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The Origins of Airsoft

Airsoft was first played in the late 1970s. It was based off of the concept of realistic looking guns that shot non-lethal projectiles for sport and simulation purposes. There were guns of this style before airsoft, such as the Mattel Shooting Shell guns of the late 1950s. The U.S. military even tinkered with ideas of this type after World War II. The bb guns that existed before shot metal bbs that could do a lot of damage to a person and in rare cases kill them. Mattel’s guns were an innovation at best though.

Airsoft originated in Japan, where owning real guns was illegal. The first manufacturers were long standing toy companies like Masudaya, Fujimi, and Matsushiro. These companies saw a great business opportunity and filled a void. They believed it would be a great idea to market bb guns that could safely be shot at any one person and not seriously injure them. They got the idea from paintball guns, which were fast becoming very popular at the time. The airsoft guns were spring powered, single shot weapons. Many of the first airsoft guns used unusual ammo such as the 7mm long range and the soft rubber ammo used by Trademarks’ guns. Later, they would realize that a normal size round bb would be cheaper and more proficient to manufacture.

Soon after, the Daisy Company, who was known for over a century as the premiere manufacturer of bb guns in the US, decided to start marketing airsoft in North America during the 1980s. Until then, airsoft was unheard of outside Japan. Daisy had contracted the Maruzen Company of Japan to manufacture a line of spring powered guns to sell in the US. Many of which already existed in Japan and were being repackaged and sold in the States. These guns used special ammo that was loaded into shell casings. The airsoft guns included rifles, shotguns, pistols, and submachine guns. All of these were made created by Maruzen except for one model which was manufactured by the Falcon Toy Corporation. The airsoft guns that were being manufactured were so realistic in appearance that many anti-violence organizations showed disfavor towards them in America.

Several Japanese companies started to manufacture guns using BV, or bullet valve, around 1985. BV used a direct flow of gas from an external tank which usually was Co2 or compressed air. This powered the mechanism which allowed the airsoft guns to fire in a fully automatic mode. The Japanese economy hit an all-time low in 1990. A lot of large companies had invested in factories and during the recession these companies were unable to survive the debts that they had acquired and were forced to sell out. This created the end for gas driven airsoft in the 1990s. Many companies were forced to close their doors and the most memorable of these companies had to be JAC. Their ambitious World War II line of guns, featuring the BAR and the Thompson, were made of metal and wood and used real gun parts like the mag shell, but it proved to be too expensive to produce during that period and caused them to declare bankruptcy. Now, contrary to belief, Tokyo Marui was not a factor in the closure of classic companies.

In the late 90’s, classic airsoft guns began to see a bit of a new start. Companies like Youth Engineering started to manufacture guns using the old BV system. Now, in recent years the Escort Company of Japan began a vigorous campaign new gas powered guns. Escort began creating new airsoft guns in-house such as the MP5 and others. These guns appealed more to skeptics because many of them used the AEG magazines. Escort was also the first to branch out into other ideas including the first truly functional airsoft gas hand grenade and the remote detonated Claymore mine. Escort guns also offered a degree of realism that had never been seen before in airsoft when they offered the full-stroke blowback in their guns.

Top 20 Ways to Tell You're a Noob

You Know you are an Airsoft Noob When…

1. All you rely on is Hi cap mags and spray and pray. And that's the ones who have regular guns instead of a SAW or LSW.
2. You post a thread asking about people’s opinions of a gun, and then get upset when they call you a Noob.
3. You ask the question "What is the best AEG for under $50 or $100?"
4. You look at people and call them crazy for buying real tactical gear and good guns, then wonder why your gear falls apart.
5. You show up to airsoft games and try to grab other peoples gear or guns without asking them.
6. You call magazines "clips".
7. You ask how you can upgrade your Cyma/Cybergun AEG, and then get angry when told that it cannot be done.
8. You send off applications and requests to join every airsoft team in your area without ever having played.
9. You think Classic Army is the most original company to ever make AEGs.
10. You think Tokyo Marui is pronounced "To-kee-oh Mao-ri."
11. You think Cybergun makes the best airsoft products available.
12. Your boots and BDU's are worth more than your gun.
13. You carry 2 Springer pistols just in case.
14. You have a light on your pistol during a daytime event because it looks cool.
15. You wear a woodland top with fleck tarn pants.
16. You wear a medic armband to identify yourself as a medic.
17. You wear bright white Nikes to events.
18. You wear hunting camo to events.
19. You think that there is no difference between .12s and .20s.
20. You go to airsoft arms and ask 50 billion questions which are totally useless and you ask to hold every gun, and then ask questions about it.

