| Soft air gun is a name for airsoft guns that is given by | | | | work on the same principle. The gas is compressed |
| Crosman and Cybergun. These guns are powered | | | | which in turn expands and forces the pellet down the |
| with gas, spring or electric. It fires small plastic pellets of | | | | barrel of the gun. Each type of soft air guns has its |
| 8mm or 6mm diameter. The spring operated air guns | | | | own pros and cons. |
| are also sometimes known as soft air guns. The | | | | Sprig powered soft air guns |
| inexpensive soft air guns are low powered and they | | | | These guns are single shot devices. It uses potential |
| are used by some players as the professional soft air | | | | energy that is stored in the spring. The spring launches |
| gun users. But these new players play these guns in | | | | an airsoft pellet down the gun barrel. The user is |
| their backyard. The professional airsoft is played by | | | | required to cock the spring gun before firing a shot. |
| using some of the most expensive models of the soft | | | | This is achieved by pulling back the grip on a shotgun |
| air guns. This concept is similar to the concept of | | | | or slide on a pistol or bolt on a rifle. These actions |
| paintball. The only exception is that the airsoft is the | | | | compresses the spring and makes he gun ready to |
| simulated as the military and has objectives rather than | | | | fire. Thus these guns are incapable of semi automatic |
| constant deathmatches. | | | | or automatic fire. The power of the spring powered |
| The soft air guns are the replicas of the real firearms | | | | soft air guns is low as compared to electric and gas |
| and they cannot be converted to fire real bullets. But | | | | powered soft air guns. The power of the soft air guns |
| body kits and fictional firearms is occasionally available. | | | | depends on its cost. |
| An example of this is M41A pulse rifle that featured in | | | | Although most guns use spring for the propulsion of a |
| the Alien series of films. | | | | soft air pellet but they are not considered in the same |
| Some inexpensive models of the soft air guns are | | | | category as the single shot spring powered guns. The |
| caricatures of firearms like mini electrics or reduced | | | | cost of the low end spring guns is much less than the |
| scale models like boys models by some makers. The | | | | electric powered equivalent guns. |
| XM8 prototypes are the replica designs of the | | | | Muna wa Wanjiru is an Internet Marketing Expert and |
| firearms that never wet into production or service. | | | | Has Been Researching and Reporting on BB Guns for |
| All the soft air guns such as gas, spring and electric | | | | Years. |