Airsoft

ajrimmer42 · 06-24-10, 04:31 PM

Just wondering if anyone out there plays airsoft??? I started about 18 months ago, so much better than paintball lol. Anyways, I just got a new front end for my L85

It's actually just an M4 CASV unit which somehow fits on with very little modification, they don't yet do an airsoft version of the actual L85 RIS kit. The rifle is just an AA R85, the cheapest L85 out there lol, and as such the piston just broke, the stock one sucked anyway though so it's a good excuse to get a new one

So anyone else got any gear they wanna show off?

Platapus · 06-24-10, 04:46 PM

Pardon my ignorance, but what is the difference between the paintball and the Airsoft?

I assume that Airsoft does not shoot paintballs

Does it shoot any other type of marking projectile. If not, how is the "score" kept?

ajrimmer42 · 06-24-10, 04:49 PM

No airsoft uses 6mm bbs, it works purely on an honour system, you just have to be honest and acknowledge when you've been hit. Plus they have marshalls walking around so if they see anyone not taking hits they just ban them lol. It does work surprisingly well.

Morts · 06-24-10, 04:53 PM

this is what ive got

Castout · 06-24-10, 09:16 PM

Since playign ArmA been watching some rifle clips and airsoft guns among them.

There was this really good and well amde SVD Dragunov airsoft gun that some guy tested in a real gun indoor range(and no it wasn't your usual cheap looking airsoft Dragunov) and it was a real temptation but I knew I wouldn't be able to afford that

.

Watched a clip of this New Zealand resident testing his REAL civilian Dragunov in his backyard. Awwww wish I was that lucky

.

Nothing beats firing a real gun I guess and a day in the range with marksman rifle with scope could put a smile on any man's face .

especially with a picture of either his ex wife or boss down on the bull's mark LoL.

Betonov · 06-25-10, 01:03 PM

I play occasionaly, with rented weapons. I like it better than paintball because I get to play with mock-ups of real life weapons and they are easier to wield than paintball, because there is no CO2 and ammo canister.But picking out a team is hard, because of the fair play involved in keeping score. And we have no marshalls here, usually just two guys keeping check that we dont brake the guns and kill eachother with hand to hand combat.

On a related note, me and my friends are curently in the planing proces to build a massive airsoft/paintball polygon or obstacle course. construction of a whole slum village and a wild west street are being planned. We already have land so now we are aquiring material
Dont worry, I'll post a thread about it when it is finished somewhere between september 2010 and march 2011

ivank · 06-25-10, 01:05 PM

I had a full armory of guns, sold them when my team broke up. Thinking about getting back into it

Kapitan · 06-28-10, 04:57 PM

I play infact i played on sunday with my group the white knights we use SA80 and M4 although we are switching to M4 cause the SA80A1 is just rubbish.

We played at Penn near high wycombe a sort of woodland area we played from 0900 to 1700 in 28*c heat about 6 out of 47 dropped out by lunch i ended up drinking about 5 litres of water and believe me i was sweating it out like a tap.

But in all great fun !

geetrue · 06-29-10, 12:17 PM

Those guns look very very real to the naked eye ...

Can you imagine being stopped for a tail light out with the peace officer seeing those in the back seat?

I would like to know more about airsoft, please ...

I see airsoft guns in the local ads here in America for like $29.95 on sale, but they have red things where the barrel is.

Is this red thing normal or some kind of USA law?

What does FPS mean in regards to airsoft and do they hurt at close range like those nasty paintball shots do.

Speaking of paintball have you seen the naked girls on PBTV playing paintball? My my those things leave bruises in nice places on a naked girl.

Kapitan · 06-29-10, 12:52 PM

Ok for you geetrue

FPS feet per second

In america all airsoft weapons must have orange tip UK must be a highlighted colour unless a member of ukara site

Provided you can explain it i doubt the police officer will have any issue

L.T · 06-29-10, 05:41 PM

wowser "hardball" long time since i was playing, but i have used loads on time on it..

