| When we were kids we all wanted the guns we | | | | The neat thing about airsoft rifles are that |
| saw in the movies; now you can own them - | | | | you can own just about any rifle or assault |
| safely. Owning an | | | | rifle you can imagine - from the old Thomson |
| airsoft rifle is the dream of every kid who | | | | submachinegun to the far more modern H&K |
| just never really grew up. When we were kids | | | | G36 special ops assault weapon. You can buy a |
| we wanted the ultimate toy - a pellet gun | | | | standard sighted rifle, sniper rifle, |
| that looked like what we saw in the movies. | | | | shotgun, sawn off shotgun, assault pistol and |
| Airsoft rifles can fulfil that need - there's | | | | also standard carbines. Heck you can even own |
| just something about them that turns grown | | | | the Marine M-41A assault rifle from the Alien |
| men into kids all over again. Hundreds of | | | | (TM) movies - it's a modifier kit for an M4 |
| thousands of airsoft owners all over the | | | | airsoft rifle but having this option is still |
| world can testify to this. | | | | incredible and a real bonus for the airsoft |
| | | | fans who also love sci-fi. Once you've picked |
| Airsoft rifles may look like toys to some | | | | the model you want you then need to choose |
| people but when you pick one up you suddenly | | | | what type of firing system the gun will have. |
| realize that they're anything but toys. They | | | | Airsoft guns can be purchased in spring, gas |
| mimic the real thing so closely that most | | | | and AEG (airsoft electric gun) variants with |
| airsoft guns are now manufactured with an | | | | AEGs offering the highest firing rates and |
| orange flash at the end of the gun barrel. | | | | usually the highest pellet velocities. |
| Why? So that both police and army personnel | | | | Certain spring powered airsoft rifles can |
| can tell the difference between a real gun | | | | outperform electric airsofts in single shot |
| and an airsoft model! Although airsoft rifles | | | | power however - so bear this in mind when |
| may look and feel somewhat like the real | | | | you're buying your new gun. Spring powered |
| thing that's where the similarity ends. | | | | are the cheapest, gas powered are next up |
| Airsoft guns are non-lethal because they only | | | | from there and finally AEGs top the table in |
| fire a 6mm plastic pellet. These are | | | | terms of cost (but also in terms of features |
| available in variety of weights as well as in | | | | and fun). Words can't really express the |
| glow-in-the-dark and paintball variants and | | | | feeling of excitement you feel when you get |
| are ideal for tin can or home target | | | | your first airsoft gun. There's hours of fun |
| shooting. | | | | target and tin can shooting ahead of you. |
| | | | Have fun with your gun and stay safe! |