Are Spring Airsoft Guns Really Worth It

Spring airsoft guns usually get overlooked by people buying their first airsoft gun. The variety and styles of guns on offer can often cause confusion for the first time buyer. Which gun offers the best power or the lowest running costs. Should you buy gas, electric or spring? In this capacity spring airsoft guns are often viewed as being the "poor guys" airsoft gun. Spring guns cost a lot less than their gas or electric competitors but that doesn't mean that they're inherently inferior to every other airsoft gun out there.

Your standard airsoft spring gun contains a large, heavy duty spring. When the gun is prepared for firing the spring is fixed backwards in the gun and under quite a bit of pressure. When the trigger on the gun is pulled the spring shoots forward and pushes a small piston in front of it. This piston compresses all the air inside the barrel of the gun which then fires the bb from the barrel of the rifle. This is a simple but very effective firing mechanism.

What bugs most airsoft hobbyists about spring guns is that they're single shot. Every time you want to fire a bb from the gun you have to cock it and then fire. This is a little ironic for some airsoft fans considering the gun they're firing is modeled on a fully automatic assault rifle. Spring handguns users tend not to let this become an issue for them but it can really niggle at the full auto airsoft fraternity.

Spring guns still have benefits that make them worth owning and these are well worth considering for any potential airsoft owner. The first one is that they tend to cost an awful lot less than their electronic or gas powered counterparts. If you're strapped for cash then spring powered guns will allow you to adopt airsoft as a hobby without breaking the bank.

The running cost of airsoft guns is also lower. They don't need to be recharged with gas or be fitted with new batteries when the old ones finally go flat. You can fire bbs all day and not have to worry about any extra expenditure of any kind - except of course for replacement bbs.

Spring airsoft guns are also extremely quiet so if you want to include stealth as part of your airsoft wargame strategy then spring guns are ideal as sniper rifles. Most airsoft sniper rifles are actually spring powered for reasons of authenticity (bolt action) and providing an additional element of stealth.

So don't downplay spring powered airsoft guns too much - they're actually quite a lot of fun.

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