Startet for fun 1992 in 93 we got the basic team ready and in 95 we startet to play et survival game style (sleeping ourdoors in weekends) got involved in a fairly big scenario that ran for 3 years and us being number 1 score all the years. Had load of challenges in urban speedball, we were not good there, but normaly we had a rematch over a weekend our style and won.

1999 we ran into problems with the local police, they were werry close arresting us for paramillitay training (sounds fun, was not)

2000 we all joined national guard same division and same unit.Year after we got transfered to infantry. 2005 we had a closing meeting and décided to close the "club". work, kids and wifes made it imposible to keep up the dedication level needed, both in hardball and national guard.

"Hardball" and our style of play have given me memorys that is priceless. The training we got helped me loads in millitary and national guard service and my best friends to day are some of the old members of "Særlig opklarings gruppe" (SOG)

We prefered survival game. Sleeping outdoor, night fights booby traps and insertions. But many had fun just using the sunday at a factory site.

TBear

Platapus · 06-29-10, 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geetrue

Those guns look very very real to the naked eye ...

Can you imagine being stopped for a tail light out with the peace officer seeing those in the back seat?

I think the only problem would be if you suddenly reached for your airsoft in your enthusiasm to show the police officer how cool it is..... Bad Thing

ivank · 06-29-10, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus

I think the only problem would be if you suddenly reached for your airsoft in your enthusiasm to show the police officer how cool it is..... Bad Thing

Castout · 07-05-10, 03:57 AM

Since playing I'm ArmA 2 I'm rather interested in getting an airsoft gun well actually I want the real one, an SVD Dragunov but that's way out of my league.

And so I've been looking for a nice SVD dragunov airsoft gun and
found two of them

A Real Sword SVD Dragunov which is sold at US$750.00 ONLINE which I guess would be substantially more expensive here.
And a CA SVD priced at US$700.00 in a local store here.

...and that stopped me from exploring further. Damn these are expensive.
Not to mention when a sales women I saw on youtube shooting a can at some distance which I don't think that far actually smiled after hitting the said can. I mean a 700 bucks toy gun to shoot at a short distance? Maybe when my Maddoff scheme worked out

I guess I would have to be content wtih ArmA and Arrowhead meanwhile at least in those the distance are realistic

Anyway this whole exploring thing has brought me an idea since what I actually wanted is a realistic looking rifle and one which shoots like the real one ballistic wise so there must be a way to make these guns to shoot virtual bullet. That is a realistic feel and look of a gun but which fire a virtual bullet aimed at a specially made electronic target that would register hit and spread for accuracy and if needed to register misses and gives off warning tone to simulate hearing the gun firing. An added realistic bang(sound) would be terrific but not that necessary. Of course this limits the application of the gun but the device could be made to be attached to players allowing players to engage fellow players at realistic distances with realistic ballistic trajectory something that's done in the real Army exercises.

So can anyone tell me why this idea is not workable? or haven't been implemented?

Geno_Mariner · 07-05-10, 07:19 AM

I'd love to play Airsoft but it's banned out here in Australia. Apparently there was meant to be some hearing to discuss the revision of the ban at the beginning of this year...

Will have to check up on the Airsoft sites again, but I'm willing to bet the Australia one remains unchanged.
Otherwise I would've got a few arsenals of Sniper Rifles (I'm more like a sniper in some ways), not to mention SVD's

(However that may change soon if our good Laser Tag sites gets Frag Tag aka military/survival laser tag with real gun sounds and realistic guns, hope they'd make a SVD...

here's a site link if anyone's curious http://www.fragtag.com.au/ )

Anyway, I talk too much. It's been a while since I talked of Airsofts

06-24-10, 04:31 PM	#1
ajrimmer42 Royal Kinotropist Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 987 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Airsoft Just wondering if anyone out there plays airsoft??? I started about 18 months ago, so much better than paintball lol. Anyways, I just got a new front end for my L85 It's actually just an M4 CASV unit which somehow fits on with very little modification, they don't yet do an airsoft version of the actual L85 RIS kit. The rifle is just an AA R85, the cheapest L85 out there lol, and as such the piston just broke, the stock one sucked anyway though so it's a good excuse to get a new one So anyone else got any gear they wanna show off? __________________ Alex Don't judge a ship by the number of it's guns, but by the skill of it's crew.

