Airsoft ??
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where you from viper?
Dammit I've just looked at the Airsoft map and now I'm in Bournemouth this is looking mightly tempting to get back into. Might have to build me an M14 DMR..
I wish there was a feasible way of essentially using air rifles shooting plastic pellets. The consistency of lobbing a spherical ball at someone is laughable sometimes.
I wish there was a feasible way of essentially using air rifles shooting plastic pellets. The consistency of lobbing a spherical ball at someone is laughable sometimes.
Hold it upside down so the BBs are forced by gravity, if that improves it something wrong with your mags/feed between the 2. If not might be a dodgy air seal or something?
Make sure you are using polished decent ammo that isn't dirty too.
The subject of rifled barrels has been mentioned a few times. There are actually 'rifled' barrels for airsoft. Tanio Kobas make them. They've been seen to make quite a nice difference on guns between 300 and 350 FPS. Anything else and it either makes no difference, or makes it worse. The rifling spins the air around the BB. Not sure if you have to remove the hop though.
I love these threadsthere is always someone who can shoot 2 miles and take out an ants eye lol
It "may" be able to fire at that range but the target area will be size of a barn door . Non rifled ..low power ..plastic balls .. you do the maths but its not happening .
A decent ft air rifle (12ftlbs) would but at its limit at that range (lead pelets/rifled barrel etc ) so an airsoft with half the power certaintly aint with any kind of accuracy .
Persil
I never said it was practical
If there was little to no wind, it could hit the a 1m wide tree we used to test it on. Like i said completly useless though as wind effect and flight time were silly. But it could reach that far and have a small chance of hitting what you want to, and the cost to do that was not sensible.
I've not heard of rifles barrels, but i have heard of some people using teardrop shaped bbs. Using that shape would mean you can't use the hop up, so that may be the type to use rifled barrels. Teardrops being very aerodynamic shapes in case you wondered.
How do they feed from the mag into the gun (special mags?) and in the correct orientation?
I don't know, all it was was a faint whispering on the wind, so i could ahve muddled it up with something else. At a guess i'd say each round was loaded by hand into the 'chamber' as is with high accuracy rifles.
Cheers, I'll give that a try at the weekend
Also, would a Shotgun Licence be a valid way to get round the VCRA?
Cheers, I'll give that a try at the weekend
Also, would a Shotgun Licence be a valid way to get round the VCRA?
No, as far as i understand it the only way around the VCRA is by a properly approved excemption, either via UKARA or by being a member of a fully insured site.
I'm down the site tomorrow night for an evening game, i'll ask the VCRA guru there and let you know for definate.
Some argue it's crazy but that's the way it is. There are quite a few sites around the country, more all the time.
My first time airsofting tomorrow, bit nervous.
Any tips?
Don't get shot?
