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Shooting training
Shooting is the most important skill in Airsoft (obviously). Your performance at shooting depends on your steadiness, the weight of bullets you shoot and the gun you are using.
Don't bother shooting at the range too much, unless you just bought a gun and you want to adjust it. The best practice is skirmishing practice, which can be either in the field you have permission to play Airsoft at, your garden or the skirmishing site. With more and more experience you and your team will eventually get better.
When adjusting your gun then you need to know about several factors that affect the accuracy. These are:
There is a wide range of different pellets and their weight. The most common type is 0.20g for most guns, while Snipers are tend to use either 0.30g or even 0.40g. The extra weight means that the pellet can fly further without reducing accuracy through the gravity. 0.20g pellets are a good balance between FPS (find out about FPS on our How the Guns work page) and the accuracy. The Snipers use heavier pellets, because they need the best accuracy. The heavier the pellet the lower your FPS are.
Finally the barrel comes into the effect. Basically what we mean by the barrel is actually a difference between the pellet's diameter and barrel's diameter. Little space allows really few air particles to get through which then in turns gives your gun little extra power over the distance. There are two main types of barrels. Tightbore are the ones with small space (can be even 6.01 mm in diameter!) while most standard ones come in around 6.08mm. Many people recommend getting 6.03mm tightbores because 6.01mm ones often have side effects. Then there are widebore barrels. They have been around for a short while and the manufacturers claim to have better accuracy then tightbore because of more air cussion for the pellet, which makes it avoid hitting the walls of the barrel. But then again this has not been proven. There is a huge debate on the forums about whichever the barrels are better, therefore the answer is not fully certain.
Hop-Up affects the accuracy through making the pellet spin. It takes some time to get the perfect adjustment so that the gun shoots effectively in the range.
For your team to perform better you should plan some exercises, where they shoot in all sorts of ranges. While long distance shooting can be frustrating and difficult, short distance can be fast-paced and even tougher.
We are in process of making examples of shooting exercises for both shooting range and the field. Available soon.
Make sure that you have some targets too. You can either find some free ones online and print them, make your own ones or buy the special targets, varying in price and features.
And finally keep in mind that shooting should be trained all the time! Never put it aside!
Don't bother shooting at the range too much, unless you just bought a gun and you want to adjust it. The best practice is skirmishing practice, which can be either in the field you have permission to play Airsoft at, your garden or the skirmishing site. With more and more experience you and your team will eventually get better.
When adjusting your gun then you need to know about several factors that affect the accuracy. These are:
- Weight of the pellets (e.g. 0.20 grams)
- Hop-Up (or Spin-Up) - find out about the Hop-Up and how it works on our How the Guns work page
- The Barrel
There is a wide range of different pellets and their weight. The most common type is 0.20g for most guns, while Snipers are tend to use either 0.30g or even 0.40g. The extra weight means that the pellet can fly further without reducing accuracy through the gravity. 0.20g pellets are a good balance between FPS (find out about FPS on our How the Guns work page) and the accuracy. The Snipers use heavier pellets, because they need the best accuracy. The heavier the pellet the lower your FPS are.
Finally the barrel comes into the effect. Basically what we mean by the barrel is actually a difference between the pellet's diameter and barrel's diameter. Little space allows really few air particles to get through which then in turns gives your gun little extra power over the distance. There are two main types of barrels. Tightbore are the ones with small space (can be even 6.01 mm in diameter!) while most standard ones come in around 6.08mm. Many people recommend getting 6.03mm tightbores because 6.01mm ones often have side effects. Then there are widebore barrels. They have been around for a short while and the manufacturers claim to have better accuracy then tightbore because of more air cussion for the pellet, which makes it avoid hitting the walls of the barrel. But then again this has not been proven. There is a huge debate on the forums about whichever the barrels are better, therefore the answer is not fully certain.
Hop-Up affects the accuracy through making the pellet spin. It takes some time to get the perfect adjustment so that the gun shoots effectively in the range.
For your team to perform better you should plan some exercises, where they shoot in all sorts of ranges. While long distance shooting can be frustrating and difficult, short distance can be fast-paced and even tougher.
We are in process of making examples of shooting exercises for both shooting range and the field. Available soon.
Make sure that you have some targets too. You can either find some free ones online and print them, make your own ones or buy the special targets, varying in price and features.
And finally keep in mind that shooting should be trained all the time! Never put it aside!