Air soft is a recreational activity where replica firearms shooting plastic rounds are used for personal collection, gaming, or professional training purposes. Paintball is a sport where air soft guns are used. It uses 6mm or 8mm plastic pellets and have muzzle velocities of typically less than 180 meters per second (600 feet), which is generally considered safe when used in a controlled environment. On the outside, they are replicas of real guns but internally they have a different kind of mechanism. Most air soft pistols are gas powered.

Choosing an air soft gun should be determined by the circumstances under which the gun will be used. For practice purposes a cheaper spring air soft gun will suffice. If it will be used for actual games, an electric version will be ideal. You don’t have to spend a lot of money on the equipment. It is more important to work on your training. The weapon is only half the battle; the other half is tactics, movement and knowing how to handle the weapon.