06-24-10, 04:46 PM	#2
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Pardon my ignorance, but what is the difference between the paintball and the Airsoft? I assume that Airsoft does not shoot paintballs Does it shoot any other type of marking projectile. If not, how is the "score" kept? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-24-10, 04:49 PM	#3
ajrimmer42 Royal Kinotropist Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 987 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	No airsoft uses 6mm bbs, it works purely on an honour system, you just have to be honest and acknowledge when you've been hit. Plus they have marshalls walking around so if they see anyone not taking hits they just ban them lol. It does work surprisingly well. __________________ Alex Don't judge a ship by the number of it's guns, but by the skill of it's crew.

06-24-10, 09:16 PM	#5
Castout Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta Posts: 4,794 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 6	Since playign ArmA been watching some rifle clips and airsoft guns among them. There was this really good and well amde SVD Dragunov airsoft gun that some guy tested in a real gun indoor range(and no it wasn't your usual cheap looking airsoft Dragunov) and it was a real temptation but I knew I wouldn't be able to afford that . Watched a clip of this New Zealand resident testing his REAL civilian Dragunov in his backyard. Awwww wish I was that lucky . Nothing beats firing a real gun I guess and a day in the range with marksman rifle with scope could put a smile on any man's face . especially with a picture of either his ex wife or boss down on the bull's mark LoL. __________________ My blog: http://exposingsingapore.wordpress.com/

06-25-10, 01:05 PM	#7
ivank The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Huntington, Long Island, New York Posts: 1,426 Downloads: 284 Uploads: 0	I had a full armory of guns, sold them when my team broke up. Thinking about getting back into it __________________ Head of The Surface Warfare Super-Mod Team Leutnant z. S. David U. Ziegler U-105 IXB On Patrol 1

06-24-10, 04:53 PM	#4
Morts Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,395 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	this is what ive got

06-25-10, 01:03 PM	#6
Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	I play occasionaly, with rented weapons. I like it better than paintball because I get to play with mock-ups of real life weapons and they are easier to wield than paintball, because there is no CO2 and ammo canister.But picking out a team is hard, because of the fair play involved in keeping score. And we have no marshalls here, usually just two guys keeping check that we dont brake the guns and kill eachother with hand to hand combat. On a related note, me and my friends are curently in the planing proces to build a massive airsoft/paintball polygon or obstacle course. construction of a whole slum village and a wild west street are being planned. We already have land so now we are aquiring material Dont worry, I'll post a thread about it when it is finished somewhere between september 2010 and march 2011

06-28-10, 04:57 PM	#8
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,130 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	I play infact i played on sunday with my group the white knights we use SA80 and M4 although we are switching to M4 cause the SA80A1 is just rubbish. We played at Penn near high wycombe a sort of woodland area we played from 0900 to 1700 in 28c heat about 6 out of 47 dropped out by lunch i ended up drinking about 5 litres of water and believe me i was sweating it out like a tap. But in all great fun ! __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond* Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

06-29-10, 12:17 PM	#9
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Those guns look very very real to the naked eye ... Can you imagine being stopped for a tail light out with the peace officer seeing those in the back seat? I would like to know more about airsoft, please ... I see airsoft guns in the local ads here in America for like $29.95 on sale, but they have red things where the barrel is. Is this red thing normal or some kind of USA law? What does FPS mean in regards to airsoft and do they hurt at close range like those nasty paintball shots do. Speaking of paintball have you seen the naked girls on PBTV playing paintball? My my those things leave bruises in nice places on a naked girl. __________________

