An Advanced Guide to Airsoft (For Intermediate Airsofters)

Hello! In this Instructable I am going to try to share some experiences and tactics I have found while airsofting and expand on the many beginner guides available on this site . For a beginner's guide, I recommend A Simple Guide to Airsoft  by user That Weasel or Airsoft: A rookie's guide based on personal experience  by dizzytired. Enjoy! Oh, and thanks to AirsoftUK for the image below.

Step 1 Disclaimer (Safety)

Ok, here's the inclined disclaimer when writing about airsoft on the interwebs. NO, airsoft is NOT dangerous if you play it properly. A few rules of thumb:

1. Keep your guns under or around 400 FPS (Exceptions: Snipers)

2. Have the judgement not to shoot people point blank or within close range (Ask them to surrender or do courtesy kills.)

3. ALWAYS wear goggles or a paintball facemask. (ANSI certified) 

4. Don't take off your mask until the end of the game.

5. Keep the orange tip on.

And, the big one, 

6. NEVER AIRSOFT IN A PUBLIC PLACE!

One of my friends has experience on the last rule. He was airsofting in a frog pond, when a paranoid old lady called the cops on him. He was about 9, using cheap clear springers, and practically the whole police force came. Imagine what would happen if you and a half-dozen friends came over dressed in tactical gear and wielding assault rifles?

Comments

[General Foster]

We play on BLM land, but we infrom the police department before doing so.

[Sir HC]

That's perfectly responsible.

[the dashing hero]

7. ??? - 4 people (on a 5v5 game) have little ammo with big guns and 1 player has alot of ammo and a pistol and if any of the four players have no ammo the pistol player comes and gives them more ammo.

[the dashing hero]

thanks for adding my idea

[book54321]

is it posibul to just use pistels

[Caml^Vacation]

Is it a good or bad ideas to train on your airsoft field by planning a stradegy and then shooting at dummies/targets behind bunkers?

[Sir HC]

Yes, target shooting is a great way to practice aim and strategy is always important!

[Professor DIY]

Actually if u buy Locally it can be better online because places like evike and airsoft gi have actual stores in Cali where u can buy guns from

[airsoft master 25]

great instructable

[fishcake27]

actually my friends are trying to get one to mount on the back of an ATV

[legomaster50]

someone plz tell me where to buy this gun and what the name of gun is

[commanderzhao]

it's called a gatling minigun

[Ajent00757]

its a minigun it costs around 3000 dollars airsoft and you should be scared as heck because of it i saw a guy who made a home made one and he shredded a pepsi can and started drawing smily faces on the wall with the bbs ps i am making one of these its going ok i also made a claymore

[tomtortoise]

can you please tell me ow your minigun works im just wondering how so many people have built them so easily

[Ajent00757]

well u can always use pvc pipes my disign actually was kinda a faluire but if u have pvc pipes and an air compressor you can hook it up to a bb resiviour and then get an electric rc car/plane motor and hook it up to make the pipes spin theres a guy who made a few homemade ones out of aluminum dont know what the site is but hew has building tutorials.

[legomaster50]

dude u should post it when made
oh yeah and i know what a minigun is i was wanting to know what brand it is

[legomaster50]

does any one live in or near albion,il

[fishcake27]

actually, the tri shot shotgun at dicks spoting goods is pretty good

[Ajent00757]

i agree

[Sgt Niesen]

You can only take out a sniper with aa hand gun and you must take all your gear except clothes and glasses off and move slower than sniper moves and can not make a noise then when you are very close (stay out of periffical vision) shoot and pray that he does not have a spotter or your dead or just throw an airsoft grenade at them

[mcallahan1]

are you saying girls dont play airsoft! I think you will stand corrected!

[Sir HC]

Hey, don't take it personally, it was just a joke. Unfortunately, I have never been blessed with the presence of a girl while airsofting, but I am not saying girls don't airsoft. You are probably cooler than about 90% of all girls I've ever met if you airsoft.

[Sgt Niesen]

Ive played against girls in tornaments

[Slayerfan666]

Very nice instructable, however I was wondering if I could add some of the game types listed above to my instructable on airsoft game types. If you agree you will be given full credit for all your game types I include.

[Sir HC]

That sounds fine, go ahead.

[Slayerfan666]

Ok, Thank you.

[Sgt Niesen]

Rules broken

1, 2, 5, 6
and never got busted

[Sgt Niesen]

Ok mabye not # 6 more than twice

[Sir HC]

To each his own, but IMO playing with airsoft guns in public is an easy way to get shot.

[Sir HC]

With real guns. Not airsoft guns. Real guns.

[Hitman227]

Good instructable. If some one takes one of those out start running!

[Sir HC]

This is irrelevant, but if anyone is interested in watching some action movies made with the help of airsoft guns, you could check out my youtube channel at

http://www.youtube.com/user/twentyfivehourfilms

I appreciate any viewership.

Once again, thank you for reading and constructive criticism, and let me know if you want another instructable!

[commanderzhao]

BEST.......GHILLIE.......SUIT.........EVER............................
lol

[Sir HC]

:D

[Shadowhunter111]

airsoft megastore has been very reliable for me i have bought 3 guns from there and they have all come in about a week on normal shipping and are high quality and very good deals

[Sir HC]

Yes, I'm only basing it off my own opinion. I have seen some people get some good experiences too, so I suppose it's possible I was just unlucky.

[dryndantheman]

pretty good.

[RMConstruction]

A very comprehensive and compact guide. Well done!

[Dr. Pepper]

Cool!