Tag: airsoft event
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Airsoft Sniping in an Urban Environment
The typical image of an airsoft sniper is a walking bush, at one with the forest, moving quietly through the trees as they stalk targets, caked in mud and taking half the vegetation along with them. What is rarely discussed though is the sniper in an urban environment instead. Not the type of games you…
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Planning for the Worst
Most airsoft snipers probably go to games with an idea in their head for how they’re going to play, the perfect shots they’re going to get, and having that ghillie working in ideal conditions so that nobody sees them. And they’ll probably film it to show everyone afterwards how great they are. However, games rarely…
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Decoys and Distractions
A sleeve full of dirty tricks to help give an airsoft sniper the edge in game… “All warfare is based on deception” – Sun Tzu Most people know that phrase. Now, when I say dirty tricks, I’m not on about the ones you see on YouTube such as : Camping the spawn Turning hop off…
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Top 5 UK Airsoft sites
Well, with all the touring lately it cropped up over a beer as many things do. What are my five best UK airsoft sites and why? Traditional to go in reverse order I reckon… 5. Humber Airsoft Kicking this list off is Humber airsoft, a 35-acre mixed quarry and woodland site, with an impressive Middle…
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Introducing UKAL
I like to see people doing the right things for the right reasons in Airsoft. UK Airsoft Ladies was founded in early 2022 by Drew (Ghillie Sniper Girl) and Alex, a teammate of mine; “To bring together female airsofters around the UK and build a community for them to feel comfortable in as well as…
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Site Review – Halo Mill Proving Grounds
This weekend, I was invited along to the UK Airsoft Ladies (UKAL) first meetup event at Halo Mill, near York. It’s a site I’ve heard a lot about, as some of the regulars at my local site play there, and it has a big reputation and yet I’d never been, so it was a great…
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Ghillie Testing Vids
Just in case it interests anyone, I recently did some testing of a ghillie base at my local airsoft site, Dirty Dog Airsoft, and made a couple of very short videos. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mgUvE4wBN8o https://www.youtube.com/shorts/poSnKHpD8L0 It’s important when making a ghillie to not just observe it at 1 metre range, but to drop it into different places…
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Site Review – Humber Airsoft
With Covid now disappearing and only a nuclear war in eastern Europe to worry about these days, it’s time to hit the road again and get some experience of different sites across the UK. This weekend, I travelled to Humber Airsoft near Hull with teammates John, Alex, Aaron and Dave and also linking up with…
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Stepping it up – An Urban Airsoft Loadout
A guide to my CQB/Urban loadout for this year’s England vs Scotland game, and what I’ve learned about kit from years of playing one of the toughest weekends in the airsoft calendar. Obviously, this is stipsniper.com, not stipcqb.com, and to be honest the urban side of the game really isn’t my strong point, although I…
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Stepping it Up – Moving up from Skirmish
A few thoughts on building a kit suitable for battlesims, milsims and weekend events, from a skirmish setup. This isn’t a sniper blog, it’ll be for those running as part of a team with an aeg. Which is always fun from time to time. Following on from the England vs Scotland game (report and intro…
