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A good one feels almost exactly like the real thing. I can think of a lot of drills you could do in your house that would be beneficial. Low and high ready drills, pie slicing, peek and light. You won't have muzzle flash or recoil but all handling drills are going to help.
One really helpful skill I picked up from paintball is left hand shooting. I'm super comfortable changing hands and eye with pistol or long gun. I was always ambidextrous but paintball forced me to develop that skill to where it came automatically. Huge advantage in paintball or airsoft. Shoot conventionally from right side of the bunker, duck and pretend to reload as bait. People often run up to your weak side, so switch hands and start slicing the pie to the left. I've caught so many people in the open like that.
If I recall correctly there was a member here who trained in his basement with a bb gun, not sure if airsoft or metal BB but came out the next season and did markedly better than the prior year. I think k it was @Roscoe but don't hold me to that. I would love to find a G19 green gas gun.
North shore guys- anywhere in the region to play? Feel like airsoft is a reasonable way to have some fun while honing your skills.
Feel Good Farms in Lyndeborough, NH is good and cheap. In exchange for a $40 day playing war games you have to deal with a home-grown "field" of play. The owner basically has a giant chunk of land that he allowed someone to build simple structures on then filled spaces with random cars, airplane parts, old busses and campers, etc. Like playing in a junk yard. Working through scrub bushes with few clear fields of fire. Check out the vibe on FB. It's fine if you aren't expecting a premium experience but the laid back atmosphere means you can play any way you want and there are rarely killer teams there to spoil the day for the amateurs.
Let's use revolvers and wax bullets. No powder.North shore guys- anywhere in the region to play? Feel like airsoft is a reasonable way to have some fun while honing your skills.
Carry a propane tank backpack hooked up to the pistol. That would be awesome.If you can deal with the horrible propane rotten egg smell, you can use propane as propellant instead of green gas to save on cost. Personally, not worth it.
Carry a propane tank backpack hooked up to the pistol. That would be awesome.