So, I went to a 10 buck IDPA match tonight and managed to spend a hundred bucks on a BB gun! Actually, considering I got a spare mag and all the goodies I made out great. It is a BHP copy of which I have two real ones. The training opportunites look endless.
For indoors practice I am going to get some cardboard IPSC targets and maybe use some heavy card for backing. The thing came with a target trap, but I didn't buy an inaccurate BB gun to shoot bullseye with. Looks like I can now practice live fire cornering, movement and manipulations without blowing holes in the wall. Tonight I tried out an old towel doubled over on a coathanger as a target, works great. Some of the pellets actually penetrated the towel too, so not to be treated as a toy!
Another opportunity I see is for almost dryfire practice as in gas only, no pellets. Traditional dryfire kinda sucks in that you have to cycle the weapon or even with a DA gun there is no reaction to recoil or front sight movement. I found that with this particular model I can pop the slide stop out and the gun will cycle on a gas charged mag. Excellent, now I get the recoil, which feels like a .22; an audible to respond to and front sight movement. I can see much dryfire coming in firing doubles and doing transitions which is not something that can be done with traditional dryfire.
Eventually I want to get several more to duplicate my other guns. I would also like to get with some other people and basically shoot the crap out of each other. Hopefully I can attend some classes that throw in some force on force airsoft until I get the money to play with simunitions.
I would wholeheartedly recommend anyone who wants to practice more to get an Airsoft that duplicates what they shoot. More ideas for this can be found in the current SWAT mag as well as the last USPSA Front Sight mag that came out.
Now where's that cat...
For indoors practice I am going to get some cardboard IPSC targets and maybe use some heavy card for backing. The thing came with a target trap, but I didn't buy an inaccurate BB gun to shoot bullseye with. Looks like I can now practice live fire cornering, movement and manipulations without blowing holes in the wall. Tonight I tried out an old towel doubled over on a coathanger as a target, works great. Some of the pellets actually penetrated the towel too, so not to be treated as a toy!
Another opportunity I see is for almost dryfire practice as in gas only, no pellets. Traditional dryfire kinda sucks in that you have to cycle the weapon or even with a DA gun there is no reaction to recoil or front sight movement. I found that with this particular model I can pop the slide stop out and the gun will cycle on a gas charged mag. Excellent, now I get the recoil, which feels like a .22; an audible to respond to and front sight movement. I can see much dryfire coming in firing doubles and doing transitions which is not something that can be done with traditional dryfire.
Eventually I want to get several more to duplicate my other guns. I would also like to get with some other people and basically shoot the crap out of each other. Hopefully I can attend some classes that throw in some force on force airsoft until I get the money to play with simunitions.
I would wholeheartedly recommend anyone who wants to practice more to get an Airsoft that duplicates what they shoot. More ideas for this can be found in the current SWAT mag as well as the last USPSA Front Sight mag that came out.
Now where's that cat...
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