CrabbyMcNab
Ultimate Member
- Feb 1, 2009
- 2,474
Went and "shot" airsoft yesterday. I was in for a surprise.
I've done simunitions many times before, but nothing like this. A couple buddies and I went to a place in Rockville that has an indoor shoot "house". Large warehouse with many rooms, passage ways and such.
Us newbies rented the house rifles, HK G36 immitations. Battered, old, my selector switch kept falling off. We got one magazine and a bag o BB's.
All the ninjas were sporting hi tech G18s, M4's, PS90's, one sniper rifle backup pistols. These guys and kids wearing bdu's, vests, shin guards GIJoe masks. We were severly doomed.
Games were kinda cool. Capture the flag and such. Two teams, split evenly between size of group and experience. Learned the term, "respawn". Apparently I need to play more video games.
Those little BB's can hurt! Especially when they hit your knuckle and finger nail.
It was fun. I'd do it again. Felt like a nerd with all the folks talking about video games, the different weapons, and 12 year olds shouting directions while waving glocks and 1911's. Takes some getting used to people running/standing around with training guns pointing at everyone. No firearm discipline to speak of, but is it necessary? I certainly wouldn't take any of these folks to a real gun range without severe safety instruction. This is definitely a great tool for training LE and MIL. $20 to rent the equipment, $20 to play from 12 - 7 PM. If you can handle the cheaters who don't want to follow the rules, facemask cam the game or cry when they get hit, it is worth trying out.
I've done simunitions many times before, but nothing like this. A couple buddies and I went to a place in Rockville that has an indoor shoot "house". Large warehouse with many rooms, passage ways and such.
Us newbies rented the house rifles, HK G36 immitations. Battered, old, my selector switch kept falling off. We got one magazine and a bag o BB's.
All the ninjas were sporting hi tech G18s, M4's, PS90's, one sniper rifle backup pistols. These guys and kids wearing bdu's, vests, shin guards GIJoe masks. We were severly doomed.
Games were kinda cool. Capture the flag and such. Two teams, split evenly between size of group and experience. Learned the term, "respawn". Apparently I need to play more video games.
Those little BB's can hurt! Especially when they hit your knuckle and finger nail.
It was fun. I'd do it again. Felt like a nerd with all the folks talking about video games, the different weapons, and 12 year olds shouting directions while waving glocks and 1911's. Takes some getting used to people running/standing around with training guns pointing at everyone. No firearm discipline to speak of, but is it necessary? I certainly wouldn't take any of these folks to a real gun range without severe safety instruction. This is definitely a great tool for training LE and MIL. $20 to rent the equipment, $20 to play from 12 - 7 PM. If you can handle the cheaters who don't want to follow the rules, facemask cam the game or cry when they get hit, it is worth trying out.
