Air soft ...???

[muzzie]

Just wondering, after reading some reviews on air soft BB guns in air gun world, what defines an air soft gun to an air pistol??


Muzzie

[Murphy]

I might be wrong but I think it's under 1 joule.

[boozybloke]

Non rifled barrel, fires bbs, less than 3ftlb power. They are also allowed to be semi and fully automatic, whereas an air pistol cannot (those that are are a double action trigger i.e. cocks & fires). I think that's about it.

[Clean Shot]

Something about a RIF, and some type of licence is required to buy new I believe.
Oh and you actually point them at people ....its all wrong in my book, breaking rule no 1 should be a absolute.

NEVER EVER POINT IT AT ANYONE. LOADED, UNLOADED, SAFE OR UNKNOWN.

but that's just me.

[Minuteman]

Non rifled barrel, fires bbs, less than 3ftlb power. They are also allowed to be semi and fully automatic, whereas an air pistol cannot (those that are are a double action trigger i.e. cocks & fires). I think that's about it.

Plenty of air pistols are semi-auto - have a delve in the archives of this section, or use steyr LP50 as a search term on google

I think airsoft has an appeal beyond skirmishing, the low power, relatively low cost of ammunition, and even some of the guns are at a reasonable price point (yep I know some are crazzzzzy expensive) can all be pluses in it's favour.

[muzzie]

Cheers

[Gondibort]

With the nigh on inevitable ban on garden plinking to be introduced in Scotland, airsoft might be the only alternative. I see there are some airsoft pistols that describe themselves as accurate ( Maruzen APS ), so maybe a whole new market will open up.