Whipped by an Airsoft Minigun

You GOTTA See This

 

OK, I have seen alotta things on the battlefield, and alotta different high prices toys that guys with a lot more money than I have bring out. So the other day I ran up against one of these, and I got whipped. I was tired, frustrated, VERY well peppered by BB’s, and all I could think about was HOW DO I GET ONE??

 

Airsoft miniguns are a big, heavy, and expensive addition to the plethora of choices in your airsoft arsenal. Personally I think an ‘armored’ golf cart, an Echo 1 Airsoft Minigun, and about 50,000 rounds would be a fun way to roll onto the battlefield.

 

Has anyone else seen one of these first hand (or SHOT ONE??) What did you think?

So, WHEN is it OK to “cheat back?”

I hate those guys. You know the ones I mean? The guy (or it could most certainly be a girl, however for the sake of this rant, it’s a guy) who is on the other team that NEVER admits he’s been hit, the guy who has ALL the gear and can’t play for, um, crap. The Cheater!

Now the sport of Airsoft is, by and large, a sport of honor. Airsoft players have to say “Yep, I’m hit” put your arms in the air and walk off. It’s what the whole sport of Airsoft is BASED on, and I will always do my utmost to follow this belief, even there are those that will fudge a little her and there.

But then comes “that guy”, and as he tries to sneak up on you, you nail him 2 – 3 times good. I mean DAMM you can see your bb’s bounce off him. So OK, he has alot of tactical gear on and he probably couldn’t feel it. So you squeeze off a few more rounds, again clearly nailing him, and you put one or two on his knoggen . . . just to get his attention and ‘help him’ to know he’s been hit.

Nothing . . .

So, here is the point where I feel it is really OK to bend the rules as much as the cheater is clearly doing. This is where I feel you have to take advantage of what my Ju Jitsu Professor used to call “a teaching moment.” So in an effort to teach this obvious FNG (F-ing New Guy) that he is outside the rules and needs to pay better attention, I will flip the switch to the rock n’ roll setting, and hold the trigger down and do my very best to empty my mag on the guy until he can do nothing other than squeel and RUN off the field.

 

Mission accomplished!

What’s the POINT of Orange Tips?

OK, let’s set a few things straight.

#1 – The law states that all Airsoft Guns sold in the USA must have a minimum of 1/4″ of the muzzle/tip painted safety orange.

#2 – It doesn’t say ANYTHING about whether it is “legal” to paint over the orange or take off the orange piece and replace it with a piece I bought on the interned from an Asian distributor.

#3 – Airsoft Guns with OUT the orange tip truly look SOOOO much better!

My question is why do airsoft fields allow “non-orange” weapons on their field? The point of the orange tip is to designate to everyone else on the field (and to the officers that may look) that you aren’t really a FOOL and have a real gun, and to give the rest of us a little measure of confidence. YES, I know this sounds overly paranoid, however when you have been around, using, and training with real firearms for as long as I have you quickly learn that it is the “overly paranoid” who still have all their fingers and toes. 

So if the INTENT of the law is for ALL Airsoft Guns to have a non-lethal marking on the tips, and if it is really the safe and smarter way to go, and Airsoft Fields are the forefront of our sport, shouldn’t they all be forcing us as a community to obey the law? If we do not, and some fool gets shot by a cop or a neighbor for shooting their gun somewhere what is the backlash against “us” likely to be/ For those of you in rural settings you can find places to go play damm near anywhere. For those of us in significantly more urban areas, our choices are very limited.

So, I would like to hear what are YOUR thoughts? Do I have a point here, or is this a case of misplaced paranoia?

What ARE Cheap Airsoft Guns Anymore?

Just a few years ago, any AEG that was cheaper than $200 was considered an LPEG, or a CHEAP Airsoft Gun. CHEAP being used to designate a POS (Piece of SH&$) from Taiwan or China that wouldn’t last for more than a week, shot very slowly, and had crappy plastic parts that also broke very easily. At this time in history a CHEAP Airsoft gun was a bad thing, something to be mocked and scorned by the TM crowd. 

