[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Airsoft IPSC (Page 1 of 2)
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Quick google search pulled up this:
Airsoft race gun Out of stock, too. ETA: A .20 gram BB at 300 FPS = power factor of 930. ETA 2: Item details:
Description: The Airsoft GI Custom F-Chu Speed Racer is one of the few hand built pistols from our Master Technician Frank Chu. Frank is an avid IPSC shooter, and his knowledge and experience shooting real guns went into the design of the F-Chu Speed Racer. The base gun is a Tokyo Marui Hi Capa 5.1 Silver. The metal slide, compensator, scope mount, magazine well, magazine base plate, trigger, slide catch, cocking lever, and hammer are all CNC machined custom made components. Internally the Speed Racer features a PDI inner barrel, Guarder blowback chamber, and an enhanced spring kit. The grip is a custom work of art that Frank stippled and cut with his own hands. Everything on this gun is built for speed. The top platform is meant for a red dot scope for faster target acquisition. The cocking lever makes pulling back the slide extremely easy and ensures the shooter a solid grip. The magazine well increases reloading accuracy. Finally, since all of the moving parts are CNC machined from lightweight aluminum it takes energy to get them moving. This is a high speed gun inside and out, but it's going to take a high speed shooter to use this gun to it's full potential. No, really? 
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One thing I've wondered about this - airsoft gas gun mags don't tend to repsond well to being dropped. I've never seen one that looked to be able to withstand anything close to the "abuse" that my USPSA mags go through.
I will say this - what is absolutely impressive about some of these guys is their ability to transition to real guns without missing a beat. For example, there is always a Japanese team at the Steel Challenge Championships every year. They shoot airsoft in their home country, and many are sponsored by outfits like Western Arms (a high-end Japanese airsoft manufacturer). They have to adjust to shooting real guns with all that entails in a relatively short period before the big match. And they tend to do relatively well. |
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One thing I've wondered about this - airsoft gas gun mags don't tend to repsond well to being dropped. I've never seen one that looked to be able to withstand anything close to the "abuse" that my USPSA mags go through. I will say this - what is absolutely impressive about some of these guys is their ability to transition to real guns without missing a beat. For example, there is always a Japanese team at the Steel Challenge Championships every year. They shoot airsoft in their home country, and many are sponsored by outfits like Western Arms (a high-end Japanese airsoft manufacturer). They have to adjust to shooting real guns with all that entails in a relatively short period before the big match. And they tend to do relatively well. Looks like most of the time the dropped mags go into a padded box. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Didnt one of those guys come over here, practice for a month with a real gun and then kick ass? Yes, And didn't he also get DQ'd for a ND or some unsafe thing later? Won the Steel Challenge nationals his first year then got DQ'd the next two years in a row for NDs during the draw. |
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LOL @ the comments: -it is not a toy gun, it is a airsoft gun. dumbass -@Frankiekingbb it shoots bb, so its a fucking toy, stupid... -@xray2878 let me shoot you with airsoft gun dude. let me know if it is a toy. i shoot; you down with 500fps + -ok go for it...dude... what about i shoot you; with a 2000fps 50AE and see if you still standing |
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Didnt one of those guys come over here, practice for a month with a real gun and then kick ass? Yes, And didn't he also get DQ'd for a ND or some unsafe thing later? I'm sure that has happened - everyone gets DQed at some point. If it hasn't happened to you yet, it will. And there are a good number of top-notch shooters from countries like that whom compete in real IPSC (outside of their home country) - it isn't just one or two. |
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One thing I've wondered about this - airsoft gas gun mags don't tend to repsond well to being dropped. I've never seen one that looked to be able to withstand anything close to the "abuse" that my USPSA mags go through. I will say this - what is absolutely impressive about some of these guys is their ability to transition to real guns without missing a beat. For example, there is always a Japanese team at the Steel Challenge Championships every year. They shoot airsoft in their home country, and many are sponsored by outfits like Western Arms (a high-end Japanese airsoft manufacturer). They have to adjust to shooting real guns with all that entails in a relatively short period before the big match. And they tend to do relatively well. Looks like most of the time the dropped mags go into a padded box. That only works if you are shooting from fixed positions - we even do this to an extent in USPSA and IPSC, by typically placing mats or carpets in front of fixed shooting boxes. That way we can help minimize the necessary abuse of our mags (especially when running indoor courses on concrete floors). But that doesn't explain how they cope with field courses requiring reloads on the move. |
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Great way to train, conserve ammo. Especially if you could get an airsoft that closely matched your actual weapon in weight, function and trigger pull. Yep. Unfortunately for me, nobody makes one that does that. This is one of the things I get frustrated about when reading lots of the recent USPSA- and IPSC-targeted articles both online and in print that discuss the prospects of using airsoft for training. They go on and on about how you can replicate your exact Limited/Standard or Open gun with an airsoft one. But it's all based on one assumption - that you run a S_I 2011 variant. While 2011s are the most popular, they are by no means the only game in town for either Limited/Standard or Open! I think the one I hate the most, though, is the normal column in Front Sight about gunsmithing & maintenance. I haven't yet seen one that didn't assume that you run a 2011 (or a 1911, though that can be a stretch at times). 