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Top 50 Ways To Tell You're Addicted To Airsoft

You know you are addicted to airsoft when:

1. You have more airsoft buddies phone numbers in your cell phone then relatives.
2. The night before an event, you sleep on the ground because your guns are on the bed.
3. You sleep in your plate carrier.
4. You forget your sleeping bag at a three day event and sleep in soft gun cases because onsite has 20 of them.
5. Can't wait for the "GI Joes and Army Hoes" party because it gives you a reason to wear your camo to a party.
6. Interrupt your girlfriend speaking because her little brother walked by with a GBB.
7. Play video games in full gear and get pissed because you can reload faster than the scripted action in the game.
8. Day dream up a reason why your girlfriend should try airsoft rather than going to the mall.
9. Laugh at your girlfriend because she can't shoulder your m4 correctly.
10. Live on ramen noodles so you have more money for airsoft guns and gear.
11. Your first tan-lines of spring are on your wrists, neckline of your BDUs, and the rings around your eyes from your goggles.
12. To get your full attention, your girlfriend has to call you by your call sign.
13. You trip, fall, get hit by something, or get hurt in general and you say, “Hit! Medic!"
14. You have 3 windows open on your desktop, all logged into AO. A window for reading threads, a window for writing posts, and a window to idle in the chat room.
15. The only reason you go outside is to show off your new camo
16. You will only target shoot when you have your camo on
17. More than once during school you have "hit the dirt" because you mistake a book dropping as a grenade.
18. You don't date because you spent all your money on your latest "investment" on airsoft and there is no way you would let some girl that doesn't wear camouflage on a regular basis drag you away from an airsoft field to watch a movie.
19. You find some need to drive all conversations away from whatever they are and change it to a conversation about your new airsoft gun.
20. You "lost" your homework because you shot a hole in your target and you needed a piece a paper to cover it up.
21. You wouldn't miss an airsoft skirmish even when you had the flu.
22. Your mom can give the name of almost every gun you own.
23. You've actually wondered what different BB's taste like and actually tried them!
24. You decide not to attend prom & use the cash for gear.
25. You start a very general airsoft thread, log on after several days, and think "My God what did I create!"
26. The first thing you do when you go online is check every airsoft website for new guns
27. You have tons of bb stashes in your house. Each consisting of over 100 bbs.
28. You stop referring to people as friends, and start referring to them as those you have shot and those you haven't.
29. You find some need to change the subject of every conversation you have to an airsoft topic.
30. You pawn everything you own to get your next airsoft gun.
31. The FedEx truck or the UPS truck shows up daily to drop off supplies you ordered.
32. You dig through your neighbors recycling bin looking for cans you can scrap to fund your airsoft gear.
33. You have to decide between feeding your kids or buying that new gun that you just must have.
34. The FedEx driver knows your name and says more airsoft guns huh?
35. You constantly check threads to see if you actually are addicted to Airsoft!
36. You've named all your guns.
37. You have more than one post on any airsoft thread.
38. Everything that you have come up with pertains not only to you but mainly to Loki because we all have some need to stalk him.
39. Everyone else went to see "The Dark Knight" and you played airsoft.
40. Your I.D. card at work has your call sign on it.
41. All of the call signs hit a little close to home.
42. Kids at school try to bash your children by saying stuff like, "Your momma wears combat boots!" and your son replies, "How did you know?"
43. You overhear somebody mention going commando, and you ask them what style camo they wear.
44. You use words like "fondle" or "ogle" about a gun your buddy bought instead of "see" or "hold"
45. You can describe in detail the differences between the m4a1, m4tc and m4 commando.
46. You hunt down aesthetics mods for your gun that you will never buy, but fantasize what you'd look like on the field with it.
47. You ask your girlfriend "what do you want for Christmas?" she answers "if you loved me, then you'd know." and you buy her a CA M16 with an m203 launcher, 300$ optics, and 2 grenade shells with NO hesitation at all.
48. You try to get your friends into airsoft so if they don't like it, you can buy their (practically) new gun for cheap.
49. The 7-11 clerks don't question why you’re carrying a rifle and side-arm when you go in to buy energy drinks.
50. When your friends come over to visit, they enter your house wearing goggles because they know one of them is going to get shot.

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Cleaning Your Airsoft Gun

Maintaining and cleaning your airsoft gun will keep a new gun shooting like new longer. If you purchased a used gun, you will want to start off fresh and clean your airsoft gun. Cleaning your gun will also help you better understand exactly how your airsoft gun works.