06-29-10, 12:52 PM	#10
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,130 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	Ok for you geetrue FPS feet per second In america all airsoft weapons must have orange tip UK must be a highlighted colour unless a member of ukara site Provided you can explain it i doubt the police officer will have any issue __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

06-29-10, 05:41 PM	#11
L.T Torpedoman Join Date: May 2010 Location: Denmark Posts: 112 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	wowser "hardball" long time since i was playing, but i have used loads on time on it.. Startet for fun 1992 in 93 we got the basic team ready and in 95 we startet to play et survival game style (sleeping ourdoors in weekends) got involved in a fairly big scenario that ran for 3 years and us being number 1 score all the years. Had load of challenges in urban speedball, we were not good there, but normaly we had a rematch over a weekend our style and won. 1999 we ran into problems with the local police, they were werry close arresting us for paramillitay training (sounds fun, was not) 2000 we all joined national guard same division and same unit.Year after we got transfered to infantry. 2005 we had a closing meeting and décided to close the "club". work, kids and wifes made it imposible to keep up the dedication level needed, both in hardball and national guard. "Hardball" and our style of play have given me memorys that is priceless. The training we got helped me loads in millitary and national guard service and my best friends to day are some of the old members of "Særlig opklarings gruppe" (SOG) We prefered survival game. Sleeping outdoor, night fights booby traps and insertions. But many had fun just using the sunday at a factory site. TBear

07-05-10, 03:57 AM	#14
Castout Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta Posts: 4,794 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 6	Since playing I'm ArmA 2 I'm rather interested in getting an airsoft gun well actually I want the real one, an SVD Dragunov but that's way out of my league. And so I've been looking for a nice SVD dragunov airsoft gun and found two of them A Real Sword SVD Dragunov which is sold at US$750.00 ONLINE which I guess would be substantially more expensive here. And a CA SVD priced at US$700.00 in a local store here. ...and that stopped me from exploring further. Damn these are expensive. Not to mention when a sales women I saw on youtube shooting a can at some distance which I don't think that far actually smiled after hitting the said can. I mean a 700 bucks toy gun to shoot at a short distance? Maybe when my Maddoff scheme worked out I guess I would have to be content wtih ArmA and Arrowhead meanwhile at least in those the distance are realistic Anyway this whole exploring thing has brought me an idea since what I actually wanted is a realistic looking rifle and one which shoots like the real one ballistic wise so there must be a way to make these guns to shoot virtual bullet. That is a realistic feel and look of a gun but which fire a virtual bullet aimed at a specially made electronic target that would register hit and spread for accuracy and if needed to register misses and gives off warning tone to simulate hearing the gun firing. An added realistic bang(sound) would be terrific but not that necessary. Of course this limits the application of the gun but the device could be made to be attached to players allowing players to engage fellow players at realistic distances with realistic ballistic trajectory something that's done in the real Army exercises. So can anyone tell me why this idea is not workable? or haven't been implemented? __________________ My blog: http://exposingsingapore.wordpress.com/ Last edited by Castout; 07-05-10 at 04:12 AM.

07-05-10, 07:19 AM	#15
Geno_Mariner Weps Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 369 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'd love to play Airsoft but it's banned out here in Australia. Apparently there was meant to be some hearing to discuss the revision of the ban at the beginning of this year... Will have to check up on the Airsoft sites again, but I'm willing to bet the Australia one remains unchanged. Otherwise I would've got a few arsenals of Sniper Rifles (I'm more like a sniper in some ways), not to mention SVD's (However that may change soon if our good Laser Tag sites gets Frag Tag aka military/survival laser tag with real gun sounds and realistic guns, hope they'd make a SVD... here's a site link if anyone's curious http://www.fragtag.com.au/ ) Anyway, I talk too much. It's been a while since I talked of Airsofts __________________