Perry S.

Just curious, haven't been around for a while. Don't see many threads about it as I did about 5 years ago.
Anyone still plinking or is it all TV remote controllers now?

CaptainB

You bet old chap.............love the whole shell simulation thing, especially as we can now build barrel recoil into our airsoft guns - looks great!!!

Cheers

CaptB

Crius

I can't speak for anyone else, but I'm not only still playing with airsoft, now I'm looking at paintballs for my new 1/6 scale tank.

Der alte Fritz

Being a fairly new single tank owner I mostly use my tank to chase squirrels away from the bird feeders in the back yard; lots of fun. Airsoft is the only way to go for me.
Reinhard

Perry S.

Good to hear guys. Feeling the itch to pull the tanks out of dry dock now that the weather is getting better. I've been 3D printing the heck out of everything so I might design a new gun. Never had that possibility back when I was building them. Recoil sounds really interesting and is something I always lacked. Anyone have any good vids or pics inside the turrets?

Rustytrax

Taigen has so decent pictures and Vids as well as Gary Hoff.

welchgc

Agreed - I have the most fun with airsoft. IR tanks mostly sit on shelf. Love taking the tanks into the woods with a few cans and roaming about. I have a Taigen T34 Airsoft at work which I pull out once a week to mess with my co-workers and students - everyone gets a kick out of it.

philipat

I still keep mine airsoft. I just shoot at everything except other tanks so that I don't knock off the details.

A better gun would be awesome! Taigen has made some improvements, but still room for improvement in their reliability and consistency.

Martellus

I don't have any of mine setup for it right now, but I want to keep one. No place to shoot them right now though either.

Nice to see you back

maillemaker

All my tanks are Heng Long, and all they sell anymore are airsoft tanks.

They are not as fun as I envisioned them being before I got into this. I had originally envisioned tank battles but they are so powerful they blow pieces off the tanks!

Steve

shenlonco

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I always liked airsoft better than the iR fake battling!

Perry S.

Of course I knew you would still be out there!

welchgc

Flamethrower tank anyone?

Rustytrax

Someone in the UK did it. They have a vid of the D-Day landing and it has the croc in it.

TheBennyB

Yea, if you don't have any other operators around IR isn't going to cut it. I think Erik from Imex has said that for them airsoft sales still greatly outnumber IR sales.

Perry S.

I was thinking that as well. Seems funny you don't see many threads about airsoft mods and such. So many people get into this hobby with the thought of shooting pellets to simulate tanks. I have no particular point here just a curious observation.

Perry

jarndice

I agree with you Perry about the lack of advancement in "Airsoft" Tanks,
Heng Long stopped making "IR" Tanks some years ago and only sell "Airsoft" but they always advertise their products as TOYS.
It is bad for sales if a toy Tank blows lumps off of Children which might explain the relative lack of velocity emanating from a Tiger 1 Barrel,
Heng Long and indeed all the other well known brands sell world wide and many countries have very restrictive laws governing "Shooting",
Indeed the UKs restriction on muzzle velocity of all "Air Weapons"might explain the popularity of "Cricket" where you can lawfully throw a ball in excess of 100 mph.
Shaun.