Posted: 3/27/2005 8:26:28 PM EDT
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First, please all of you don't give me any crap about the possible ownership of these. I have all the other "real" weapons I need. I was wondering if airsoft makes a good practice weapon for sight aquisition and trigger control. Say I have a real pistol that has very little recoil and I want to simulate hitting targets in my house. Is airsoft so fake that this is useless? I would not mind going down into the basement and plinking away at various targets, maybe soft clay to indicate where the hits went. Are the ballistics of airsoft so bad that the bullet drop is not even close to the real thing? Am I being an idiot to even entertain this lunacy and admit it on this board? Current rounds for an FN5.7 cost about a $1.00 each. I would rather practice with something a little more reasonable. Of course you can in no way compare a real 5.7 to airsoft. m4ortunate |
A good airsoft gas blow back can be used with great accuracy out to and past 25 yards. Depends on the weight of the bb, gas used, and quality of the pistol and it's parts. If you want a decent target/plinker the Tokyo Marui M9 or MK23 non blow back have good accuracy and cost about $100 in most places. KSC/KWA(near same gun just different names) and Western Arms make great target pistols. Excel .20 and .25 bbs are better for pistols, atleast that the guys I run with have found. Are you just looking for an all around plinker, or do you own a pistol that you want an airsoft version of? Sadly no one makes a FN Five Seven airsoft pistol yet. Lots of people want them to go with thier TM P90s too. Later this year Tokyo marui is coming out with a Sig P226 that looks tobe very durable and accurate. |
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Get quality air rifle or air pistol. Quality air pistols are a little hard to find. I have a Beeman Tempest, made in England. I think I paid about $200.00 for it several years ago. One pump, rifled barrel, sights are ok, trigger is fairly good and it is pretty accurate. Funny story... short version. My better half has MAJOR issues with mice. Late one evening an uninvited guest ran across the kitchen floor. You would have thought it was a rattle snake. Found it hiding behind a counter with no place to go. I knew I would be tearing out every cabinet in the kitchen to get him or we would be up all night, as if we could be killed in our sleep by the critter. Out came the Beeman. One shot... one kill! I wanted to mount the head and hang it in the den. She saw no humor in that idea! I'd skip the airsoft. |
I guess I am looking for something that is non destructive, If i shoot my tv ( while watching CNN, 60 minutes, nip/tuck ) or some equally offensive program, I would kill the TV, so I think airsoft is the way to go. To answer one of the other posters, I am looking for an airsoft FN 5.7. This would have the same grip, sights, and possibly weight as the real deal. Guess I will wait for them to make one. m4ortunate |
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When I first got my CCW, I used an air soft to practice safe drawing from concealment and first shot placement. They work great for that and if I didn't rush too much, it'd shoot in a 8 inch circle across my living room. Still use it sometimes for that as well as low light shooting. I think most ranges frown on live practice draws but at home, airsoft is decent training. Of course you'll still need range time with real guns. I have used them also to break in new shooters that's never fired a handgun before. Getting them to learn safe gun handling with a "safe" gun before shooting live rounds at the range in a good idea IMHO. A good way to teach the basics with cheap practice and no worry about dumb things noobs do while learning. |
Airsofter Crushed Top US IPSC shooters? Edited to fix the link... 
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