Shoreline Outdoor Aberystwyth Issue 1 | Page 32

UK's FASTEST

GROWING COMBAT GAME!

Airsoft is the new combat game that is rapidly replacing paintball all over the UK.

Let's start at the beginning, what is Airsoft?

Well, basically, it is the same as paintball, you run around the woods chasing your mates but instead of eliminating them with a paintball, you eliminate them with a plastic BB instead.

All over the world, and especially in the UK, paintball is increasingly seen as old hat and is being replaced by a new combat game called Airsoft and here at Shoreline we are right at the vanguard of that change having replaced our paintball activity with Airsoft earlier this year.

In essense, the two games are the same but there are some significant advantages to Airsoft:

- Its MUCH chepear to play

An Airsoft session costs you just £18 and that includes everything. There is literally nothing else to spend money on.

- Unlimited ammo

You can literally shoot as much ammo as you

want, there is no extra cost.

In paintball you often get 100 paintballs included in your fee, but what they don't tell you is that you'll need around 400 for half a day of play - much more for a full day and those cost on average an additional £8 per 100!!

Anyone selling you a paintball package which includes 100 balls knows full well that you will have to buy more after the first game.

With Airsoft there are no such hidden costs. £18 and all your ammo is included. That's it. Nothing more. Zip. Nadda. Zilch. A one single predictable fee. Easy!

- Cooler guns

Airsoft kit is much cooler and more realistic than paintball markers. Airsoft guns are replica's of real firearms, what you see on Call of Duty you use in Airsoft. No big plastic hoppers or gas tanks like in paintball - just lightweight realistic looking kit.

We use Mossberg guns which are magazine fed and look pretty cool.

- No fogging up mask!!

The biggest problem with paintball is that the mask ALWAYS fogs up.

In Airsoft you have a choice of wearing wrap around shades (like sunglasses but with clear lenses) or a mesh mask.

The mesh mask protects your entire face but as it has no lens there is nothing to fog up.

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