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Outside of gaming, and forum stuff, what are y'alls hobbies?
I play Airsoft, about as professionally as it gets. I run a nationally recognized team, sponsored by five huge national/international companies. ( Check us out at ECUAirsoft.com )
Airsoft is basically paintball, with the gameplay's focus on being realistic warfare instead of just shooting each other. We use real world optics, gear, etc, and all our guns are based on the real deal. This isn't exactly a cheap hobby. A cheap gun will set you back about $150, with spare magazines, ammo, and especially gear, setting you back further. A good electric gun will cost roughly $300, with many surpassing $600. Upgrades and custom stuff will set you back plenty more. My current loadout probably has cost me about $3,500. That includes my vest, belt, shirt and pants, gun, several magazines, pistol, several magazines, holster, comms, headset, eye protection, gloves, false SAPI plates, and plenty more.
Most Airsoft guns are powered via a battery, which cycles a gearbox that provides are pressure to propel plastic bb's. The bb's velocity usually ranges from 300 to 500 feet/second. An average Electric gun will yield roughly 150-200 feet effective range, while some sniper rifles upgraded and tuned, can push 500 feet.
My gun, on the other hand, is a GBBr (Gas Blowback Rifle) powered by propane (as it is a pressurized gas) that cycles the weapon's bolt to simulate an almost exact function of a real gun. In fact, I had a Marine inspect my older G&P WOC M4, and after field stripping the replica, he had no idea it was fake until I showed him the replica's magazine and barrel.
We usually get lots of young kids (like 10-12) on the field running with guns their parent's bought them, thinking their gonna play some real life CoD and its kind of fun seeing them get torn apart in minutes. Competitive Airsoft requires a strong bond with your team, and good training. My team actually skirmishes with another team composed of mostly ex-military every so often. I'm actually focusing on strict tactics work with my team this upcoming year, and using my team leadership in Airsoft as experience to apply to several PMC companies.
This is about 1/2 of my team, laxly dressed for team training. Our full uniforms match a little better. We are called ECU Securities, and we replicate real world PMC's such as Blackwater, Crescent, and other private companies hired by various governments to do jobs they don't want to give the military. I'm bottom right.
I play Airsoft, about as professionally as it gets. I run a nationally recognized team, sponsored by five huge national/international companies. ( Check us out at ECUAirsoft.com )
Airsoft is basically paintball, with the gameplay's focus on being realistic warfare instead of just shooting each other. We use real world optics, gear, etc, and all our guns are based on the real deal. This isn't exactly a cheap hobby. A cheap gun will set you back about $150, with spare magazines, ammo, and especially gear, setting you back further. A good electric gun will cost roughly $300, with many surpassing $600. Upgrades and custom stuff will set you back plenty more. My current loadout probably has cost me about $3,500. That includes my vest, belt, shirt and pants, gun, several magazines, pistol, several magazines, holster, comms, headset, eye protection, gloves, false SAPI plates, and plenty more.
Most Airsoft guns are powered via a battery, which cycles a gearbox that provides are pressure to propel plastic bb's. The bb's velocity usually ranges from 300 to 500 feet/second. An average Electric gun will yield roughly 150-200 feet effective range, while some sniper rifles upgraded and tuned, can push 500 feet.
My gun, on the other hand, is a GBBr (Gas Blowback Rifle) powered by propane (as it is a pressurized gas) that cycles the weapon's bolt to simulate an almost exact function of a real gun. In fact, I had a Marine inspect my older G&P WOC M4, and after field stripping the replica, he had no idea it was fake until I showed him the replica's magazine and barrel.
We usually get lots of young kids (like 10-12) on the field running with guns their parent's bought them, thinking their gonna play some real life CoD and its kind of fun seeing them get torn apart in minutes. Competitive Airsoft requires a strong bond with your team, and good training. My team actually skirmishes with another team composed of mostly ex-military every so often. I'm actually focusing on strict tactics work with my team this upcoming year, and using my team leadership in Airsoft as experience to apply to several PMC companies.
This is about 1/2 of my team, laxly dressed for team training. Our full uniforms match a little better. We are called ECU Securities, and we replicate real world PMC's such as Blackwater, Crescent, and other private companies hired by various governments to do jobs they don't want to give the military. I'm bottom right.
