Airsoft people.

they are way heavier and they hurt more

The heavier the BB with the same velocity, the heavier BB will travel farther and straighter. Example which flies farther, a golf ball or a ping pong ball, same basic diameter, throw them, which goes further and hits where you want it to at distance. Another advantage in heavier BB's will punch thru foliage, leaves and such and still stay basically on course.

Yes impact energy is more with heavier BB's but not as bad as many believe.

I use .29's or .32gr 6mm BB's at 440fps in my XM21 and can hit out to 125meters, and from all accounts the hit feels just as any other bb hit at shorter range.

the bigger they get the more accurate ur shot becomes

It depends on your velocity if your shooting 230-300 use .2 300-330 use .23 330-375 use .25

Airsoft with a good group of people is more intense than paintball. Ranges being doubled or tripled makes you think more. And the MilSim theme is not in doubt, it is a "wargame" or SWAT simulation whatever, we do no worry about PC. And once you forget the paintball mentality and realize you can hit what your aiming at at 60 plus meters there is no need for "spray and pray", selector on semi, aim shoot, hit, hense you have to think more as you move and pick position, because it works both ways. Machineguns firing upwards of 650rpm, "sniper rifles" reaching out twice the distance you can shoot, a true milsim enviorment.

Velocity and BB match is almost a science. Shooting a full sized rifle has differant properties than a carbine, or a MP5 SMG type. A full sized M16A2, M14 etc will out range and be more accurate than a M4 Carbine, and way out range a MP5 SMG type at the same velocity firing the same weight BB.

In my XM21(M14) being a high velocity 400 plus (440fps for more expierienced games)rifle rules demand semi only, and I can use .20's or .23's which reach out a little further, but heavier BB's have a flatter, less drift trajectory, and still can hit out to 125meters, so it is a compromise just like firing a 160gr or 180gr from a real 7.62 M14.

The sport is maturing fast, established groups, rules and new weapons all the time. With none of the commercial field bravo sierra. Even established paintball fields are courting the major airsoft scenario events. There is a sound card in developement which will give the rifles the real sound when fired of their real cousin. 8mm Garand rifles which use a 8 round clip just as the real rifle, ejecting the clip after the last round just like the real one. M2 BMG Heavy Machineguns, SVD's, AK's, M16's, Mp5's, the realm of weapons cater to any "role" you care to portray. And PD's are beginning to use this as a better training aid because of the weapons being real weight and size, and magazine capacities as the real thing.

Sounds great but, BBs make me uncomfortable. I have had some bad run-ins.

blackdog144 wrote: maybe i should get into airsoft?

Please,no. Every time another paintballer moves to airsoft, I'm forced by satin to kill a kitten.

air soft SUCKS!!!!!!!!!

Panda Man wrote: Hey, I was wondering is their a big diffrence between the gram size the BB's are such as, .12, .20, and .25?    like do the .25grams fly straighter then 12's  or... is just all personal preferance?

yes the .25 are the better bread of airsoft better in everyway..soon airsplat.com is making a .30 gram

why do people think you have to choose between airsoft and paintball?  i hate people like that.  airsoft is fun.  paintball is fun.  but they are a little different kinds of fun....