By Ryan Fyfe
Airsoft is a military/law enforcement sport simulation, whereplayers participate in a mock style combat with military likeweapons and tactics. Firearms are 1:1 scale models of realfirearms. A typical example of an airsoft firearm is: firing 6mmor 8mm spherical, solid plastic BBs of usually .12, .20, or .25grams, with propulsion for the projectile provided by manuallycompressed springs, compressed gas, or electric motors.
Airsoft as a sport is extremely popular in eastern Asia, inJapan, China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. This popularity is a resultof real arms being difficult or impossible to obtain because oflocal laws. For this and other reasons the vast majority of
The popularity of Airsoft is starting to grow in the West.Especially in countries like the United States, Canada, UnitedKingdom, Germany, Spain, Finland, Italy, Belgium and Denmark.Starting in 2003 Daisy once again started marketing airsoft gunsfor sale in the US, under their "Powerstrike" brand name. Tryingto get in on the expanding market, Powerstrike and othercompeting models have started to appear in mass across the US.The Internet auction site, eBay, has noticed the increasedinterest in airsoft products as well, and as a result hascreated several categories specifically for the thousands oflistings of airsoft gear and guns.
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