Difference btwn Airsoft and Paintball

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Norrlands

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I know airsoft shoots bb's, but what is the big difference? That airsoft guns look real? What's the point?:confused:
 
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Ns1

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airsoft shoots bb's and paintball shoot paintballs?
 
alkemyst

alkemyst

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Pulling an airsoft out on the highway gets a nicer effect than a paintball gun :)

j/k (well maybe).

airsoft are meant to be reproductions, the bb shooting is secondary and just a 'neat' thing.

Paintball is meant to be played and the guns are supposed to be effective and practical as opposed to looking real.

Alot of people collect airsoft without ever shooting them.
 
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SharkyTM

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as has been said before: Airsoft guns are replicas, just happen to be able to shoot bb's... Paintball guns look very much like nothing else... huge air tank, hopper for balls... etc

p-ball rocks the world
 
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The thing that blows my mind, is that the Airsoft guns are almost as much as the REAL gun of that model. They sell 99% reproductions of the Beretta 92F for like $350 or so, yet a BRAND NEW, REAL version of a 92F (or 92FS for that matter) is only ~$500.

Why on earth would you buy a fake gun, when the real thing is a few hundred more?
 
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Norrlands

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That's what I was thinking, and why I wondered what the big difference was. If they are not being used as a paintball gun is being used (to shoot people), then why drop that kind of cash on one? Guess you can't but a real M4, yet you can buy an airsoft replica of one...
 
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Wow, looks like no one has a frikken clue what they're talking about.

Paintball hurts and airsoft just looks neat? Sounds like no one has any experience outside of $20 airsoft spring replicas. Try getting shot by a electric AEG shooting 6mm BBs going 400-450fps and tell me its for women. After you clean up the blood, if you were close enough.

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LordMaul

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Originally posted by: Norrlands
That's what I was thinking, and why I wondered what the big difference was. If they are not being used as a paintball gun is being used (to shoot people), then why drop that kind of cash on one? Guess you can't but a real M4, yet you can buy an airsoft replica of one...
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They ARE used like paintball guns. Its just that no one here so far really knows crap about airsoft...its played just like paintball, only based on the honor system (so if you tell me you can't do that, you must not be playing with people you can trust...because if you get hit, you KNOW you got hit). Instead of carrying around a huge, heavy, unrealistic chunk metal/plastic shaped like a undernourished NERF gun with a bigass air tank hanging off of it, you use guns that look real and operate similarly and don't(or don't usually, anyway) have some obscene, almost-infinite amount of ammo at your disposal as to make it as unreal as possible.
 
alkemyst

alkemyst

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Originally posted by: bbrontosaurus
Why not play with the best of both worlds? Real looking weapons using paint for markers:

Real Action Markers

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That looks interesting....I wonder how reliable they are.

I thought AirSoft was never designed for play but just replication and that the gaming came after.

Honor system and gaming has got to be interesting....paint ball even get unbelieveable the 'claims' ppl make and fights.
 
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ElMono

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I used to play airsoft a lot. I had an M4A1 and a Beretta 92F. And the BBs they shoot out hurt. The cool thing about airsoft is it feels more realistic with the guns being reproductions of actual guns. I also played paintball a lot and I feel the two are different enough from each other. Paintball is more balls-out shooting while airsoft involves more strategy. At least that's how I think of it.
 
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BoberFett

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Originally posted by: LordMaul
Originally posted by: Norrlands
That's what I was thinking, and why I wondered what the big difference was. If they are not being used as a paintball gun is being used (to shoot people), then why drop that kind of cash on one? Guess you can't but a real M4, yet you can buy an airsoft replica of one...
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They ARE used like paintball guns. Its just that no one here so far really knows crap about airsoft...its played just like paintball, only based on the honor system (so if you tell me you can't do that, you must not be playing with people you can trust...because if you get hit, you KNOW you got hit). Instead of carrying around a huge, heavy, unrealistic chunk metal/plastic shaped like a undernourished NERF gun with a bigass air tank hanging off of it, you use guns that look real and operate similarly and don't(or don't usually, anyway) have some obscene, almost-infinite amount of ammo at your disposal as to make it as unreal as possible.
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How large of a group do you play with? You and 5 of your friends? How fun is that? Paintball can be played with huge teams of people that don't know each other because there's no hiding whether or not you were hit.
 
Ns1

Ns1

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alright rather than throw wood on the fire

Paintball is far easier to get into/play than airsoft because there's fields/players readily availible. With airsoft, you'll have to find a group of people to play with, and assume they're all honest
 
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bbrontosaurus

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Originally posted by: Beau
It's all nothing compared to simunition anyway.
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Unless your in law enforcement, I don't think you can mess around with simuitions....anyone know for sure?
 
alkemyst

alkemyst

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simunition? if you are going to mess around with that with a group of idiots (even in paint ball you got guys icing or loading them with heavier gels and tampering with the psi of their guns after check in).

A simunition has the ability to kill....(an iced paint ball does as well).

Simunitions are available for use by Law Enforcement/Military only in some places and in others only if you do whatever steps the vendor wants you to do (training, use them on premise only, etc).

 
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Jzero

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Originally posted by: edro13
The thing that blows my mind, is that the Airsoft guns are almost as much as the REAL gun of that model. They sell 99% reproductions of the Beretta 92F for like $350 or so, yet a BRAND NEW, REAL version of a 92F (or 92FS for that matter) is only ~$500.

Why on earth would you buy a fake gun, when the real thing is a few hundred more?
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Because if you run around in the woods and shoot your friend in the ass with a real 92F, he could DIE. They aren't made for firearm enthusiasts or self-defense/killing.
 
alkemyst

alkemyst

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if any one is clueless on the simunitions stuff....

what they do is replace the bullet with a 'paint bullet'. The powder load is lower I think too....you are basically 'playing' with your real firearm firing non-lethal ammo.

However non-lethal is not necessarily non-wounding or non-damaging etc.

Neat concept it offers since you get practice using the actual weapon you'd be handling.

However all it would take is one asshat coming up for a near point blank headshot, instead of pegging your back.
 
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