How does airsoft work?
Airsoft guns use spring, gas, or electric power to propel a round 6mm pellet with compressed air. Simply put; they are airguns or ‘bb’ guns. Very cool looking bb guns! The spring types or ‘springers’ are seldom seen on the battlefield because they only fire one shot at a time before having to cock the spring again for the next shot, like a bolt-action rifle, and that’s not very effective against full auto AEG’s. Gas powered guns are fed by magazines that contain both the ammo and the gas. They are filled up by squirting the canned gas into the magazine similar to filling a butane lighter and the bb’s are spring fed. They have better power than the spring guns, but run out of gas too quickly to be of much use on the battlefield. They are very fun to use, though, since they have some kick and the actions slide back and forth every shot like their real counterparts. Many airsoft pistols are gas powered and most players use gas pistols as sidearms for both the good looks and as emergency b
