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The activity itself, and most of the guns made for it, comes from Japan, where strict gun control laws forbid ordinary citizens from possessing real firearms, and became very popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Airsoft guns evolved from very realistic-looking model and cap guns, manufactured by companies like MGC (Model Gun Corporation) - the first "classic" airsoft guns used either a manually cocked spring-loaded plunger (like UsefulNotes/AirGuns) or an external compressed gas tank (like paintball guns). Some of them were a bit more complicated, like the Asahi Walther WA2000[[note]]The Asahi [=WA2000=] is pretty much as rare as the real one - only a thousand were made in the early [=1990s=], and they fetch a price from four to ten thousand US dollars today[[/note]] that used a solenoid valve assembly to control the amount of compressed gas used for near-perfect consistency in velocity and accuracy. In airsoft pistols, the gas tank was usually installed in the grip or magazine and refilled through a valve not unlike the ones used in propane lighters.
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The activity itself, and most of the guns made for it, comes from Japan, where strict gun control laws forbid ordinary citizens from possessing real firearms, and became very popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Airsoft guns evolved from very realistic-looking model and cap guns, manufactured by companies like MGC (Model Gun Corporation) - the first "classic" airsoft guns used either a manually cocked spring-loaded plunger (like UsefulNotes/AirGuns) or an external compressed gas tank (like paintball guns). Some of them were a bit more complicated, like the Asahi Walther WA2000[[note]]The WA 2000[[note]]The Asahi [=WA2000=] WA 2000 is pretty much as rare as the real one - only a thousand were made in the early [=1990s=], and they fetch a price from four to ten thousand US dollars today[[/note]] that used a solenoid valve assembly to control the amount of compressed gas used for near-perfect consistency in velocity and accuracy. In airsoft pistols, the gas tank was usually installed in the grip or magazine and refilled through a valve not unlike the ones used in propane lighters.
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Airsoft is, as Website/TheOtherWiki says, a "recreational activity" similar to paintball, where people eliminate their opponents by shooting them with plastic pellets (and more recently, water gel pellets similar to those of Orbeez) fired from very realistic-looking toy guns. A typical airsoft game (or skirmish, as it's sometimes called) is similar to those played with [[PaintballEpisode paintball]] or [[UsefulNotes/NERFBrand Nerf guns]], with the amount of necessary protection somewhere between the two. Airsoft guns are also used as props in movies and TV series, thanks to looking better than rubber stunt casts and being safer (and requiring no licenses to purchase and use) than real firearms.
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Airsoft is, as Website/TheOtherWiki says, a "recreational activity" similar to paintball, where people eliminate their opponents by shooting them with plastic pellets (and more recently, water gel pellets similar to those of Orbeez) Orbeez, though the type of weapons that accept water gel pellets are different compared to the traditional plastic pellet firing airsoft) fired from very realistic-looking toy guns. A typical airsoft game (or skirmish, as it's sometimes called) is similar to those played with [[PaintballEpisode paintball]] or [[UsefulNotes/NERFBrand Nerf guns]], with the amount of necessary protection somewhere between the two. Airsoft guns are also used as props in movies and TV series, thanks to looking better than rubber stunt casts and being safer (and requiring no licenses to purchase and use) than real firearms.
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Airsoft is, as Website/TheOtherWiki says, a "recreational activity" similar to paintball, where people eliminate their opponents by shooting them with plastic pellets fired from very realistic-looking toy guns. A typical airsoft game (or skirmish, as it's sometimes called) is similar to those played with [[PaintballEpisode paintball]] or [[UsefulNotes/NERFBrand Nerf guns]], with the amount of necessary protection somewhere between the two. Airsoft guns are also used as props in movies and TV series, thanks to looking better than rubber stunt casts and being safer (and requiring no licenses to purchase and use) than real firearms.
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Airsoft is, as Website/TheOtherWiki says, a "recreational activity" similar to paintball, where people eliminate their opponents by shooting them with plastic pellets (and more recently, water gel pellets similar to those of Orbeez) fired from very realistic-looking toy guns. A typical airsoft game (or skirmish, as it's sometimes called) is similar to those played with [[PaintballEpisode paintball]] or [[UsefulNotes/NERFBrand Nerf guns]], with the amount of necessary protection somewhere between the two. Airsoft guns are also used as props in movies and TV series, thanks to looking better than rubber stunt casts and being safer (and requiring no licenses to purchase and use) than real firearms.
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* '''Spring-powered''': commonly called "springers", not to be confused with [[Series/TheJerrySpringerShow the talk show host]], range from the cheap pistols and shotguns (less commonly rifles) sold in sporting goods stores and Wal-Marts to wickedly accurate and powerful bolt-action sniper rifles fitted with precisely-machined aftermarket parts. While many cheap springers are poorly regarded as actual mock combat weapons, tri-shot shotguns (which have three barrels and partial mechanisms to allow for them to fire three [=BBs=] at once) are extremely popular for CQB (Close Quarters Battle) and are much less expensive than most semi-automatic pistols or any decent automatic weapon.
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* '''Spring-powered''': Basically bolt-action or pump-action by another name, commonly called "springers", not to be confused with [[Series/TheJerrySpringerShow the talk show host]], range from the cheap pistols and shotguns (less commonly rifles) sold in sporting goods stores and Wal-Marts to wickedly accurate and powerful bolt-action sniper rifles fitted with precisely-machined aftermarket parts. While many cheap springers are poorly regarded as actual mock combat weapons, tri-shot those that replicate bolt-action rifles and pump-action shotguns (which have three barrels and partial mechanisms to allow for them to fire three [=BBs=] at once) are extremely popular for CQB (Close Quarters Battle) and are much less expensive than most semi-automatic pistols or any decent automatic weapon.
