airsoft guide

Step 5: What FPS you will need

the FPS (feet per second) is one of the most important things in airsoft. The FPS is how far your bbs will go every second.
runners: use pistols with around 200 fps
guards: use shotguns with aroud 250-310 fps
snipers: use rifles with 400+ fps

Comments

[geniuskid9]

what about assault rifles? all you have is shotties snipers and pistols, WE NEED ASAULT RIFLES!

[AustralLord]

200 fps is wimpy, my spring pistols are about 300fps, spring shotguns 320-350 fps, but you got snipers right.

[brandon borick]

no your spingers arnt that power full sorry but no

[jabbathegut1]

nope, they may well be - my pistol is 314 FPS and my shotgun could reach 400FPS with 0.12g bb's
i also have a spring DMR that fires at around 350 FPS, so i would check your info tbh :)
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[jrg3ni0us]

Only if you buy from Wal-Mart

[airsoftdominator999]

yes they are sorry but yes. i've got a springer pistol that goes 307 CHRONOED and my friend has a spring sniper with no upgrades that goes 468 (also chronoed). don't be hatin on the springers.

[Ajent00757]

i have two pistols a P-36 and a P-1311 and they both go 325 fps

[maneter112]

buddy i have a spring rifle tha shoots 500 fps its got a upgraded spring but it shoots 500 fps and all aegs use springs you just have a motor that pulls them back
and yes ive chronoed my rifle

[brandon borick]

No you don"t not unless its a sniper. A springer might shot that out of the box but 30 shots later the spring is compressed and it might do 150fps. I've seen it again and again from people who ask me tho fix there guns for them. The spring are cheap and once they break-in they stay at about 150 fps. Before you ask i chrono the guns for the local players and use a "Shooting Chrony Beta Master" and a "Shooting F-1 Chronograph" I know the to be accurate to 3 fps with my hand loads for my 30-30 making the largest margin of error. To anyone looking to play get a aeg or a gbb pistol cheaper you can repair them yourself and there just better sorry didn't mean to burst anybody's bubble.

[then]

comepletely agree, though there are still bolt actions like im guessing maneter112 is talking about

[Rookie12]

i got 310 on mine but its a sniper

[JamesTB13]

i've just got the Crosman P312 pistol, and I've had it chrono'd at 290-310 fps. So yes, springers ARE that powerful.

[bighead5454]

my M4 or M16 (cant figure out which) has around 300fps my pistol probably 290+ and my shotgun 355

[thatguy999]

yeah i have the same (almost the same) shotgun the guy shows in the pictures. the only thing different is that mine has a scope, lazer dot, and a flashlight :P   its around 355 FPS and it hurts, even at 20 yards or so.

[alexgator99]

I agree with you. My pistol is 315 fps and my shotgun is 355. When we play tho we have pretty much just shoot each other with no winners. So the rule is no above 400 fps guns.

[epicninja12]

im also sorry to inform you that if you bought that shotgun from wal-mart it and it is smith and westley that it is not 355 fps take a close look at what they say the pistols fps is on the package and then look at the pistol... that pistol is not over 100 fps so i can guarantee that they are lying about the shotgun to

[Capt. Kidd]

Wesson. not westley.

[Mattonater]

no runners us gas blowback pistols 300+fps gaurds use hi quality aegs 350-400 fps snipers use 450+fps fps is not how how far it goes its how fast they get to the target

[joey99]

i got a 625 fps BB gun

[airsoftdominator999]

exactly

[WarPig137]

If I was a "runner," I'd consider an smg, or a light assault rifle. Something that could provide a lot of covering fire quickly, yet wouldn't weigh too much.

[Nathanf14]

 Guys don't believe what the fps on a website or at a store says. Jg and Crosman over exaggerate their fps. Also Fps is a really small concept in airsoft. The most important thing in airsoft are build quality and gearbox quality. 

My guns are an Echo 1 P90 (320 fps) and a gas Ksc M11a1 (300 fps)

[Mattonater]

like i have a ks p90,blowback cyma ak-47and about ten dusty springers from about 2 yrs ago

[KNEXFRANTIC]

mine sniper riffle 375 and i can get a ludicruslly high range from it

[saxman31]

i think you may be misinterpreting fps. yes it means feet per second but it only plays a small role in range, and thats what you truly want range.i am a juggernaut and i use a Thompson with 460 fps and a range of a bought 70 yards. believe me im an experienced player.

[countryman49]

my guns: pistol: crossman co2 $40 walmart 400fps secondary pistol: cant remember spring $20 walmart 300fps shotgun: cant remember but i got it off airsplat $80 375fps (3 shots at once) rifle: cant remember, off airsplat again, $100 m16 350fps I had a rifle that shot 450 fps (ak47), but during a rough game (me and my friends get crazy) i jumped into a creek for cover, hit a log, triped, bent the metal around, and the actual barrel, and somehow hit the trigger and messed up the internals...

[kevin71127]

i haz customly made m4 thats chroned at 400+ fps, and 16 bps. :)

[Trauts]

I thought in airsoft they measured rate of fire with RPM (rounds per minute), i.e. 800rpm, and they did paintball with balls per second.

[poptart432]

he meens bullets or bbs per second and 16 bbs per second sucks compared to the kwa m16 that 430 fps and 20 bbs per second

[8doug8]

They do balls per minute and feet per second BPM and FPS for paintball (PAINTBALL IS AWESOME)

[corey_caffeine]

*facepalm* FPS is feet per second

[brandon borick]

hell ya

[CapnTac]

I'm not sure what kevin means, either.

[djtomczak678]

he means 400+fps(duh feet per second) and i think he means bullets persecond or bbs persecond and i have a stock m4 that shoots at a faster rpm that that

[minerug]

No, feet per second plainly means feet per second

[poptart432]

im getting a kwa m16 it rof is 20 rounds a second and its fps is 430-450 and its full auto or semi auto and im using by dads 300 dollor scope and for xmas im getting a madbull lancher and a shell or two

[arbbitar]

your supposed to keep them as close together on the target as possible.

[CoasterKid98]

my sig sauer p228 has only 190 fps. :( so close!

[astroidbelts]

i think that my guns is shooting around 430 fps, but i haven't "chronoed" it in a few months. also, if you are really wanting to snipe, i would recomend getting a tightbore barrel, and a hop up bucking. they should dramatically increase your range, and accuracy

[tmuterspaugh]

my pistol is 315 fps my shotgun is 400 fps and my automatic is around 300 fps