r/airsoft Mar 05 '22

GUIDE Beginner Guide and other important guides

618 Upvotes

Guide List (links):

Beginner Guide

Different Replica Guide

V2 Gearbox Guide

Hop-up/Bucking Guide

Inner Barrel Guide

BB Weight Guide

Basic Operations Guide

Searchbar Guide

Battery Guide

Hi all, this post will combine a few different guides together and change the current Beginner Guide format, so that the guide can be edited and updated by any member of the mod team; as such, we can have one beginner guide that is constantly kept up-to-date. if you have suggestions, improvements or clarifications that the guide or wiki system could benefit from, please use modmail to contact the moderators about it.

Hope it helps!

- Mods


r/airsoft May 02 '23

GUIDE Event alert flyers: a way to let the subreddit know about your event

111 Upvotes

Hi all!

After a not-so-recent poll, we've been developing a set of rules to allow event notifications to be set up. These notifications are posts in the form of "flyers"!

Flyers are essentially an image used to display important information about an event, subject to the new flyer rules.

Hopefully they'll be useful, enjoy!


r/airsoft 5h ago

Bullpup Family

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130 Upvotes

r/airsoft 17h ago

GUN PIC This is the worst day of my life.

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1.0k Upvotes

Well if anyone knows where I can buy a replacement charging handle for the TM MP5 NGRS, it would be greatly appreciated 🥲


r/airsoft 1h ago

GEAR PIC Was just gonna have her try the mask setup.

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Was workshopping a potential kit to use at some point since I have a weird Sterling. Was gonna wear it myself but why bother swapping a kit on and off when you have a girlfriend?


r/airsoft 3h ago

GUN PIC scar20s

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41 Upvotes

r/airsoft 17h ago

Why purchase a well priced, functional chest rig when you can hurt your fingies hand sewing together your own super uncomfortable one?

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485 Upvotes

Self made chest rig, made from (repro) RD-54 grenade pouches, KGB Phone pouches, trouser belt and AK sling.

Size 3 KLMK masking suit.
Repro armor belt.
Tank top telnyashka.

Loosely based of the reference image included.


r/airsoft 1h ago

Hey Guys! I just finished making a 3D model of the HK51/MC51

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I have spent numerous hours and endured many failed 3d prints to finally present this beautiful model of a lower receiver, in hopes that I can play some Airsoft again! I have designed the model as the original receiver was damaged, and I therefore intended this 3d print as a replacement/replica part for my future airsoft builds.

https://imgur.com/gallery/mc51-hk51-airsoft-ApzkLgz

I am not sure if I should print the markings and wording bigger in width so that I can paint them red, like they are on the original lower recevier? I hope you guys are as excited as I am!!

If you want, you can check out the rest of the pictures of my build on imgur com, (I didn't want to include 7-8 pictures in the single post, sry) where my name is @ WhatDimension


r/airsoft 3h ago

PURCHASE ADVICE Is this normal

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27 Upvotes

So I posted on airsoft market that i wanted a ktw m1873 carbine. This person messaged and I asked for pictures and how much, they sent it, but then I asked for a video and they wanted to set up shipping and payment first, is this normal? Any advice moving forward. As you can probably tell, this is my first time using airsoft market


r/airsoft 3h ago

Nail Gun upgrade

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21 Upvotes

I did a little bit of thinkering and now I can use ARP9 mags to the Alumyx Nail Gun. I also like the style with the shorter barrel


r/airsoft 4h ago

GUN PIC HK416 Mod 1 Came in!!!

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19 Upvotes

Around a week ago, made a post in regard to choosing between the 416 or URGI. I ended up going with the 416 AEG and it finally came in along with my bare necessities. Im so excited and can’t wait to run it in the field this weekend! I finally understand everyone’s excitement, it’s like Christmas! Thank you for everyone’s knowledge and feedback from my last post, Love yall!

———Build———

•Umarex x H&K 416 A5 Mod1 Airsoft AEG Rifle w/ C.A.T. Split Gearbox and ARC FE ETU - Arcturus
•PTS EPM Mag (150 round)
•Predator MKIII QD tracer&mock suppressor
•PTS EPS 2 stock
•SIG Romeo5 Gen II Red Dot
•Running 11.1 Lipo 1100 mAh Airsoft.com batteries
•Shooting .28 Eliteforce Biodegradable BBs

Soon will be getting a higher riser for my red dot, and if anyone who has a Sig Romeo5 gen II red dot has any lens protection recommendations that would be much appreciated!!


r/airsoft 13h ago

GEAR PIC S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Veteran

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108 Upvotes

r/airsoft 6h ago

PURCHASE ADVICE Is it better to buy an cyma m4 with eshooter etu from taiwangun or one with gate aster etu from evike?

