Of course to be fair, some of the wannabe delta-black ops dummys loaded down with a scuba tank, case of paint, Barret .50 replica, and about 200 extra pounds of burger king, as well as whiny 12 year old mommy’s boys with their 1200 dollar markers, can really suck the fun out of paintball. So much for it being a more adult sport…:mad:
On the other hand, for the folks running through the jungle- this is why you should play a REAL man’s sport like paintball:p - no way to not call your hits, or you get lit up til it hurts. Hell hath no fury like a paintball player who’s been cheated on.:lol:
You are definitely right about no doubt if you were hit when paint balling. The paint and welts don’t lie.:eek:
I like to use odd ball colors too so at the end of the day the guys with my ‘color of the day’ let me know who I hit on the field. Pink is a good one.
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P.S. Willbrink you are right about the airsoft, some of those ‘guns’ are pretty cool. I went into a shop a few years ago and most of the air soft rifles looked authentic, except for the mandatory red marked muzzle. The prices were a little ridiculous though.
We use it for FOF training because we can’t get students to sign up for shooting at each other with Glock 17s. It has it’s limitations, but it’s a less expensive alternative to simunitions and allows a person to work stuff they otherwise couldn’t.
Other than that I don’t have much desire to go play war games in the woods with it unless it’s my grand kids and then I’ll be all over it if they want.
Is it? I believe many manufacture them without any identifying marks they are not real firearms. That troubles me, but of course if one has bad intentions, simply covering/removing identifying marks is easy enough to do, so…
Funny thing about that, I had a Ruger 10/22 in a Muzzelite stock (look up muzzelite if you don’t know what it is), and that POS was more toyish than most airsoft guns. If I painted an orange tip on that Ruger and took it to an airsoft game nobody would be none the wiser.
I have a pistol that picked up at a flea market for $10 I use for training noobs, antis, non gun friends, my flavor of the month, etc. before using real weapons. Little practice, mostly to ingrain, DO NOT PUT YOUR FINGER ON THE TRIGGER
On serious note, I turned my better half onto GLOCKs with a G17 airsoft replica. Had her shoot in the living room in a capture/trap target. Same mechanics as the real deal so IMHO it’s on par with dry fire drills.
My buddy retired from the FBI a few months ago, I bought him a good bottle of scotch and an Air Soft Sig 226 as a joke about him being a Formal Action Guy…
The Air Soft ended up being his favorite gift…he shoots it in the house using the capture/trap target…
When I was a kid we had BB Gun wars. I also got my first real gun, a .22Lr, when I was 5. If airsoft guns were around we would have definitely been shooting each with them instead of BB guns. Mommy and Daddy had my 2 brothers and I shooting at a very early age!!
NOD’s…“tracers”…commo…if I had the money, time and location to play that I have to say I would be tempted. It looks like fun. Not everything has to be so “serious”.
Yes, an airsoft gun will teach you that lesson real quick.
Especially if it’s a cheapo one from walmart.
With a hair trigger.
Don’t ask me how I know…:haha:
KWA Glocks will fit in standard Blackhawk SERPA holsters. Most brand-name gas airsoft pistols will fit holsters for their respective firearm counterparts. They are propane-powered guns though, they require maintenance so decide how serious your nephew is about maintaining an airsoft gun, otherwise a springer might be a good start. My only airsoft handgun is a WE brand 1911, they are very impressive for the money: http://www.airsoftgi.com/product_info.php?cPath=139_25_130&products_id=6840
Whatever you do for gas pistols, DON’T get CO2, it will quickly get expensive! Get a propane, or “green gas” gun, prefereably a GBB (gas blow-back) for realism, and then buy a propane adapter that allows you to use the standard Coleman propane cans from the store. Much cheaper and it will pay for itself very quickly. Also buy 100% silicone oil.
Check out airsoft GI, Evike, and Airsoft Atlanta, they are all reputable sites I have purchased from and they are located in the US. Stay away from the overseas shops, often their shipments gets seized going through customs and shipping takes forever, plus customer service is non-existant.
For rifles, the electric guns are the best. Fun, full auto, rechargeable batteries, and relatively maintenance-free. Also upgradeable and customizable, and for M4/G36/MP5/AK variants parts are easy to find should something break or need upgrading.
Brands are hit or miss unless you spend for the good stuff. I have a G&G brand UMP45, very nice gun, shoots 400 FPS and keeps tight groups out to about 50-70 yards (depending on wind), but was expensive, around 300 bucks after buying batteries and extra mags.
Note that 300 dollars is what I consider expensive to me. This is for a top of the line electric airsoft gun and I do get plenty of use out of it. If you are going to spend more you might as well save it for real guns, because airsoft, like anything, is one of those things where you can spend ridiculous amounts of money going apeshit with the latest and greatest and all the gadgets and gizmos. I also own many more real guns than I do airsoft, airsoft is just a hobby so I’m not crazy into it but I do like to buy things once so I went with quality.
And everyone who talks shit about these kids dressing up in multicam from head 2 toe and playing SOF I just have one question… What’s your excuse for it? :lol:
I don’t care if you’re a 20 year JSOC vet. If you’re retired and doing push ups and hitting the bars in the morning and drinking your protein shake and than going down in the basement to research the latest greatest kits you’re just as legitimate of a user as a kid in the videos.
It’s called a hobby. Unless you’re out gun fighting (not “training” in some woods with friends) you really don’t need the shit you probably have.
You guys aren’t The Omega Man That was a bad ass movie, I’ll give you guys that.
As long as those kids/guys don’t think they are Special Forces qualified and they know it’s all just fun and games I don’t have a problem with it. There are worse things they could be doing. Airsoft is more fun than FaceBook or Call of Duty, and healthier too, at least you can burn calories running around outdoors.
before using real weapons. Little practice, mostly to ingrain, DO NOT PUT YOUR FINGER ON THE TRIGGER 