Fun with Airsoft

[Don Roley]

Seriously speaking....

Airsoft is good for a lot of training. If you can't get the the range every day, you can at least set up a target and practice. I would think it would be a step up from dry firing practice. And it is cheap!

And why has not anyone mentioned the fact that you can practice things with them that you don't dare do with a real firearm? Doesn't anyone use these things for limited scenario training? People pay hundreds of dollars for things like simunitions and no one uses air soft to practice how to clear a room?

 

[Tgace]

Well..the mechanics of an airsoft weapon (trigger pull, spring weight, heft, etc.) are not exactly like the real thing. While they do have utility as training tools, nothing can replace dry fire training with the real weapon. The advantage of simunition weapons is the fact that they are pretty much the real weapon, retooled to fire marking rounds. And learning to handle recoil is a skill all its own as well....

 

[msneen]

Airsoft works great if each person owns and maintains their own, but they aren't tough enough to take the abuse in a shooting/tactics school. Other than that, they work great.

Regards,

Mike Sneen