Discover The Secret Of Airsoft Guns
Sunday, December 27, 2009
, Posted by Your Travel Buddy at 6:22 AM
Airsoft guns are safer forms of highly-evolved BB guns. These guns fire plastic versions of the metal ball bearings that almost took your eye out all those years ago. These started in Asia where cheap, spring-operated plastic versions of the BB gun were made, before a clever producer noticed a demand for a more refined version for more adult war games.
These cheap Asian stocking fillers were since recognised by clever manufacturers to be in demand by more adult military aficionados and so Airsoft guns were then refined with better materials and technology to supply the fastest-growing outdoor pursuit since 2001 - Airsoft.
Nowadays, some standardisation has taken place, and BBs are now 6 or 8mm in diameter. Also, the method of delivering the payload has been standardised, with some variations, and is now named AEG - Automatic Electric Gun. These have an electric motor, which both cocks a spring and also drives a pellet into the chamber. The spring is then released, smacking into the pellet and propelling it out of the chamber.
A typical Airsoft gun can shoot the BBs at speeds of 200 to 500 feet per second (60 to 150 metres per second). Rates of fire range from 300 up to 2000 BBs per minute, depending on the capacity of the gun's magazine. Magazines are classed as the following: low cap: around 50 BBs, mid cap: around 120 BBs, or high-cap: 200-500+ BBs. Magazines include a spring, or manually-operated ratchet to help the BB into the chamber. There are also electrically-operated magazines available that may hold up to 5000 pellets. Military-simulation Airsoft games, however, may require you to have a more realistic magazine capacity to make the experience more genuine.
However, gas-powered Airsoft guns are becoming increasingly popular due to more realistic noise and recoil. These are powered, usually, by propane in a proprietary container, screwed to the back of the gun. Recently, the possibility to 'charge' your gun using a camping gas propane tank has appeared. This gas type of gun is more common on Airsoft pistols than rifles due to the size of the motor and gear mechanism necessary to shoot the BB. AEGs have a longer range than gas guns, and the batteries usually last longer than a charge of gas.
Although Airsoft guns used to be made almost entirely out of plastic, aluminium and alloys are now seeing their way into manufacture, for durability and increased power. Some AEGs, especially when used in military simulations, also contain lead weights to make them feel more like authentic weapons.
Muzzle velocity in AEGs may range anywhere from 50 m/s (160 ft/s) to around 125 m/s (410 ft/s). Modifications to the gun may allow velocity to be increased up 180 m/s (590 ft/s). There are also motorised units available called hop-up units which cause the bullet to backspin, increasing lift, and so range. Typical range can be 75 metres (250ft), which may be doubled by the unit.
You can buy 6mm paintballs for your Airsoft gun, but these may explode inside your chamber, meaning a ruined gun.
These cheap Asian stocking fillers were since recognised by clever manufacturers to be in demand by more adult military aficionados and so Airsoft guns were then refined with better materials and technology to supply the fastest-growing outdoor pursuit since 2001 - Airsoft.
Nowadays, some standardisation has taken place, and BBs are now 6 or 8mm in diameter. Also, the method of delivering the payload has been standardised, with some variations, and is now named AEG - Automatic Electric Gun. These have an electric motor, which both cocks a spring and also drives a pellet into the chamber. The spring is then released, smacking into the pellet and propelling it out of the chamber.
A typical Airsoft gun can shoot the BBs at speeds of 200 to 500 feet per second (60 to 150 metres per second). Rates of fire range from 300 up to 2000 BBs per minute, depending on the capacity of the gun's magazine. Magazines are classed as the following: low cap: around 50 BBs, mid cap: around 120 BBs, or high-cap: 200-500+ BBs. Magazines include a spring, or manually-operated ratchet to help the BB into the chamber. There are also electrically-operated magazines available that may hold up to 5000 pellets. Military-simulation Airsoft games, however, may require you to have a more realistic magazine capacity to make the experience more genuine.
However, gas-powered Airsoft guns are becoming increasingly popular due to more realistic noise and recoil. These are powered, usually, by propane in a proprietary container, screwed to the back of the gun. Recently, the possibility to 'charge' your gun using a camping gas propane tank has appeared. This gas type of gun is more common on Airsoft pistols than rifles due to the size of the motor and gear mechanism necessary to shoot the BB. AEGs have a longer range than gas guns, and the batteries usually last longer than a charge of gas.
Although Airsoft guns used to be made almost entirely out of plastic, aluminium and alloys are now seeing their way into manufacture, for durability and increased power. Some AEGs, especially when used in military simulations, also contain lead weights to make them feel more like authentic weapons.
Muzzle velocity in AEGs may range anywhere from 50 m/s (160 ft/s) to around 125 m/s (410 ft/s). Modifications to the gun may allow velocity to be increased up 180 m/s (590 ft/s). There are also motorised units available called hop-up units which cause the bullet to backspin, increasing lift, and so range. Typical range can be 75 metres (250ft), which may be doubled by the unit.
You can buy 6mm paintballs for your Airsoft gun, but these may explode inside your chamber, meaning a ruined gun.
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