Airsoft for practice?

[SweetKnuckles]

EZ Made Portable Airsoft Target


Take a big cardboard box (computer/TV, etc)
Cut a big window in the front large enough for 1 or 2 targets wide, leaving 4" of the lower portion of the front of the box intact
Attach binder clips to the top of the window you just cut using zip ties or tape or whatever
These will be used to hold the targets
Cut a small 1/2" high 5" wide slit in the front of the box right at the bottom
Use packing tape to tape the bottom of the box on the inside so the bbs don't go into the box nooks and crannies
Thread a bath towel down through the middle of the box from the top as a bb backstop (towel is midway from the targets to the back of the box, hanging down from the top)


Clip your targets up
Shoot the heck out of them
BBs hit the towel hanging down which dampens them so they don't bounce out and instead just fall to the bottom of the box
Retrieve bbs after shooting by tilting the box forward so they funnel out of the slit you cut at the front bottom of the box


Interested to hear other good ideas, but this is cheap and has worked well so far.

--Knuckles

 

[Shadow 7D]

Don't get a cheapy, a spring type gun, especially if your training for your carry gun, REMEMBER, YOU FIGHT LIKE YOU TRAIN
So, don't train yourself to fight with an airsoft pistol, spend the money to get a gun that mimics every action of your real gun, other wise you end up with really bad habits

 

[Ben86]

The problem with the electric guns is that...they suck. Every one that I've ever used couldn't shoot worth a crap and the battery ran down quickly. One even had a delayed shot. I pulled the trigger, I'd here the motor do its thing, then it would shoot out. Lame.

 

[Girodin]

I think quality air soft guns can be incredibly valuable training tools. Like other tools, however, there value depends on how they are used.