Noob looking for some tips!

infernouk said:
Fantastic replies guys!, so i can get registered in 2 months by playing 3 games?

I am planning on going easter weekend with some friends as the first game.

Will sites have a range of gear to rent? or do most sites have like 20 of 1 gun and thats it?

Perhaps ill but the clothing etc and wait for the gun! do all my research first and save a bit more cash!

Any advice on where to purchase other equipment? clothes, etc.

My local place is £45 a day including rental, how many rounds do you get in a day? much like a paintball day?

Also, any more brand recommendations / youtube channels / review sites i should research to learn about different guns?

Cheers for all the help! great forum!
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The sites I've been to all usually only have one style of gun to rent but you never know yours might be different. usually something like a JG g36c or G&G combat machine.

When I first started I bought some basic clothes, boots and eyepro to get me started while I rented. I still use the same Dpm uniform today just because I've gone for the old British army look. so I'd suggest having a look on ebay for a shirt and trousers which you can usually pick up for about £20 for the set. make sure you've got some decent boots too. get some eye protection and wear a hat as shots to the forehead aren't to fun.

look up epic airsoft on YouTube for some gun reviews. Your best bet would be to ask a few people at your first skirmish if you can have a look at their gun and decide which style suits you best.

I started with an m4 but quickly got bored and didn't want to be the same as most so got my self an sa80. it really comes down to personal preference. Anything made by G&G is good. I recommend you just spend plenty of time researching which gun you want and don't dive straight in like I did.

 
Cheers guys! i prefer light weight vs loads of combat gear so minimal stuff would be best for me! just a hoodie and a face mask with a cap would be great if you can be that minimal!

Obviously i dont know what the pains like but can you just wear a t shirt? will it welt and bruise like a paintball to bare skin?

Ill check that youtube now! Ill be sure to ask a load of questions, first event is likely to be easter sunday at AWA Herts. Its all woodland based it seems.

And yes the main draw is that BB arent as expensive as Paint and i like having a replica of a gun! more realistic!

 
infernouk said:
Cheers guys! i prefer light weight vs loads of combat gear so minimal stuff would be best for me! just a hoodie and a face mask with a cap would be great if you can be that minimal!

Obviously i dont know what the pains like but can you just wear a t shirt? will it welt and bruise like a paintball to bare skin?
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I'd get my hands on a cheapo combat shirt if I were you. I've played in a T-shirt before and it can welt horribly. You could play in a long sleeve t-shirt however those also tend to be made of a thin material. Combat shirts (even cheap ones, £25 or less) are usually made of thicker, sturdier fabrics- you're less likely to welt in them and the most you'll have are bruises.

There is a LOT of lightweight combat gear on the market- you don't have to have a full plate carrier covered in pouches, there's plenty of compact and lightweight chest rigs around. I'd suggest picking one of them up once you properly start airsofting, pockets are all well and good for 1 or 2 spare mags, but you'll probably need a chest rig / belt rig to carry more- same with spare batteries, speed loaders, extra BBs etc.

I have a couple of light rigs including a Tactical Tailor Mini MAV. Those are designed for bodyguards to wear under jackets or over body armour. Here's a pic of one:

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And here's a full size plate carrier in comparison:

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There are smaller plate carriers around, but with a full pouch load they're still quite bulky compared to rigs like the Mini MAV.

 
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You can't get your defence in UNDER 2 months, not within 2 months.

Also, SeniorSpaz, 5000 BBs for £24? You can get 3000 0.20 Blasters for £6.

 
Most sites will only have one type of gun, but perhaps you'll have a friendly site of over-armed people willing to let you try out their guns for a game.

On exposed skin you'll probably get a little blood blister and swelling/bruising like paintball at close range. With a layer of clothing you should only get a small red mark that'll fade within a week. For reducing the impact/pain I've found artificial fibres do better than cotton; density more effective than thickness of material. I have a light/thin layer waterproof jacket and that manages to prevent bb hits hurting at all whereas a thick jumper still stings.

I started off in jeans and a hoody and that did me fine, one thing you definitely want to get are gloves, either leather or ones with rubber/plastic shielding on the fingers. Nothing hurts more than a bb to the knuckle and very easy to split/fracture knuckles, and it's amazing how often get hit on the hands.

As for all the rigs/vests/pouches etc, I've found a belt with a couple mag pouches is plenty fit for purpose, and find a rig/vest cumbersome.

 
TacMaster said:
I'd get my hands on a cheapo combat shirt if I were you. I've played in a T-shirt before and it can welt horribly. You could play in a long sleeve t-shirt however those also tend to be made of a thin material. Combat shirts (even cheap ones, £25 or less) are usually made of thicker, sturdier fabrics- you're less likely to welt in them and the most you'll have are bruises.

There is a LOT of lightweight combat gear on the market- you don't have to have a full plate carrier covered in pouches, there's plenty of compact and lightweight chest rigs around. I'd suggest picking one of them up once you properly start airsofting, pockets are all well and good for 1 or 2 spare mags, but you'll probably need a chest rig / belt rig to carry more- same with spare batteries, speed loaders, extra BBs etc.

I have a couple of light rigs including a Tactical Tailor Mini MAV. Those are designed for bodyguards to wear under jackets or over body armour. Here's a pic of one:

And here's a full size plate carrier in comparison:

There are smaller plate carriers around, but with a full pouch load they're still quite bulky compared to rigs like the Mini MAV.
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I have plate carrier setups that weight a lot less than the chest rigs many people run. This airsoft myth that weight is defined by equipment type needs to die.. it should've already (a long time ago). The weight and bulk of your load bearing equipment depends entirely on which rig you buy, the materials used in it, types of pouches you attach, the way those pouches are constructed and most importantly, above anything else, the equipment you put in those pouches.

Sure if you don't want anything on your back and aren't bothered about the coverage then don't get a PC, it's a few extra grams of cordura you don't need; but that picture you've used gives a rather biased impression.

If the weight of fabrics is a concern I wouldn't buy a combat shirt either. If the wearer is worried about coverage then standard PCS/BDU shirts that don't have the t-shirt material in the body are the better standard option, especially when not wearing a PC. Though either one is preferable to a hoody if you don't wanna swim in your own sweat, doubly so as the weather begins to warm up.

 
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I just wear a chest rig. Not to expensive and can carry all the mags that I need. Really light too but that depends on how many mags you fill it with.

 
Have a look at what fps your local site allows before buying w gun.

I would reccomend having a go at your local site with a hire gun before you commit to buying one.

Instead of just looking at the gun you're going to buy. Have a look at the kit you will buy as well. When I first started I made the mistake of buying a g36 and a vest with built in m4 mag pouches.

If there is w gun I can recommend it is the combat machine M4. I bought that gun about three years ago and it has been my primary ever since. It's cheap, it's very good, it's very customisable and it has served me without fault.

Good luck and welcome to the airsoft world!

 
The mall in Reading, Bunker 51 in London, Urban Assault in Cambridgeshire and many more. Woodland in usually 350fps upwards depending on weapon used. A few CQB sites allow higher limits not many. Never played the stan so cant comment on that site.

 
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