Airsoft help

[Duke_of_Ray 0]

What are BDU's and LBE? Im new to this.

[Warin 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Duke_of_Ray @ Sep. 11 2002,01:48)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">What are BDU's and LBE? Im new to this. <span id='postcolor'>

Battle Dress Uniform. ie: Jacket and Trousers

No idea what LBE is

Load Bearing Equipment? All those funky harnesses and webbing to pack spare magazines, flashlight, knife...

[Duke_of_Ray 0]

I will have to wait till winter to play here in Texas then. Maybe some good baggy clothes would do me justice...........

[Tex -USMC- 0]

where you at in Texas, DOR?

[Duke_of_Ray 0]

I live North of Dallas, hot and humid.

[Tex -USMC- 0]

Midland, Texas here

[eh remraf 0]

Airsoft is nothing. Just get a $12 red ryder bb gun and your in action.

[timmy 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (xmurderx @ Sep. 09 2002,09:59)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (placebo @ Sep. 10 2002,01:21)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Perhaps it would help if you tell people the town and country you live in? No point someone spending their time telling you the prices for Ireland if you live in Iraq, for example <span id='postcolor'>

I live in america, in alabama (yuck) so american prices would be nice  <span id='postcolor'>

you live in alabama? didnt know i had any neighbors at this forum. Where in alabama do you live, i live in birmingham.

[Duke_of_Ray 0]

The neat thing about airsoft is how they look real, how far can they shoot?

[sgtvor 0]

Most AEG's have an accurate range of about 60-75 feet. But even at that range you'll have a decent arc on the shot.

The BB's are also extremely light compared to paintballs, so even the slightest wind affects their flight.

[Tex -USMC- 0]

check out the SOCOM M24 on the site that Warin posted. The reviewer said he was consistently hitting targets 70 yards away (he had his souped up though)

[xmurderx 0]

I live in enterprise, my dad got stationed at ft. rucker awhile back. me and my girlfreind have been thinking about moving to birmingham. its a toss up between bham, atlanta, or new york. but to keep on topic, Ill just go to a place where they have air soft arenas.

[sgtvor 0]

Yeah, some sniper rifles are powered up to some insane levels to offset the realtively short range of airsoft engagements. I've seen a PSG-1 that fired at over 650fps, and heard of some that fired up to 800fps. Usually those guns are "recreation" only, since most organized games have a fps limit attached to them.

The only time I've heard of those kind of rifles being used is during special CQB competitions.

Basically, you and your CQB team, including a sniper if you have one, are allowed to set up around a kill house that holds several hostiles acting out a scenario. When you go in, you're "graded" on how realistically your team performs the entry. You compete against other CQB teams based on your scores. In those situations, snipers are allowed to setup where they please, so a longer range allows them to more realistically engage targets and is almost encouraged.

In most organized airsoft games, the chance of a close engagement is to high to allow someone to carry a weapon firing 650 fps projectiles though.

[Duke_of_Ray 0]

Whats is the normal setting when playing? I need some money to get me a gun.

[xmurderx 0]

do the guns sound realistic? I read a review that the xms produced the sound found in the real thing.

also, do rifles blowback?

one more (kinda stupid), do they produce a muzle flash? (ok, so maybe this one is real dumb)

[Warin 0]

4--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (xmurderx @ Sep. 11 2002,234)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">do the guns sound realistic? I read a review that the xms produced the sound found in the real thing.

also, do rifles blowback?

one more (kinda stupid), do they produce a muzle flash? (ok, so maybe this one is real dumb)<span id='postcolor'>

From all I have heard they sound like air rifles, not centerfire cartidges being fired.  I am sure there is some sort of recoil, especially in the electric guns with high cyclic rates. And no, no muzzle flash  For that you'd need combustion, not compressed air.

[eh remraf 0]

Save yourself the time and money and get some BB guns. I find playing with BBs is a hell of a lot funner than playing with Airsoft : )

[USMC Sniper 0]

Do airsoft make a small "click" noise when they fire? The CO2 BB gun i have makes something like that.

[Denwad 0]

AEGs make a ZWACK sound.

You can go to <a href="www.airsoftextreme.com" target='_blank'>www.airsoftextreme.com</a> and look for videos.

[sgtvor 0]

Ok...well, the "Standard" airsoft rifles are AEG's that fire about 250-280 fps. Usually organized games will have a FPS limit of around 350-400. Anything higher is just dangerous in possible close combat.

Every electric gun I've ever heard makes a "zzzzWHACK" sound like Denwad said. No muzzle flash of course , and actually the recoil when firing even on full auto is slim to none.

AEG's generally do not have a "blow back" action to them. Gas powered rifles usually do though. The only AEG that has a blowback bolt movement that I know of is a particular version of the HK PSG-1.

[Tex -USMC- 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (eh remraf @ Sep. 12 2002,01:03)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Save yourself the time and money and get some BB guns. I find playing with BBs is a hell of a lot funner than playing with Airsoft : )<span id='postcolor'>

Rem, you are a strange bird. besides, they have automatic airsoft guns- need I say more?