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Airsoft is a game that originated from the far East and is now well played in the Western world. The game has a consistent and growing following, with the industry increasing its span in several continents of the world.
Airsoft guns are 100% scale replicas of real world firearms. The only difference is the materials used in making them and the kind of pellets they use. Airsoft guns use small plastic balls, sized 6mm in diameter with about 1 Joule of energy. The energy level of the gun is lower than most other shooting games.
You can safely use the energy for both paper and human targets. This means that when the BB is fired on a paper target, it’s hardly noticeable, with the little hole it creates.
The guns are usually made from plastic or metal. There are some additional metal parts added inside to make the moving parts more reliable and durable. The quality of the construction has a vast variance from model to model, as well as the materials from which they are made. For instance, while the ICS MP5 has a more detailed full-metal body parts installed with a rigid overall structure, the Marui made MP5 replica is made of a creaky plastic body. The ICS gun is of course a better, stronger and more expensive replica.
The guns can either be powered by the electricity from a battery pack inside the gun, by spring compressed by the user manually before each shot or an expanding refrigerant gas found in a reservoir either inside or outside the gun. There are so many electricity powered, spring and gas powered guns. Each has their different range, speed and material make.
The guns are so real that even police officers cannot easily distinguish Airsoft guns from the real steel ammunitions. To avoid endangering your life, never take any replica gun out in public.
Airsoft is constantly becoming more popular by the day as we can now find many locations in the UK to skirmish. Although many people are just discovering the sport, it has gained a lot of ground. Many people have established leagues with their own way of playing the game and their own set of rules. Some of the rules are like Paintball, with less pain and more of the honor system. Immediately someone is found cheating on the game, such person is quickly eliminated by the game marshal and may even ban such a person permanently from subsequent leagues.
There has been an addition of innovative scenarios and strategies which were developed from the actual military training exercises. Many military personnel from the military and police organizations have also been involved using Airsoft as training weapons, to both train and participate in the game, making the game more interesting.
These guns function in a way that makes the training and actual games to be like the real firefights, but this time, without any actual injury or harm. The truth is that if you have a real interest for the game, you can start up your own league gets a good battle space, as there are plenty of people who would want to join, as well as people who can sponsor your league and training.
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