I remember those sad days of bright blue star wars look alike paintball guns. Then I discovered airsoft, and have a gun that looks like an M4A1, so realistic it fooled a gunshop owner, 2 ex marines, and 5 locals at the gunstore...should have seen the look on their face when I pulled out the Beretta 92FS, Wilson Combat Service Grade, and INFINITY 5". They couldnt tell those were fake until they locked the slides back and looked at the barrel.
Nothing beats an M4A1 shooting at 1000 shots a minute.
Except for the the M134 Vulcan Cannon which shoots 6000 shots a minute. (rotating barrels, and believe me when I tell you its identical...cant even tell when you start to spin the barrels)
How I love airsoft. Havent been able to go paintballing since. Every time I look at a paintball gun, I laugh, and think about my M4A1. And every time I see a paintball team wearing blue and orange uniforms, I think about my BDU's, Blackhawk vest and holster, combat boots, boonie hat, tactical goggles, balaclava, Nomex flight gloves, pistol belt, and an M4A1 wtih 3 back up pistols, and I laugh even harder.
Im laughing as we speak. Damn I wish you guys would just check out some airsoft sites.
www.dentrinity.com
www.redwolfairsoft.com
www.gunsnguys.com
Have fun
BTW, I still love paintballing, but airsoft is just that much better in comparison, in my opinion. I would especially think for those of us real steel guys who love our AR15's, HK91's, and various pistols, you would just LOVE airsoft. Atleast check it out, you'd be doing yourself a favor.