Friday, June 27, 2008

What's Airsoft

Airsoft is a combat sport similar to paintball in which participants eliminate opponents by hitting them with 6 mm (or occasionally 8 mm) plastic BBs launched from airsoft guns. Airsoft guns are most commonly powered by one of these three sources: Gas (CO2, Green Gas, Red Gas, 134A, Propane, or some other type of gas) , air that is forced through a nozzle via a manually cocked spring piston (normally called "spring guns" or "springers"), or mechanical boxes that use motors to pull back and release a spring piston (Nicknamed AEGs or Automatic Electric Guns). Participants typically use varying types of weapons designed as replicas of real firearms, tactical gear, and accessories used by military and police organizations. Airsoft has been popular in Asia for a long time, and there is now a growing interest in airsoft weapons and events in North America and Europe. Some of the notable manufacturers of airsoft guns include Tokyo Marui, Classic Army, ICS, G&G, G&P, VFC, STAR, Systema, JG, KWA, CYMA, A&K, Echo 1 and others.

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