Reply With QuoteSo what happens to all the plastic balls that end up in the environment?
Regular Fretter
AirSoft Guns
I guess, some people never grow up.. I LIKE THAT!!
Recently, I took a trip back to Chicago for a week or so to visit family.
During a birthday party up there, my 40 something Nephew and I had been grilling out in the back yard when some Blue jays started to attack his dog.
The poor dog didn't have a chance and was just laying in the yard when this started.
Well, the Nephew walks into the house and returns a few seconds later armed with what looked just like a M-16 rifle.
Within seconds hundreds of plastic pellets fill the air and the BlueJays are gone!
He grins and tells me of these great 6mm plastic pellet shooting wonders.
Taking it in hand, it feels just like the real thing.. metal (mostly) and all!
Having some ballons around seeing its a birthday party, we quickly find safe non-living targets to fire at... I really enjoyed this and purchased a M-16 Rifle and Glock Pistol off the web as soon as I got home..lol!!
I have problems with Racoons and BlueJays bothering the cats around here.
Come to think of it, some stray cats are problems also.
Well, these little pellets wont kill nothing.. but on full auto will scare the heck out of any living creature known to man.. including man!
There are a ton of funny AirSoft YouTube fights.. check them out..
This sits someplace between the old Crossman BB guns and the Newer Paintball guns.. in fact you can get 6mm pellet paintballs they call markers..
Great fun if you like shooting and accurate to about 100-125 feet with speeds to 400fps..
If you ever go to purchase one.. get a good 8.4 volt electric AEG Mid-class to start with that has a "Metal Gear Box".. will run about $100.00-$150.00.. Jing Gong is a good name to watch for.. they make many of the China based guns (Echo1, UTG come to mind), which are clones of some Japan Company named Mauri.. those will cost you 250-400 in the same model. They have about every weapon currently used as a full size pellet gun.. pretty darn neat, if you haven't grown to old to enjoy yourself.
Anyone here a Airsoft junkie?
Last edited by Justaguyin_nc; October 11th, 2008 at 02:50 AM.
Jimmie Vaughan Strat , Squire 51
Epi 56 GoldTop, SX "Vintage" Jazz Bass
Zager 50, Guild GAD30R (Excellent)
G-Dec 3 Thirty, Valve Junior & Cab
Crate PowerBlock, Crate V33H
Avatar Cabinet 2x12 Hellatones
JamVox, Studio GX With Mods/Farm 2.0.
Luke Skyrawker
So what happens to all the plastic balls that end up in the environment?
"No Tele For you." - The Tele Nazi
Ha! Tele-ish now inbound.
Regular Fretter
They are:Originally Posted by Spudman
Biodegradable BB's:
Biodegradable BB's are available, and are often required by outdoor fields where sweeping up is not an option, conventional BB's are a pollutant of the environment, most ordinary BB's have a mineral center coated with types of plastic that degrade over hundreds of years, if at all. Biodegradable BB's are made of various types of resin, often developed for the agricultural industry, and in the better makes are certified as compostable.
There is a mixture of degradable processes being used, soil microbes and photosensitive degradation. Bio BB development is now producing ammo with all the characteristics of the best of the conventional, with homogeneous resin construction.
Various EEC countries now only permit Bio ammo to be used, and many land agents are also insisting on their use on rented land. Airsoft worldwide is very late in coming to universal usage of biodegradable products which paint pall has long achieved with its munitions. Source: Wikipedia.org
Jimmie Vaughan Strat , Squire 51
Epi 56 GoldTop, SX "Vintage" Jazz Bass
Zager 50, Guild GAD30R (Excellent)
G-Dec 3 Thirty, Valve Junior & Cab
Crate PowerBlock, Crate V33H
Avatar Cabinet 2x12 Hellatones
JamVox, Studio GX With Mods/Farm 2.0.
Luke Skyrawker
This is good to hear. Late but not negligent.They are:
Airsoft worldwide is very late in coming to universal usage of biodegradable products which paint pall has long achieved with its munitions. Source: Wikipedia.org
"No Tele For you." - The Tele Nazi
Ha! Tele-ish now inbound.
Regular Fretter
hey, I've heard of that airsoft stuff, has that ever seriously hurt someone? I mean, wear goggles or something, but people are bound to be stupid. Either way, my mother disagrees with that stuff and I'm a pacifist, so I couldn't deal with that kind of thing anyway.
"the emperor is rich, but he cannot buy another year"
-anonymous chinese person
"the thief is sorry for being hung, not for being a thief"
-anonymous
"We are not nationalities, we are not races, we are not political parties, we are not social classes, we are not cultures, we are not subcultures, and we are not churches, but when all things are said and done, the guns are shot, the riots have died down, one thing is true, and that should preceed all other things, we are, without division: HUMAN BEINGS, is that not good enough an excuse stop shooting people, and letting others starve to death?" -Pie_man_25
Regular Fretter
Well... if your smart you wear goggles and a mask... but not everyone is smart.. some are just plain stupid..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0DiMwVxJhI
Jimmie Vaughan Strat , Squire 51
Epi 56 GoldTop, SX "Vintage" Jazz Bass
Zager 50, Guild GAD30R (Excellent)
G-Dec 3 Thirty, Valve Junior & Cab
Crate PowerBlock, Crate V33H
Avatar Cabinet 2x12 Hellatones
JamVox, Studio GX With Mods/Farm 2.0.
Regular Fretter
Wow that's pretty cool. I'm gassing for one now.
Guitars/Bass - MIM Fender Classic 50s Strat, MIM Fender Standard Strat, Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Epi '56 Gold Top Les Paul, Martin DSR acoustic, Sigma Martin Auditorium electric/acoustic, Squier Jazz Bass.
Amps/Cabinets/Modelers - Model 2558 50 watt Marshall Silver Anniversary Jubilee combo w/ Celestion Vintage 30s, 4x12 Marshall cabinet w/25 watt Greenback Celestions, Fender Blues Junior w/ a couple of Billm mods, Line 6 POD 2.0, Roland Micro Cube
Pedals/Effects - Cry Baby Classic Wah, Boss TU-2, Boss NS-2, Boss RC-2 Loop Station, Ross Compressor, MXR Micro Amp, Danelectro FAB Echo, Danelectro FAB Chorus, Danelectro Chicken Salad, Marshall Guv'nor Plus, Marshall Echohead, Duhvoodooman's Zonkin' Yellow Screamer, Digitech Digiverb, Digitech Bad Monkey, Dunlop Fuzz Face, Homemade Loop Bypass pedal, Duhvoodooman's Sonic Tonic (Maxon SD-9 clone +), Voodoo Labs Superfuzz
Regular Fretter
/\ I've read the term GAS before, but I'm a net noob, what exactly does it mean?
"the emperor is rich, but he cannot buy another year"
-anonymous chinese person
"the thief is sorry for being hung, not for being a thief"
-anonymous
"We are not nationalities, we are not races, we are not political parties, we are not social classes, we are not cultures, we are not subcultures, and we are not churches, but when all things are said and done, the guns are shot, the riots have died down, one thing is true, and that should preceed all other things, we are, without division: HUMAN BEINGS, is that not good enough an excuse stop shooting people, and letting others starve to death?" -Pie_man_25
Posting Permissions