Airsoft or Paintball?

              Which is better - Airsoft or Paintball?          

...Stock up on the Paintballs.

Interested in a tactical military simulation?  Airsoft is for you.

Airsoft is much different than paintball. The BBs don't travel as fast as paintballs and are less dense, hence the term air soft.

One of the biggest issues between paintball and airsoft is the gameplay style. While both games are similar to each other, there are big differences.

Each possess their own assets and liabilities...

Airsoft:

 

In the United States airsoft is usually played in wooded areas with plenty of cover. Airsoft players don't wear bright orange jumpsuits -

-They wear real military gear.  It's not unusual to see someone wearing a ghille suit.

 On this type of airsoft field gameplay is slower placed and more tactical. 

Airsoft is more tense because you don't always know where the enemy is.

Airsoft is generally cheaper to play than paintball because the ammo is much cheaper.

Quality paintball guns can cost hundreds more than airsoft guns, but they are about the same price for low to mid level guns. There is more safety gear required for paintball.

 

Pros

Paintball:

Paintball is almost always played in rectangular "speedball" fields. These are generally low on cover and fast on the gameplay.

 Speedball fields require the use of lots of paintballs. This increases the paintball field's revenue and the paintball players cost.

Paintball wasn't always played like this. In the 1980s when it was a much more underground sport it was played more like airsoft is widely played today.

 

Paintball is much more popular than airsoft. There are teams virtually everywhere and many tournaments all over the country.

Airsoft has teams and tournaments as well, but it is not as big as paintball.

One of the reasons for that is that when you get hit with a paintball, everyone can see it. When you're hit with an airsoft BB, 

 you're probably the only person that knows because there's no mark.

The person firing may not even know with certainty that they hit you. Because of this, there is more cheating involved with airsoft than with paintball.

  Paintballs show were the person was hit

 

A few simple rules to keep in mind:

 

Does it hurt?

People often ask, "Does  getting hit by an airsoft gun hurt?" Or more commonly, "Purposely getting shot with an airsoft rifle is one messed up hobby."

The truth is, most of the time, airsoft gun "wounds" don't hurt. You'll feel it, but it's nothing like a paintball welt.

While it should never break the skin, it sometimes leaves a bruise.

 

 Hey, that's the cost of doing business. 

  

Wear jeans and a long sleeve shirt. 

You may not even know you're an airsoft gun casualty unless you hear it.

With an airsoft rifle in your hot little hands and some good-natured warfare - All fears vanish.