Airsoft vs. Paintball

[Imperious Leader]

I just bought my gun and i havent done much other than shoot it and research it to find out that its the best for the money. here are the specs>.

http://cgi.ebay.com/UTG-tactical-warhawk-AK47-replica-AEG-airsoft-markerset_W0QQitemZ7215917668QQcategoryZ64635QQcmdZViewItem

http://www.hobbytron.com/AirsoftAssaultRifleGunAEGLPSOFTMAK47LE.html

[ajgundam5]

I have an Electric automatic P90 my favorite gun and its cool and yea I like airsoft better then paintball because it is cheaper and well being 16 I don’t have a job so thats a plus and you still feel it when you get shot unless you’re wearing like 2 sweatshirts so it’s still fun :-D

[Guerrilla Guy]

You yell “Hit”… The other aspect I like about airsoft is that it feels more “Teamish”… In Paintball you have teams, but your forced to use that team in the full capacity depending on the mission you have been assigned… So you won’t forget about little Jimmy and his weak stock gun cause he might be your best suppression gunner (in my case I specialize in that area :-D…)

I have to reload… And often under fire… Thanks I think that is all I could do… Carrying around a screw driver, Allen Wrench set, and extra parts is not fun…

I live in the Boon Docks, so most of my fighting is done in the woods… You just have to put more BB’s out to “cut” the terrain down, so yes in comparison that is another disadvantage… Most of the time it cuts through pretty fast, or finds the “one opening”… Camo is staple, no padding though… Some guys have Camo stockpiles, BDU’s in 6 different countries, Digital, Marpats, Winter, Summer, Desert, Forests, Urban, you name it…

Oh and another weapon I forgot to mention that we have: Claymores…

GG

[balungaloaf]

yes, i forgot that as well, paintball has a new claymore set.  You take those itty-bitty co2 tanks that are about palm size.  Take 6 of them and put them in and then there are about 15 tubes in arc formation and each contain two paintballs or one, i cant remember.

I dont understand if it doesnt hurt as bad as paintball what really would stop someone from acting berserker.  In paintball your body might just become one big welt.  I like the fear factor of worry about getting lit up with stupendous pain, i think it makes people act as real to the real thing as possible.  No one in a real battle would get out of cover without a good chance of making it to where-ever he wanted to go.  Perhaps its the same in air soft, but i dont know.

[Guerrilla Guy]

No we get the same sensation… It doesn’t hurt as much, but with the feeling of “I-Don’t-want-to-let-my-team-down” and the pain, that keeps us in that mode too…

GG

[Jermofoot]

Hmm…suppose someone has made a BAR?  Has to be my favorite weapon from WW2.

[Guest]

Actually theres a site that converts paintball guns to look like real weapons, ranging from WWII to today.  Want a paintball gun that looks like a Thompson or an MP40?  That site was able to do it.  Im sure if I look for it I can provide a link……but im about to play some Day of Defeat: Source.  Will do it later though.

[Guerrilla Guy]

@Jermofoot:

Hmm…suppose someone has made a BAR?  Has to be my favorite weapon from WW2.

Yep…

http://www.wwiiguns.com/store/product_catalog.php?c=7

plus others… Check that site out, It is the biggest AS WW2 distributor I know of…

GG

[Imperious Leader]

Yea and they have MP42 machine guns too. The reinactors are soo hardcore the guns use empty shells where you stick the pellet inside and when the gun gets shot the shells go flying just like the real run. The sound is very scary not to mention the realism. I got a video of it somewhere.

[balungaloaf]

Mech i’ve seen an AK and a m-1 garand for paintball.  The questions is how good are they to use.  Are they making more for sure?  About the coolest thing i saw was the 3 barrelled heavy machine gun.

[Guest]

@balungaloaf:

Mech i’ve seen an AK and a m-1 garand for paintball.  The questions is how good are they to use.  Are they making more for sure?  About the coolest thing i saw was the 3 barrelled heavy machine gun.

I cant seem to find the website for the paintball guns……but I can tell you it was awesome site.  The gun conversions were fairly cheap.

[AgentOrange]

A buddy of mine went to a security training facility, where he says they used real guns that were capable of firing real bullets, but instead they were using rounds made of lipstick, or something like that.

I thought that sounded pretty cool, because it gives an authentic feel, but obviously you’re not killing/wounding anyone.  :wink:

[Imperious Leader]

http://www.youtube.com/w/?v=XLX7KTrZD2I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyd_h5nfXDA&mode=related&search=

cool airsoft videos