Airsoft ‘Top Tips’

Defcon Airsofts ‘Top Tips’

• When not in use for any length of time, turn the hop-up on your Airsoft weapon OFF. This prevents the rubber becoming deformed and a reduction in efficiency.
  

• When finishing for the day, make sure you fire a couple of shots with the gun switched in semi-automatic mode, this ensures the spring is returned to the de-compressed position and increases life-span and performance of your gun.
  

• Do NOT dry-fire your weapon (I.e., fire it without any ammunition in the magazine), this will damage the piston and piston head.
  

• If your pistol is primarily used as a back-up, put a strip of black insulation tape over the magazine and across the grip to keep it firmly in place. This will prevent the magazine being accidentally ejected and lost on the playing field.
  

• 35mm film canisters hold around 150-170 rounds and make ideal containers for topping up your magazines without spilling BB’s all over the floor.
  

• Carry a multi-tool pocket knife in your kit bag, very handy for emergency repairs. Black insulation tape is also very useful, especially when you’ve lost the stock cap and your battery falls out!
  

• The minimum you should keep in your first aid kit are a selection of plasters and some painkillers.. to take at the end of a hard day!
  

• Gloves are a must. If you’re right handed wear a fingerless glove on that hand and on the left hand a full fingered glove – and vice versa depending on your situation.
  

• Inspection mirrors (the telescopic ones, like you see at the dentist) are great for peeking round corners in a CQB environment. Failing that, you can stick a plastic flexi-mirror to the stock of your gun and use that.
  

• Always wear your face and/or eye protection unless in an area designated as ‘SAFE’ where you may remove it. If you are wearing a full-face mask (mesh type) and wish to eat / drink / smoke whilst not in a safe area, turn your mask upside down and wear it, so that the face area is pointing upwards.
  

• Take plenty of water with you. When wearing several layers of clothing and running around, you can become quickly de-hydrated. Avoid fizzy drinks as these can leave you feeling bloated and they do not quench a thirst.
  

• Most skirmish sites have a designated ‘dead zone’ where you go and wait until back in play. These areas are usually safe to leave a rucksack behind containing all equipment too heavy to carry around, such as extra ammo/batteries/water.
  

• Always ensure the magazine is removed from your gun, and it is switched to ‘Safe’ mode when entering a ‘Safe’ area where eye-protection is not needed.
  

• Blind firing, the act of poking your gun around the corner and pulling the trigger without looking is frowned upon. There could be someone around the corner with your gun barrel in their ear, and they won’t be best pleased.
  

• Smoke grenades burn very hot! If one lands in an area you are occupying, don’t pick it up and throw it elsewhere, it will burn you.
  

• Don’t reuse previously fired ammunition – it can often be dirty and suffer damage which usually means it will jam in your gun and possibly break it.
  

• 0.25g ammunition is only worth using in upgraded guns. It is too heavy to achieve a decent range in a stock AEG. It is however, more accurate, as the heavier ammunition is less affected by the wind.
  

• BB Grenades are rather in-effective on soft ground. It absorbs the shock-wave and does not disperse the BB’s in a wide pattern. They are much more effective in a CQB environment.
  

• Always gauge the wind direction before throwing your smoke grenade, otherwise you run the risk of the smoke drifting back towards your team and obscuring your visibility.