Tag: airsoft sniper
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What is Haloscreen, and why should you be using it?
The material, the method, the revolution. Haloscreen was developed in 2018 but has its roots in work stretching way back to 2005, and has steadily been gaining traction in the last couple of years, although some of the older and simpler methods are still commonplace. After a few years myself of being overwhelmingly disappointed with…
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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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What should my airsoft sniper rifle be capable of?
How far should it be capable of shooting? how accurate should it be? How much do I need to spend to be able to keep up with everyone else? Very common questions on the sniper Facebook groups, in recent years awash with gun upgrading which is becoming quite a big market. It’s a tirade of…
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Review – Kydex VSR Mag Holder
Fast mag access for your bolt action. I’ve been sent out a VSR Mag Holder from Longbow to have a play with, and I’m now wondering why I’ve not used Kydex before. As a result then, this is from a first time user to the whole Kydex phenomenon as well as a product review. Now,…
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GSG Airsoft – AimCam 2i
I did touch on these during the Future Warrior article. Top spec eye pro with a built in camera that we came across at the Northern Shooting Show… Well, GSG got herself a pair, sent it off to Heroshark here in the UK to get the proper camouflage treatment and then took them out for…
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How much does it cost for a good airsoft bolt action rifle?
Busting the myth that you need to spend a fortune on an airsoft sniper rifle for it to be any good. And why the performance of the rifle and the performance of the shooter are not connected. It’s a question I’ve been asked at site a few times in the last month, and seems to…
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Airsoft – Future Warrior
How much can technology impact the airsoft battlefield? As a sniper, it has always been important to observe opponents, their kit and capabilities. For many years I’ve sat there with my bolt action looking at all the other players and their ever evolving kits, and never really put much thought into adding much more to…
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GSG Airsoft – Why I Wear The Kit I Do
An interesting look at GSG’s kit (guest article, click to read) Stip – I’ve seen this kit in action quite a few times, and it’s very different to the one I run myself, but is very effective in terms of camouflage. It’s a very versatile kit and one that is probably familiar to most airsoft…
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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…
