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Article #167: How Airsoft Began

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Airsoft by definition is a sport where players lift their gun up and say, "Hit".
players simulate military or law Also, one player on each team is usually
enforcement combat by using airsoft guns designated as a medic, to revive players
(which look a lot like real guns, to add so they can resume play. Weapon hit
to the realism) and other airsoft gear. rules vary depending on the game.
The game of airsoft was developed in Usually, a weapon being hit is the same
Japan, where firearms were (and still as the player being hit, but if the
are) almost impossible to get without person has a sidearm, rules can be
resorting to illegal means. An modified so that the person just is not
alternative was developed, and that allowed to use their primary and must
alternative was airsoft. Because of instead only use the sidearm.
this, it is no surprise that airsoft is The three types of airsoft guns are
actually most popular in East Asian spring, electric, and gas. Spring guns
countries such as China, Japan, Taiwan, are usually cheap but can get very
and South Korea (North Korea is more expensive if they fire at a high FPS.
interested in using real guns!) Electric, also known as AEG, guns are
Unlike paintball, it is incredibly hard powered by a battery and the main
to tell if somebody has been hit. No advantage is that they are automatic, but
splatters are made on the skin or are generally not very powerful unless
clothes, and unless the person screams in upgraded. Gas guns are the most
agony or pain, you will not know if they powerful, and gases supported include
are hit. That is why the game of airsoft carbon dioxide, propane, green gas, red
relies on the "Honor System", where gas, and high pressure air (HPA).






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