Airsoft Platoon

Airsoft Platoon

Today we put the plastic weapon arsenal to use and had a great time! The field across the street from our house was a perfect place to play, and after we finished there we continued up on the hill behind our village. The seven of us shot about 5,000 plastic BB’s at each other, and after four hours everyone was exhausted. Cathy then made us a feast of chili dogs over which we exaggerated stories of our own combat glory and compared welts.

My single shot rifle inflicted the most pain in close range, pleasing me immensely, but its lack of accuracy made this infrequent. The automatic rifle toters marked more kills because they could simply spray their target, but their ammunition was harmless. Andrew’s pump action single-shot “shotgun” was the best combination of sting, rapid firing, and accuracy. The mix of guns made things interesting.

Having played both paintball and airsoft, I found paintball more fun and more realistic to a shooting experience, but in a dollar for dollar fun-value comparison, airsoft wins. Either way, the father-son value of the day was off the charts!

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