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Quoted: Quoted: The bbs hitting the metal sounded exactly like their last names... Ping, Chang, Chong http://www.fohguild.org/forums/attachments/retard-rickshaw/92188d1224856165-klan-ralley-tf2-wasis.gif ROR |
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I'd do it if I happened to live where I couldn't do the real thing. Also, ran across this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH-uIXxXkTY&NR=1 |
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Quoted: LOL @ the comments: -it is not a toy gun, it is a airsoft gun. dumbass -@Frankiekingbb it shoots bb, so its a fucking toy, stupid... -@xray2878 let me shoot you with airsoft gun dude. let me know if it is a toy. i shoot; you down with 500fps + -ok go for it...dude... what about i shoot you; with a 2000fps 50AE and see if you still standing  |
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Quoted: Quoted: LOL @ the comments: -it is not a toy gun, it is a airsoft gun. dumbass -@Frankiekingbb it shoots bb, so its a fucking toy, stupid... -@xray2878 let me shoot you with airsoft gun dude. let me know if it is a toy. i shoot; you down with 500fps + -ok go for it...dude... what about i shoot you; with a 2000fps 50AE and see if you still standing 50 AE 300 Gr. SJSPMuzzle Velocity - 1669 fps.; Muzzle Energy - 1727 ft-lbs.Def. not 2000 but damn if it's not cooking along!
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I think it would be absolutley ownage if they did this in school gym classes *shrug*. It would get some kids not only physically active, but may create some future gun owners. I thought the vid looked like fun. And they would obviously shoot each other and this would not last long. |
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I think it would be absolutley ownage if they did this in school gym classes *shrug*. It would get some kids not only physically active, but may create some future gun owners. I thought the vid looked like fun. And they would obviously shoot each other and this would not last long. Make it an elective or extracurricular activity then. I see no difference to this than a paintball club. Heck the only difference between this and taking the local boy scout troop out to shoot .22s is these aren't real bullets. A little supervision and it would be a very safe enviroment with enthusiastic kids. |
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They look like pretty damn good shooters. I have no doubt they can transfer much of that skill to real guns. Besides, looks like a great cheap way to train. Not allowed to own a HP at home anymore, but I do keep one of those GBB HP's to keep the muscle memory current… Works too. 
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Quoted: What's that? I'm genuinely curious. Quoted: They look like pretty damn good shooters. I have no doubt they can transfer much of that skill to real guns. Besides, looks like a great cheap way to train. Not allowed to own a HP at home anymore, but I do keep one of those GBB HP's to keep the muscle memory current… Works too. Also, more power to them. It beats running the roads or busting out people's windows. |
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In libtarded countries, that's a pretty awesome hobby. If that picked up here, I would be laughing at the though. Heh, Airsoft is Illegal in Australia, you'd have to hold a license for the exact same firearm, and even then they won't approve permits for airsoft firearms, For example If I own a handgun I "could" own an airsoft handgun however they won't approve the permit and it would be the exact same laws as a operationg firearm. Semi Auto Airsoft, Totally out of a civilians realm. |
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I own plenty of real firearms and enjoy the hell out of range trips.
In the past I owned a C&R MP40. I still giggle like a little girl whenever I go out in the yard with my 9 year old step son and these "toys" to "play Army." Both all metal fully automatic bb guns. 
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Quoted: I own plenty of real firearms and enjoy the hell out of range trips. In the past I owned a C&R MP40. I still giggle like a little girl whenever I go out in the yard with my 9 year old step son and these "toys" to "play Army." Both all metal fully automatic bb guns. http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e306/DINO212/mp44mp40.jpg How well does that STG run? I've considered getting into airsoft just for the fact that there are AEG MP44s. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Great way to train, conserve ammo. Especially if you could get an airsoft that closely matched your actual weapon in weight, function and trigger pull. Yep. Unfortunately for me, nobody makes one that does that. This is one of the things I get frustrated about when reading lots of the recent USPSA- and IPSC-targeted articles both online and in print that discuss the prospects of using airsoft for training. They go on and on about how you can replicate your exact Limited/Standard or Open gun with an airsoft one. But it's all based on one assumption - that you run a S_I 2011 variant. While 2011s are the most popular, they are by no means the only game in town for either Limited/Standard or Open! I think the one I hate the most, though, is the normal column in Front Sight about gunsmithing & maintenance. I haven't yet seen one that didn't assume that you run a 2011 (or a 1911, though that can be a stretch at times). In Open and Limited, the most popular platform is still the 2011, so it makes sense that Bob's column is tailored to that type. If you run a Glock in Production, you don't really need to do much. |