Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Which is better? Airsoft handguns (spring guns), Automatic (aeg) airsoft guns, or gas guns

Three types of airsoft guns exist in the market today they are: Spring Airsoft guns (usually are airsoft handguns), Automatic(AEG)airsoft guns, and Gas guns. These guns have different mechanisms used for firing pellets, which happen to be six mm or eight mm small, spherical pellets. In most cases, the pellets are plastic, however sometimes 6 mm paintballs are used also. Airsoft guns are different from paintball guns mainly in their appearance.

Airsoft handguns aka Spring Airsoft guns
Airsoft handguns cannot be like the automatic airsoft guns nor semi-automatic, because they need to be cocked for each shot. This makes the spring powered airsoft handguns have a low rate of fire, but they are still preferred by many because they are highly dependable especially under bad rainy weather.

Automatic Airsoft electric guns (AEGs)
Automatic Airsoft electric guns or(AEGs) also use a spring, but these are battery powered springs so you do not need to cock the gun before pressing the trigger. AEGs come in both automatic or semi-automatic varieties. AEG airsoft guns are often more powerful than spring airsoft guns. There are some very powerful spring airsoft guns but those are usually expensive as compared to the cheaper automatic airsoft guns. For this reason AEG airsoft guns are widely believed to be superior.

Gas air soft guns
Finally, there are gas powered guns. These kinds of airsoft guns use pressurized gas as the means of propulsion. Many different kinds of gases can be used, the most popular being green gas, although carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and high-pressure air can be used. Like AEG airsoft guns, gas guns are capable of both automatic and semi-automatic. When using a gas airsoft gun, the velocities can be adjusted, which can be very useful in some situations.

Magazines are the primary way to feed ammunition. For hi-cap magazines, you need to cycle a mechanism on the bottom of the clip in order to help feed the air soft gun with pellets. However, with the other types of magazines, it is not necessary to do this.