GunsNstuff
Sharpshooter
I went to a friend's house today to shoot his Glock 19 gas blowback airsoft pistol at the 3 man targets he has set up in his basement. I've never been interested in airsoft, but these airsoft Glock clones are amazing. They are copied so closely that I mistook his unloaded real Glock 19 for the Airsoft version. They feel and weigh basically the same. A scale could tell a slight difference but I couldn't tell by holding them in my hand. The airsoft magazine weighs about what a loaded 9mm magazine weighs. The balance is basically the same. They are so well copied that a set of real Glock night sights fit on the Airsoft Glock. The Airsoft Glock fits my Glock holsters.
The slide cycles when fired like the real gun. Although the kick is not the same, there is a felt amount of feedback from firing. The slide locks back when it's out of plastic BBs. The trigger on the Airsoft is also very light, but for building muscle memory, practicing drawing, point & shooting, these guns are perfect in my opinion. They even field strip exactly like the real thing. I think the only thing better are the Simunition Glocks that the police use to train with, but most of us can't get those and even if we could, the cost is prohibitive. These replica airsoft guns can be bought for as little as $98 new + shipping & accessories. My friend's is a Gen3 G19. I just bought a Gen4 G19, lightly used for $81.
Nothing beats the real thing, but man, this is so close. My friend built 7 foot tall stands out of PVC pipe, covered them with a black stretchy fabric, put cardboard head & torso targets at the proper height in the center of the stands, around 6 feet tall with paper (foam) plates taped over the heart area. He built 3 of these to represent 3 home invaders and along with a shot-timer app on his iPhone, we practiced doing double taps into the center of the targets. This was not only a lot of fun, it was useful for training purposes. I shaved about half a second off of my time, drawing and shooting 3 separate targets with double taps. When I turned on the laser that was also on the airsoft Glock's rail, I shaved more than a full second off of my times.
I searched the posts for Airsoft and didn't see anything about this (although I didn't spend hours looking at each post), but I wanted to share this as an idea to practice defensive pistol shooting. My home defense & late night go to the store gun is a Glock 23, so the airsoft G19 also works for me, but these airsoft replicas are made in just about every model of real gun there is. All size Glocks, Sigs, Walthers, 1911s, S&W, etc. BTW, these airsoft guns are pretty accurate too. Around 300fps at the muzzle so long range practice is not going to be very good, but they work just fine for self defense ranges. We can't all get to the range or the farm to practice all the time. This cures that problem. Plus it gives us practice in the actual house that you may one day be required to defend. With the wife's permission of course.
The slide cycles when fired like the real gun. Although the kick is not the same, there is a felt amount of feedback from firing. The slide locks back when it's out of plastic BBs. The trigger on the Airsoft is also very light, but for building muscle memory, practicing drawing, point & shooting, these guns are perfect in my opinion. They even field strip exactly like the real thing. I think the only thing better are the Simunition Glocks that the police use to train with, but most of us can't get those and even if we could, the cost is prohibitive. These replica airsoft guns can be bought for as little as $98 new + shipping & accessories. My friend's is a Gen3 G19. I just bought a Gen4 G19, lightly used for $81.
Nothing beats the real thing, but man, this is so close. My friend built 7 foot tall stands out of PVC pipe, covered them with a black stretchy fabric, put cardboard head & torso targets at the proper height in the center of the stands, around 6 feet tall with paper (foam) plates taped over the heart area. He built 3 of these to represent 3 home invaders and along with a shot-timer app on his iPhone, we practiced doing double taps into the center of the targets. This was not only a lot of fun, it was useful for training purposes. I shaved about half a second off of my time, drawing and shooting 3 separate targets with double taps. When I turned on the laser that was also on the airsoft Glock's rail, I shaved more than a full second off of my times.
I searched the posts for Airsoft and didn't see anything about this (although I didn't spend hours looking at each post), but I wanted to share this as an idea to practice defensive pistol shooting. My home defense & late night go to the store gun is a Glock 23, so the airsoft G19 also works for me, but these airsoft replicas are made in just about every model of real gun there is. All size Glocks, Sigs, Walthers, 1911s, S&W, etc. BTW, these airsoft guns are pretty accurate too. Around 300fps at the muzzle so long range practice is not going to be very good, but they work just fine for self defense ranges. We can't all get to the range or the farm to practice all the time. This cures that problem. Plus it gives us practice in the actual house that you may one day be required to defend. With the wife's permission of course.