Soft Air
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Figured I would add on to this thread since it was relatively recent.
As a gag gift I got my wife a $10 P228 Soft Air spring pistol from wal-mart. It is relatively accurate at 10 feet (across a bedroom) and has a decent heft to it and a decent trigger. Loads from a magazine. Fun little gun, I made up a "trap" out of a shoe box and crumpled newspapers and those 190fps 6mm BB's (not really a BB but you know what they are) will pierce a target at 10ft. Wear your eye protection. I was practing draw and shoot with it.
Wish I had gotten one sooner.
As a gag gift I got my wife a $10 P228 Soft Air spring pistol from wal-mart. It is relatively accurate at 10 feet (across a bedroom) and has a decent heft to it and a decent trigger. Loads from a magazine. Fun little gun, I made up a "trap" out of a shoe box and crumpled newspapers and those 190fps 6mm BB's (not really a BB but you know what they are) will pierce a target at 10ft. Wear your eye protection. I was practing draw and shoot with it.
Wish I had gotten one sooner.
The Real Hawkeye
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Yes, I fool around with a 1911A1 modeled after the S&W 1911A1. These are high quality toys, but do not mimic exactly the feel operating a real 1911A1. Fun, though, and the controls are all the same, so if you are going to fool with a toy gun, it might as well operate just like a real gun that you have.
SoCalShooter
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OH yeah make sure you put on full goggles when using them but they are great for "breaching" your buddies house and freeing hostages! Mainly his girlfriend and his dog.
Airsoft makes a great training tool for going beyond the square range. They do not replace real steel for marksmanship and gun handling skills, but they will allow you to work on draw stroke and reloads without fear of killing the TV.
They airsoft world is big in Asia and in the parts of this country that are anti-gun. Check out 858airsoft.com and look at some of the videos.
They airsoft world is big in Asia and in the parts of this country that are anti-gun. Check out 858airsoft.com and look at some of the videos.
Magnumite
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I use air pistols and rifles shooting pellets for rear basement practice. I even have a Crosman 357 (you know, the one which looks like the Colt Python) for DA practice.
I do think air soft is a better tactical trainer (how to keep as much of your body behind cover, manuvering, force on force training, etc). However, on the same note, real bullets go through lots of leaves, and boards, and...
I do think air soft is a better tactical trainer (how to keep as much of your body behind cover, manuvering, force on force training, etc). However, on the same note, real bullets go through lots of leaves, and boards, and...
possum
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i used to have alot of them back before i was of age to buy guns, me and my brother had all sorts of them but they weren't the highspeed gas powered or aeg ones they were just the plain jane, cock and shoot cock and shoot etc. i think they make great force on force practice tools especially in cqb, alot of the greatness that our platoon achieved in the mout department, was to the credit of the many airsoft war games and scenarios that went on in the barracks every night! so when i actually came time for the trainning we were already on top of it!
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Only airsoft I ever had was a M11 look-alike, manufactured by KWC if my memory serves me. It was a gas blow-back and single/full auto with a 40 or so shot magazine (which also served as the Green Gas reservoir). Tearing into aluminum cans or chasing squirrels away from my bird feeder with a 1100 rounds per minute 350 FPS stream of plastic was absolutely gratifying. The unit gave up the ghost after around 10,000 or so shots, mostly full auto.
My only regret was not opting for the biodegradable pellets. I'm still finding those little bastards all over my yard.
If you do intend on an air soft, I would strongly suggest you skip the single-shot spring options and go straight to a quality blowback gas gun as every aspect of the model is more realistic, including the rapid fire capability with the somewhat realistic reciprocating slide that typically locks back on last shot.
My only regret was not opting for the biodegradable pellets. I'm still finding those little bastards all over my yard.
If you do intend on an air soft, I would strongly suggest you skip the single-shot spring options and go straight to a quality blowback gas gun as every aspect of the model is more realistic, including the rapid fire capability with the somewhat realistic reciprocating slide that typically locks back on last shot.
billsnogo
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I just bought a spring firing berreta 92 clone today. I love it! Paid $15 and got a bb trap for it too! Great tool for help teach my wife how to handle/aim a firarm while being super cheap.
But, I really want a blowback design, maybe something in the lines of a 1911, but since I am new to these fun toys, I need to do a little research.
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I also bought an electric fully auto m16, but had to return it do to the habbit of it getting stuck on full auto, and when you wife panics and keeps hitting you all over and it stings, and hits you many times on bare skin, I decided full auto is not a good choice for how
But, I really want a blowback design, maybe something in the lines of a 1911, but since I am new to these fun toys, I need to do a little research.
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I also bought an electric fully auto m16, but had to return it do to the habbit of it getting stuck on full auto, and when you wife panics and keeps hitting you all over and it stings, and hits you many times on bare skin, I decided full auto is not a good choice for how
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