Well today, a Cheap Airsoft Gun is more likely a well made AEG that has very reliable internals and it a pretty well made Airsoft Gun from Taiwan or China. A Cheap Airsoft Gun is now a pretty decent product that is usually completely upgradeable and compatible with all those really cool, and brand name goodies from the “real” Airsoft companies like Tokyo Marui and Classic Army.   (more on Cheap Airsoft Guns at DiscountAirsoftWarehouse.com)

Now someone can show up at the Airsoft Field with their JG G36C with upgrades and accessories and have a package that will not only operate as WELL as the biggies, but even with all the accessories he still has less money wrapped up in his gun. It seems those snobby guys with their $500 guns have kinda backed off that mocking and scoffing thing because they now have to compete with “lesser” of the sport. 

Personally it is all about what works, and what doesn’t. If it is a quality Airsoft Gun, and it performs the job you want it to perform, and it does it well and reliably, does it REALLY matter if the brand is Tokyo Marui or Joe Bob’s Airsoft? Those that say yes, it matters are generally the same kind of people that pay $40 – $50 extra for jeans because Levis or Wranglers are not good enough either. 

It is time to wake up and smell the coffee folks, and get over yourselves as well.

I want to start this whole “Airsoft Thing”, but I have a question.

When we get phone calls, and yes, we get alot of them, the majority of them have to do with “is this gun good?” or “what does this mean” and even “what accessorise should I get?”

Well, we at DAW have written up some basic information on alot of these topics and have been adding them to the website as we get the questions. So if you are new, have alot of questions or just alot of time, go check out the Airsoft Information on DAW.

 If you don;t see what you’re looking for or would like to request something, click HERE and send us an email.

 Happy Shooting!

Echo 1 Airsoft – What’s the VALUE?

I have been reading on a few blogs and forums about Echo 1 Airsoft, and am bothered by what seems to be the negative opinions “they” seem to have of Echo 1. You know who “they” are, Those people that are the big guys, the all knowing all seeing repositories of Airsoft knowledge.

Their main point of contention seems to be that Echo 1 merely rebrands the AEG’s of other manufacturers and “passes them off” as their own and offer no value to the end customer. “They” seem to feel this is dishonest and the people have a right to know!! Well, as usual, “they” are just a bunch of idiots who should stick to polishing their, um, AEG’s.

So, what exactly does Echo 1 do? Yes, it is true they “partner” with other manufacturers, TEST every weapon, rebrand and repackage them, add a 30 day WARRANTY, and sell them with their name on them. OK, that went by kind of fast, and you might have missed ALOT of value to the end customer. They TEST THEM, and THEY OFFER A WARRANTY. I don’t know about you, but I have been ripped of a number of times in the past on purchases of airsoft guns, electronics, etc. Each time I tried to get a replacement for the POS I got I was basically laughed at. When trying to get my money back, they only laughed louder.

So, how much value is there in not making yourself nuts over something you really wanted and is now a pile of @&$# on the floor? How much value is there in knowing the gift you just gave to your (son, buddy, friend, girl friend) has been tested and has a warranty? From where I sit, I would say a great deal. Definitely worth the extra $25.00. Also, how much value does the original manufacturer get out of this deal? Again, I would argue a great deal. First, having another company selling your products and increasing your North American sales (what, 500%?) is of GREAT value. Maybe it’s me, but do you see a Win – Win situation here?

So, in doing your research please, take the reviews, opinions, rantings and ravings that “they” post with a grain (or a rock) of salt. 

Ambushing Co-Workers Banned

We here at DAW have prided ourselves for some time now in the fact that we ‘used’ our Airsoft Guns at work, every day. We were very involved in reliability testing our weapons under a number of different circumstances. We started shooting targets in the warehouse, then a combat course THROUGH the warehouse. Then we started to test the very limits of our, at the time, gas pistols to see what we could make them do.

For example, one day when Tracy went to the bathroom (and I could tell he wold be in there a while) I popped a round under the door with my Blow Back Airsoft pistol. We discovered that a biodegradable airsoft bb breaks up into 2 – 3 pieces when skipped off marble tile! Fortunately, it does NO damage to the tile. Well, his butt came about 2 inches off the seat and pieces landed in his underwear.  OK, this was FUNNY all the way around.

