Airsoft guns are designed to be used for recreational purposes. However, you need to learn about different types of airsoft guns and how they work in order to make the most of your purchase. You will have more fun as you will learn how to use different types of guns for a variety of recreational activities. Here is what you should know about how airsoft rifles work.
You must be aware that airsoft rifles or airsoft guns are air-powered. These guns are used for firing round projectiles that are typically 6 mm in diameter though you can always get these in other sizes. Here is a list of some of the main features that make airsoft rifles so much fun to use:.
Most people love the fact that the design of an airsoft rifle is similar to that of a real firearm. While most rifles look the same, there are brands that offer better and unique designs. These guns can be fired at long distances with accuracy.
Simply put, you will feel the thrill when firing these airsoft guns in situations that resemble real life. The most common design of the airsoft rifles makes use of compression for launching projectiles.
The common propulsion methods include spring and gas types in both manual and electric option. Different types of sub-methods are used for launching projectiles through different forms of compression. Different types of projectile firing systems are employed in different designs.
The exact working mechanism of a particular airsoft gun depends on the type of weapon system you choose. The three main common systems employed for shooting include gas, electric and spring.
Each of these options has its own pros and cons. In order to make the right choice, you need to understand how each system works. For example, a spring based weapon system is the right choice if you are looking to use your airsoft gun as a sniper rifle. It's more of a personal weapon system, especially preferred by people looking to advance their skills in airsoft guns. It comes with 2 firing options including the automatic firing style as well as a single fire lockout.
AEG rifles have the largest market share due to their affordability and ease of use for beginners. Reply 10 years ago on Step 2. Most GBB rifles have semi-auto. As for burst fire, they have it about as often as an AEG does, which isn't very often.
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Introduction: The Ultimate Guide to Airsofting! More by the author:. About: Hi Airsoft is dedicated to providing airsoft related instructibles and videos about airsoft. Although airsoft guns do look like a real firearm, it does fall under the toy category.
The purpose of airsoft guns is to act as a tagging device; it is no different than a paintball gun, but without paint on the target and aesthetically more realistic. Given the appearance, functionality, and certain features an airsoft gun can provide, some even use airsoft guns as a training tool for people like law enforcement officers or the military. To understand how do airsoft guns work, we must first identify which are the most popular platforms that are currently in the market.
Though all 4 platforms are mechanically different, they do have some things in common; all airsoft guns should have a tube which we call an inner barrel that allows the user to shoot a ball bearing BB out of it like a blow dart, but the BB will be given a backspin prior accelerating in the inner barrel so it can travel further. What the airsoft gun needs to do is somehow generate a small amount of pressurized air to create a force to pneumatically propel the BB out of the inner barrel.
The methods of how the airsoft gun generates the pressurized air differ between platforms. Features on an airsoft gun vary depending on the grade, technology used, and how many extra upgrades were installed of course naturally, the more tech and upgrades, the more expensive the end product will be. There are a lot of extra features that airsoft guns can have to increase the user experience and it is impossible to list them all.
Just to name a few like the full-auto firing mode. Other than Springers, almost all airsoft guns will have the full-auto feature where the user just holds down the trigger when firing, and it will shoot until the magazine is empty. Airsoft guns that do not shoot full-auto either have this feature eliminated for the sake of realism or the mechanism do not allow it.
There are other unique features such as empty magazine detection. What this does is the airsoft gun will stop responding if the system detects the magazine is empty. This feature is uncommon for most AEGs, but higher-end ones do. It usually requires proprietary magazines for this feature to activate. However, this comes as a standard feature for GBBs. As the magazine runs out of BBs, it will cause a stoppage to the airsoft gun, forcing the user to reload. For an airsoft gun to shoot, a BB is pre-loaded into the hop-up chamber.
When the user pulls the trigger, the airsoft gun will then release a small amount of pressurized air to force the BB through the chamber and exit out of the inner barrel. When the BB is being propelled by the pressurized gas, it will pass through the nub of the hop-up rubber and continue to accelerate inside the inner barrel. The nub inside the hop-up chamber will provide a backspin to the BB, causing a phenomenon called the Magnus effect once it exits the inner barrel, the Magnus effect will allow the BB to create a small opposing force to go against gravity so it can travel further.
Among the 4 most popular platforms, AEG and Springers fundamental mechanisms are quite similar. Both platforms involve a cylinder, piston, and a strong spring to apply a strong force to the piston and generate pressurized air from the cylinder to push a BB out of the chamber and exit through an inner barrel.
However, both platforms use very different methods to pull the piston back. First, let's look at Springers. The user will need to manually cock the piston back to compress the spring. When the user pulls the trigger, it will release the stopper that locks the piston in place and causing the airsoft gun to fire.
This mechanism is best for simulating sniper rifles, hence it is widely used among airsoft sniper rifles. Springers are simple and robust, it will work no matter what kind of weather condition, but it is slow if the user would like to have a follow-up shot. It is a great system for sniper roles, but ineffective against a large squad of enemies.
As for the AEG platform, instead of needing to manually cocking the piston back, it utilizes a motor and a set of gears to pull the piston back. The AEG should have a battery stored within it; when the user pulls the trigger, it activates a switch that connects the current so the motor will drive the gears to pull the piston backward.
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