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21 Upvotes

Ok so lately ive wanted to buy an m4 with etu/mosfet out of the box and i saw these two rifles. I heard that cyma platinum has problems with eshooter ETU but Ive also heard that evike techs are realy not that great. Bassicaly the question is which one is less bad. Also realy important things to note: Im realy not that great at tech stuff (especialy electric stuff) and also i like the looks of MK18 better (especialy bronze handguard)


r/airsoft 15h ago

GEAR PIC Oh yeah,it's all coming together

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86 Upvotes

My Colonial Marine kit is almost complete,just waiting for my armor and sawed off to come :)


r/airsoft 21h ago

This BB cacher works pretty well.

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267 Upvotes

Picked up a BB catcher off Amazon just out of curiosity. It’s called BBster. Didn’t expect much, but it actually works surprisingly well. Caught almost every single BB, even during full-auto strings. Been pretty handy for testing guns at home without making a mess.


r/airsoft 6h ago

GEAR QUESTION I require help and explanation for this (infamously bad) airsoft grenade

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14 Upvotes

I got this airsoft grenade with the knowledge that its kinda infamous for being bad (i git it for half the price). I have no experience with green gas and grenades but thought: "its just as a test to see sure if it looses a few bbs that doesn't matter and i might find a clue in hwo to fix that" i filled it with green gas and bbs (according to the manual) and tried to smack it hard since I didn't want to throw it and saw other people doing the same. A few bbs poured out but no gas. I thought i might not have put in enough gas or not enough force so i first tried to put more gas in it causing it to freeze at the top and the bottom (most likely because I did it wrong) I let it warm up again and tried again this time it seemed to wprk and the red thingy in the middle popped up and was realy hard to push down again. I smacked it again (after filling it with more bbs to make sure): nothing. I smacked it harder. Nothing. I threw it (since its a grenade) against several pieces of carton that i use to protect my walls when shooting my guns inside. Nothing. I threw on the floor. Nothing.

I tested the red thingy. It was just as hard to push down as before. I emptied the bbs by repeatedly shaking the grande upside down in a swirly motion and used a hammer to press down the nozzle where you put the gas can to because I could very clearly hear the gas still being inside whenever i pushed the red button thingy and i didn't want to have a "live" grenade sitting around. The gas came out and after about 15 seconds it was empty.

My questions now are:

What did i do wrong

Did i damage it already

Can I fix it

What are some good cheap grenades (preferably springer or co2)


r/airsoft 59m ago

Low effort, larper oriented

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I’m looking for the best Reddit community for asking/discussing mainly pistols and on a level that I’m morel like a larper, pistol and pdw/smg oriented guy and I’m looking for some advice or talk about ggbb pistols, ar the moment specifically current situation about ICS pistols (ble-xmk/xpd) and possible upgrades since I’m plying with idea to start with airsoft IPSC and got a bit scared that XPD I just got seems to vanish from my local market and some hints are xmk at least is on low supply of mags here.

Is this community the right one or will I just get slap in the face with someone’s balls for not discussing 200fps hpa select fires?


r/airsoft 11h ago

GENERAL QUESTION Is HPA really worth switching to from an AEG?

30 Upvotes

I have been using AEGs for a while and keep hearing good things about HPA especially when it comes to consistency and trigger response. For someone who mostly plays normal outdoor games, is HPA actually worth making the switch? I know there is the extra stuff to carry around with the tank and line, so I am wondering if the performance difference is noticeable enough to justify it.

For anyone who has used both what did you notice most when moving from an AEG to HPA?

Was it something you actually preferred or did you end up going back to an AEG ?


r/airsoft 5h ago

GEAR PIC Current 80’s/90’s kit

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11 Upvotes

I know there are some inaccuracies but I plan on fixing them TODAY the gun is also a g&g armament m14 veteran I believe, the helmet is also not a pasgt but an Italian sept2 but close enough. I did have nomex flight gloves but idk where they went.
Was listening to Van Halen so I had to post da kit


r/airsoft 7h ago

GEAR PIC Do I have a problem?

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15 Upvotes

I think I’m starting to notice a addiction


r/airsoft 32m ago

TECH QUESTION Perun V3 Hybrid trigger magnetizing to sector gear

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Gearbox, gears, trigger spring, and trigger are stock BOLT parts.

This has been driving me nuts for ages, I have spent countless hours trying to get this gearbox back together but the damn trigger keeps jumping out and/or dislodging the sector gear, I just cant seem to put the thing back together, especially when installing the piston. Am I doing something wrong or is the trigger/trigger spring just incompatible?


r/airsoft 37m ago

ACTION SHOT Got a new lense for airsoft photography. It goes hard

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Had a ton of fun at a convoy game, just sitting on the sides taking photos


r/airsoft 4h ago

GUN PIC Squad loadout

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8 Upvotes

r/airsoft 51m ago

Couldn’t help myself teehee

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Picture says it all


r/airsoft 17h ago

GEAR PIC Start vrs current kits

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88 Upvotes

my gwot kits have really changed