Bluetooth Airsoft Targets

[ParHunter]

Hi,

 

I am thinking of setting up a small Airsoft shooting range in the loft and was looking for bluetooth targets that can give you timing and pop up randomly.

I can see that there are basically 2 options, the Eshooter Serenity 2 (£59 on PatrolBase) or the WoSporT Target (you can get it from around £45 from AliExpress - a few sites are selling it in the UK but only in a set with 3 targets + tracer + control unit for about £190).

Both have phone apps to control them. 

Given that the WoSporT is £15 cheaper than the Serenity 2 I am tempting to go with that one (you can have up to 32 targets but I am only aiming for 3 at the moment).

 

Has anyone used one of these? Can you have random start times?

Btw. There is now a Novritch bluetooth target as well but that can only give you timing, it doesn’t pop up randomly and costs in the same range as the serenity one.

[The_Lord_Poncho]

Good thread - watching this with interest!

[Diemaco]

I've never heard of these before now. Very Interesting idea though.

[mirinjawbro]

me to

[rj1986]

On 03/03/2024 at 16:45, ParHunter said:

There is now a Novritch bluetooth target as well

General rule of thumb - anything Novi branded is just repackaged direct from a chinese factory with a premium for his label on the box. Same as most "genuine" car parts.

[ParHunter]

2 hours ago, rj1986 said:

General rule of thumb - anything Novi branded is just repackaged direct from a chinese factory with a premium for his label on the box. Same as most "genuine" car parts.

I’ve heard read that so often on social media now that it must be true ….
While that might have been how they started I think they now improving on existing ideas. They haven’t come out with some groundbreaking new stuff but I think they are doing incremental improvements. 

I don’t have much from Novritch but the stuff I have is well thought through (e.g. dump pouch or magazine pouches) or of good quality (I’ve mainly got Camo stuff from them, e.g. rifle wrap, leaves, raffia and burlap).

 

 

I’ve got one of the WoSporT Target on order from AliExpress and will report back.

If I like it I will order a couple more initially so that random mode makes sense.

 

Overall you can have 32 targets

Edited March 4 by ParHunter

[Enid_Puceflange]

The Wosport looks ok for the money, if it’s the £30 per unit one I saw on Ali Express?

 

Certainly cheaper than the AttackSense system that I have used on my local site

Its very expensive, but probably more for a commercial venture than an at home set up.

but I’m watching this too as would like something for the back garden 👍

 

Heres the last one I saw on eBay, listed with a Buy It Now of £2k 😳

 

 

[ParHunter]

12 hours ago, Enid_Puceflange said:

The Wosport looks ok for the money, if it’s the £30 per unit one I saw on Ali Express?

 

Certainly cheaper than the AttackSense system that I have used on my local site

Its very expensive, but probably more for a commercial venture than an at home set up.

but I’m watching this too as would like something for the back garden 👍

 

Heres the last one I saw on eBay, listed with a Buy It Now of £2k 😳

 

 

Where did you see one for £30. Mine got to £46 incl VAT in the end

[Enid_Puceflange]

12 minutes ago, ParHunter said:

Where did you see one for £30. Mine got to £46 incl VAT in the end

I looked on Ali express

it was roughly £30, coulda been £34, it’s a tactic I use with my mrs 😂

but yeah, add vat etc and it’s gonna creep up

[ParHunter]

17 minutes ago, Enid_Puceflange said:

I looked on Ali express

it was roughly £30, coulda been £34, it’s a tactic I use with my mrs 😂

but yeah, add vat etc and it’s gonna creep up

Have a joint account and then each one has their own account as well. My wife doesn’t ask what I’ve spent on Golf or Airsoft and I don’t ask how much the latest handbag was.

 

Otherwise I would have been in deep trouble last year 😆 

[ParHunter]

Interesting, Specna Arms is coming out with a Bluetooth target which looks like a re-branded WoSporT target.

The screenshot is from a video from IWA 2024 of new Specna Arms Products 

https://specnaarms.com/accessories/

 

The app is not yet on the App Store so I can’t tell whether it is the same app just rebranded but it is a good sign that the WoSporT won’t be obsolete soon.

 

It is selling on GunFire for €75 (too expensive IMHO)

Edited March 7 by ParHunter

[ParHunter]

 It finally arrived from China and I’ve setup a makeshift shooting range in the attic.

I’ve used a Gusto box for the target with a small window in the hope that it would catch the bbs but you would need something a lot deeper than that. The BBs were bouncing back everywhere.

 

The actual device looks solid. The front seems metal or a very sturdy plastic. 
The app is a bit limited. It basically just offers two modes - sequential and random.  With sequential all targets pop up at once and they stay down until you have hit all or you have random mode where the targets pop up randomly (but not with a random delay).

 

The added light is nice. We’ve switched off the lights and did some shooting.

 

I think the app is letting the target down a bit. It should have random start delays with a beep when it starts and it should have an optional random delay with bringing up the targets (in random mode).

 

I’ve added a close up of the target after about 50-70 hits. You can see some small dents but I recon the target will last a while. You can by replacement targets for it or you could make them yourself. They just screw into the hinge. I guess you could make the target smaller if you want.

 

The target taught me a few things so far

• I am rubbish at shooting pistols (only tried with pistols so far)
• Fiber optic iron sights don’t do anything when it is really dark (time to buy a red dot for my aap 😉
• The target needs to be recessed a lot further to catch more BBs.
• One target is not enough, you will need at least 3 to make it more fun (in random mode)
• BBs don’t survive hitting metal things, I’ve had a lot of shattered BBs lying around.
• Always wear Eyepro! They will come back to you but not with force.

[Dan Robinson]

10 minutes ago, ParHunter said:

Always wear Eyepro! They will come back to you but not with force.

 

 

Or my case - always wear full body protection because SWMBO would be spitting fire at the very thought of me firing BBs off in the house - even from 6000 miles away LOL.

[Enid_Puceflange]

18 minutes ago, Dan Robinson said:

 

 

Or my case - always wear full body protection because SWMBO would be spitting fire at the very thought of me firing BBs off in the house - even from 6000 miles away LOL.

I must’ve married your wife’s sister

Mine blows a gasket at the stray beebs that find their way under the sofa etc from when I’m (un)packing kit 🙄

Edited March 17 by Enid_Puceflange

[Dan Robinson]

20 minutes ago, Enid_Puceflange said:

I must’ve married your wife’s sister

 

Honourable SIL is indeed just as batshit crazy, but in slightly different ways...   However, one must not mistake family traits with the universal constant that is the female mind.

[Cannonfodder]

I've been banned from shooting in the house. I can't complain though as I managed to scare the shit out of the neighbour's wannabe gangster kids. They saw me plinking in the garden and asked if it was real. For fun I said "this one, no". Strangely they have always been nice and polite to me since