Well, we escalated back and forth, until the day I escalated the ‘at work’ arms race and added an Airsoft AEG. A new lesson we learned is that airsoft bb’s bounce nicely off the ceiling of the bathroom and explode against the far wall. That would be the wall directly in front of the urinal. Tracy discovered this one day during a PERCEIVED cease fire. Clearly, he was wrong.

Well, we have grown some over the last year. During that time Tracy got very good at barricading himself in the bathroom. However, we discovered that some people do not find the humor in it all. I mean COME ON . . . an Airsoft Claymore Mine going off as you walk by the copier?? That is HYSTERICAL. However, Tracy and I talked long and hard about it and we discovered that not everyone shares our, well, adolescent senses of humor. Not everyone thinks that having to reconnoiter the parking lot before getting out of your car is something that is part of a job description.

So, after long thought, ambushing co-workers at DAW has been banned, and this is a good thing. We now have a lot more time ‘productive’ for blogging, working, and all the mundane things that had let to the boredom that started the ambushing in the first place. So we shoot in the warehouse at boring old targets.

However . . . I know that bastard Tracy is planning something. I’ll bet he is going to get me coming out of the house early one morning. Just like him, and that’s why I love the guy!

Firearems Training with Airsoft

One thing that brought both me and my partner to the wonderful world of Airsoft is the fact that they can be used to teach firearm safety just about anywhere. Because they are replica firearms that operate their real steel cousins training and getting familiar with shooting techniques is actually fun to do. In our warehouse we have a combat course set up that we can use at any time. We have had weekend seminars teaching combat pistol techniques using Airsoft gas pistols and it really went over well.

The key word here is safety, and here is a good example. One of the attendees was practicing holstering and drawing his weapon. While holstering it he had an accidental discharge that made him jump about a foot. Well, if that was a real .45 that would have been his last jump. He was able to learn a valuable lesson he will never repeat, and it didn’t cost him his right foot to learn it. Safely practicing shooting techniques with an Airsoft gun will make you a much better and safer shooter with your real sidearm.

Numerous military and law enforcement agencies agree, as this is the latest trend in live fire training. They are now using Airsoft AEG’s in entering and clearing training, allowing the agents/officers to actually get trigger time as a unit, to practice the techniques that will keep everyone in the team alive while at the same time allowing for learning situations without dire consequences.

We at DAW are excited about this trend as it will only help our industry as a whole. First it will help take our beloved AEG’s from the expensive toy category and help it to gain legitimacy. Also, it will help improve the quality of the products in the industry as the continued use will improve design and engineering over time.So, next time you are stalking one of your friends and are getting ready to light him up like a pinball machine just remember, you are not playing . . . you are TRAINING!!!

Tell Us Your Stories!

One of the events that lead to the creation of DAW was Gordon and a couple friends ambusing Tracy coming out of the bathroom one evening during UFC Fight Night. He broke one of the biggest “guy rules” that is out there: “NEVER be the last of your friends to buy an Airsoft gun.” You can read that and other stories HERE.

So, since we know we aren’t the ONLY onse shooting each other with Airsoft guns (ever search YouTube?), please post your stories here for everyone to read. Nothing makes us happier to read about how ‘Bob’ used an Airsoft Claymore to scatter his brothers friends in the basement. Or how ‘Sally’ got revenge on her brother by sniping him and HIS friends from her 2nd story bedroom window. Don;t forget to describe the Owie Dance. That is one of the best parts.  

Thank you, and HAPPY SHOOTING!

The DAW Blog is UP and Limping

Welcome to the DAW Blog. We say up and Limping because, well, we are new to this and don;t quite have our hands around this as yet, but we soon will. If you haven’t been to our store as yet, please go visit us at www.discountairsoftwarehouse.com and find yourslef something cool to shoot your friends with. Why? Because it is hysterical, fun, and SAFE (if done with planning).

This is a place for our friends and customers to come and discuss their firearms, to tell us about ambusing their friends, as well as to discuss this wonderfully addictive sport we all have grown to love.

 Thank you, and let us know if you have any questions.