Any Airsoft players here?

[Guest chucky.egg]

A friend put me on to Airsoft after talk about paintball, but as a newbie to it I'm wondering what I need to kit myself out.

I've trawled the retailers sites (like www.wolfarmouries.co.uk) but it looks like I need to be spending +\- £200 for a reasonable gun.

Anyone have any tips for a newbie?

Cheap places to get guns - Anyone imported them from HK? does it work out any cheaper - they seem to be about half the UK price

Motor ratings - Do they have a big effect on the performance (range/accuracy/power) of the gun

Any good venues, especially in the South East of England. Indoor sites would be fave

[Guest AngelOfRage]

ive never been into it full on but i did own a couple of smaller guns awhile ago. a spring loaded Uzi, a spring loaded Berreta and two Gas powered pistols (one with a lasersight). i was always put off by the price of the larger weapons.

perhaps you should start small and work your way up.

for pistols i paid about £40 for the spring powered ones and £90 for my biggest gas powered one.

or jusy go all out on one of these bad boys

Edited April 27, 2005 by AngelOfRage

[Guest i_oWn_u]

have you guyz ever had a big war with them?!

they hurt so bad

i like pistols the best - easy to run with

[Guest AngelOfRage]

yeah ive managed to draw blood with a Gas powered pistol, and that was with plastic BB's. that was on bare skin though, i wouldn't advise shooting yourself without any protective gear on. it really hurts...

[Guest drblow]

:shock: Good lord! You mean you can buy these things in the UK & shoot your mates with them?

[Guest i_oWn_u]

Im in america lol

;)

its legal over here dunno about over in the otha world UK

[Guest AngelOfRage]

you can buy them legally yes but i wouldn't advise taking them out in public as most look authentic (interestingly, in the US all replica guns have to have Orange barrel tips) and you dont want an armed response team called out.

there plenty of info on the web about them (google is you friend)

[Guest chucky.egg]

I think I might go for a second-hand one to start me off

I'm not very accurate, more of a "blatter" than a "sniper", so I really was after something with a large magazine and full-auto! :evil:

The M60s are too expensive (£700!). Nice though. No, no, no! Put the credit card down and step away from the keyboard!

I was hoping for some tips on what makes a good beginners gun, but in case anyone else stumbles across this there's a good second-hand section on www.arniesairsoft.co.uk

[Guest pwest13]

lol bought my 3rd airsoft gun last weekend off of the well cheap but good quality sight www.airshooter.co.uk I recommend i got the MP5 A7H for £30 !

[Guest i_oWn_u]

anybody have any good deals on them?

[Guest DH1]

When I started I bought an M4A1 from Den Trinity in 2002 which I still have and use regularly (twice a month). I use Den Trinity and UNCompany. Both are reasonable but the shipping to the States can be costly but in most cases, worth it.

UNCompany

Den Trinity

If this is just a once and a while hobby, don't drop a lot of cash but if you get hooked and can find a good group of people to play with, well you'll see.

These are the guys I play with and we travel the Eastern and Mid West states to play. We enjoy the game very much.

TAC- Tactical Airsoft of Cleveland

We're located in Ohio with many other teams across the states to play with and against.

Good luck on your decision.

Gary

DH1

TEAM TAC

Edited April 30, 2005 by DH1