4 Reasons to keep your gun clean:

• Enhanced performance
• Maintain/increase accuracy
• Reduced jamming
• Faster shooting

Now, before cleaning your gun make sure to remove the power source.
Depending on the type of airsoft gun you have you will do one of the following:

• Dry shoot to confirm it’s not cocked-spring action guns
• Remove battery pack-electric guns
• Disconnect CO2 tank-pressurized gas guns

To clean the exterior of the airsoft gun:

• Wipe clean with a clean non-abrasive cloth
• Use cotton swabs for crevices and hard to reach areas.

To clean the magazine of the airsoft gun:

• Remove magazine
• Clean the magazine the same as the exterior
• All moving parts should have a drop of oil added
• Replace magazine

To clean the barrel of the airsoft gun:

• Turn of hop up system on gun
• Spray a .22 cleaning patch with silicone
• With patch on rod, insert in into barrel to clean
• Use an in and out motion
• Swab barrel 3-4 times
• Repeat swabbing procedure with a dry patch
• When patches come out clean after dry swabbing, you are finished!

There are gun-cleaning kits available online and in stores. If you need a good place to get some gear to clean your gun try our website. If you run out of swabs you can always use tissue paper or toilet paper.

After cleaning your airsoft gun, be sure to have a few trial shots before going out. You do not want to find out later that you did a poor job and need to adjust your shooting or re-clean your gun again!

How an AEG Works

Automatic electric airsoft guns

Electric Airsoft Guns typically use a rechargeable battery to drive an electric motor, which cycles an internal piston/spring assembly in order to launch pellets. Automatic and semi-automatic operation is possible which gives these guns the popular name "automatic electric guns" or AEGs. These guns often attain muzzle velocities between 150 and 500 fts and fire rates between 100 and 2000 rounds per minute. They are the most commonly used and widely available type of electric airsoft guns.

These type of electric airsoft guns were developed in Japan and the Japanese company Tokyo Marui dominates the market. In a Tokyo Marui airsoft AEG, the motor drives a series of 3 gears mounted inside a gearbox. The gears then compress a piston assembly against a spring. Once the piston is released, the spring drives it forward through the cylinder to push a pellet into the chamber, through the barrel, and forward from the muzzle. Many manufacturers have now more or less replicated this basic model, adding reinforced parts or minor improvements. The video up at the top shows an illustration of how this works.

Electric Airsoft Guns are powered primarily by nickel cadmium with varying voltages and milliampere hour ratings. The most common battery is an 8.4 V large battery. Also available are 8.4 V mini batteries, which generally have 900-1700 mAh capacities. Voltages for large batteries range from 7.2 V, all the way up to 12 V. The rule of thumb usually is the higher the mAh, the longer the battery lasts while the higher voltage, the higher Rate of Fire.

External modifications, such as metal bodies and reinforced plastics that make an airsoft AEG look and feel even more realistic, have become very popular. Airsoft AEG manufacturers such as Classic Army and Tokyo Marui produce replicas that are visually nearly identical to their real counterparts. Tokyo Marui, however, sticks with a durable ABS plastic where as Classic Army features full metal bodied guns and stronger furnishings. Most airsoft AEG products produced as of late are designed to be as visually realistic as possible.

The two most common airsoft AEG fielded by players are the AR-15 series (M16 Airsoft Rifle, Airsoft M4 Carbine, etc.; sometimes referred to as the Armalite or Colt series) and the Heckler & Kock Airsoft MP5 series, because parts for repairs or modifications are commonly available. Also popular are the AK or Kalashnikov, the Heckler and Koch G36 and more recently, the Springfield M14. My personal favorites have to be the M16 Airsoft Rifle, Airsoft M4, and the Airsoft Mp5.

Why are airsoft pistols so great?

Intertaining Video Airsoft Pistols

Airsoft Pistols are often underestimated when it comes to the sport of Airsoft. Airsoft Pistols can be very handy when in a close combat zone or if you happen to run out of ammo when using your primary airsoft gun. Choose your airsoft gun wisely and make sure that when you are in a war that you make sure and choose a good airsoft pistol that can get you out of a tough jam.

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Airsoft Guns on CloseUp

Informational Video: Watch this video

The sport of Airsoft is rapidly rising and becoming one of the most popular sports around. We here at Get Some Airsoft are trying to help this sport grow and become one of the best in the United States. Airsoft Guns are not the real thing, although they do appear to look very similar in comparison. In this video you will see just how real airsoft guns appear to be, but also you will see how airsoft guns are not dangerous and are only toys for us to enjoy.