuing a career in the U.S. Navy and I like the fact that Airsoft is much more realistic than Paintball. You can buy Airsoft guns from any major retailer. www.airsoftarms.com www.precisionairsoft.com www.wgcshop.com www.redwolfairsoft.com

Answer 4

I have not personally heard of paint ball type games, but some collectors do purchase them just for the sake of owning a replica that is much easier to get than the real thing. The real thing usually involves a series of special permits and so on that MOST people cannot get anyways. I was at a GenCon in So CA just recently and Airsoft was there. They had a newwer style replica of a heavy machine gun and it was $2500. I know I could have purchased the real thing for much less if I had the proper permits. personally, I don;t see the point of them. Walk out of your house with one in hand one day and SWAT will be all over you sheesh!

Answer 5

A game where opposing teams use either electric, gas, or spring powered replicas of real guns, to propel a small diameter ball-bearing(BB) at the opposing team. These replicas use varied weight bbs as ammunition, with each weight giving a different effect on the range, speed, and accuracy of the shot. The replicas can be upgraded by opening it up, and changeing various parts in order to achieve the effect desired. Most fields have an FPS limit, usually 400fps for automatic and semi-automatic firing replicas, and 550fps for single-shot bolt action rifles.
Most replicas used on field are either Gas powered or electric powered.
The electric powered ones use a battery that runs a motor, that turns a set of gears, which in turn cranks back a spring, which pulls back on a piston , which then raises the amount of air in the cylinder, which is all released at once raising the pressure behind the bb in the chamber which propels the bb down the barrel, all at the pull of the trigger. The gas replicas use ozone-friendly HFC-134a(weakest) or HFC22(strongest) to propel the bb down the barrel. The gas is stored in a resivior in the magazine(ammo storage) of the replica. Spring powered replicas use manual cocking of the piston in order to raise the amount of air in the cylinder behind the bb which is all released at once, raising the amount of air pressure behind the bb propeling it foward and down the barrel.
Military style tactics and dress are often used to the advantage of the player, which is why this game is often reffered to as "Mil-Sim(military simulation). The electric powered replicas are often modeled after real rifles and submachine-guns. The Gas powered replicas are oftern modeled after handguns and small submachineguns. And the spring powered replicas are modeled after a wide varity of real weapons, due to the simplicity of thier design.
The sport was oringinated in Japan, then quickly adopted in the US as an alternative to paintball. Airsoft has a relatively small following of people as opposed to the millions who play paintball, mostly due to the fact that paintball is more "user-friendly" due to the fact that most paintball guns look nothing like real guns, unlike airsoft. Airsoft requires a great deal of responsibility, due to the fact that if you are seen in public with these replicas, you could be arrested or even shot at.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Where you shoot some fools who are disrespecting, using 6mm plastic bbs.

Answer 8

they shoot things that look like bbs but are soft

Answer 9

IT IS LIKE A BB BUT SOFTER