| If you are an airsoft gun fan or if you're considering | | | | same way. |
| taking up the hobby, one of the first decisions you'll | | | | Disadvantages |
| have to make will involve the firing mechanism. When it | | | | If you're looking at a spring airsoft pistol, you should |
| comes to airsoft pistols, you can find some powered | | | | realize there are some disadvantages. For one, these |
| electrically or by gas. However, one of the most | | | | are rarely going to be as powerful as the models that |
| common varieties is the airsoft spring pistol. Although | | | | use gas or electricity. There are a few on the market |
| these may not always be the best choice if you're | | | | at the high-end which can be quite powerful but don't |
| planning on engaging in competition, they do have | | | | purchase the ordinary ones on the shelves at the local |
| some advantages that have made them popular with | | | | store expecting to be victorious during your next |
| some enthusiasts. | | | | airsoft competition. It's unlikely to happen. |
| How They Work | | | | Another disadvantage is because of the firing |
| Airsoft spring pistols work using potential energy. If you | | | | mechanism, you cannot use a airsoft spring pistol to |
| don't remember those physics classes from high | | | | fire more than one consecutive shot. That means |
| school or college, let's go over the idea briefly. Basically, | | | | you're not going to find these models in semi-automatic |
| when energy is stored up without being spent, this is | | | | or automatic varieties. You can imagine that if you're |
| known as potential energy (the name makes sense). | | | | playing against a team armed with that type of |
| When the energy is released, it becomes kinetic. You | | | | firepower you'd be in for a lot of trouble on the field. |
| might think of a large boulder at the top of a hill. While | | | | Advantages |
| the boulder sits there, it has potential energy. When it | | | | One of the reasons many players swear by this type |
| starts rolling down the hill, it has kinetic energy. | | | | of airsoft gun pistol is that they are more reliable. Many |
| Inside these types of airsoft handguns, you'll find a | | | | other types of airsoft weapons can malfunction under |
| spring. When the user pulls back the slide, the spring is | | | | specific conditions, such as cold weather. Also, there is |
| filled with potential energy just waiting to be released. | | | | the risk of running out of power when relying on |
| When the trigger is pulled, the spring is released and | | | | external energy sources, such as batteries. This isn't |
| that force sends the pellet zooming out of the muzzle | | | | going to happen with an airsoft spring pistol. Plus, water |
| with significant force. Many of the electric powered | | | | won't cause the equipment to stop working either. |
| versions use a similar spring-loaded system but | | | | That means you can count on it to fire whenever |
| because their energy comes not just from the spring | | | | needed. Plus, most of these airsoft rifles are more |
| but also from the electricity they are not classified the | | | | affordable than the other types. |