Does playing airsoft in winter wreck your gun?

Question

Okay read this....I got this $150 dollar airsoft gun..and im wondering if you can wreck your gun playing in winter???

Answer 1

it depends on what kind of gun you're using.

gas guns (both greengas and co2) can freeze up and stop working in cold weather unless they are specifically designed to work in cold weather (these guns exist but the types and makers escape me at the moment)

other than that you shouldn't have too many problems with a few exceptions. both plastic and metal contract and become more brittle in cold weather so firing in cold weather with an AEG can freeze up and destroy your gears, warp the barrel, damage the loading system and ruin electronics but better made guns should be fine. i've not talked to anyone that this has happened to but it is scientifically possible.

if you are using a spring gun the same issues' apply and there's the added possibility of messing up your spring. the spring could easily freeze up and break.


these will likely only become probable if you are outside in very cold weather (10 degrees ferenheitor less) and if the guns are outside for a long time.

my advice, if you're going to play in the cold keep the guns inside or in a car heated until you're going to play with them, keep the games short, don't go haywire on the automatics and don't leave them sit outside

and oh yeah. obviously keep them out of the snow as much as possible. a little bit will be fine but if you burry an AEG in a snow drift you can expect it to short out later.

Answer 2

If it's a Co2, you'll loose a lot of power.
Read this:

http://www.network54.com/Forum/275684/message/1119671223/CO2+vapor+pressure+at+37F+%283C%29+is+only+about+2-3rds+of...

It dosen't matter what you shoot, as long as it's powered
by Co2 it's all the same.
And this guy knows Co2 guns.
And if it's not, shouldn't be a problem.

Answer 3

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