Submitted by Gary Palmgren on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 15:07
The air soft gun is a realistic, non-lethal, 
shooting replica of an actual firearm. Air soft guns are by nature safe and not-lethal. However, there are many precautions that should be followed. We cover this in our article on safety.
When you purchase your first gun, you will want to have done your research on the different types of guns. There are three different types of guns; spring guns, electric guns, and gas powered guns.
The spring guns are the least expensive and the lowest maintenance of the three types of guns. They do not require any external power like gas or electric. Spring guns are single shot guns. The type that you manually cock each time you fire the weapon like you do with a real shotgun or bolt-action rifle. This is a great type to choose if you are a beginner or new to air soft guns.
Gas air soft guns operate by using gas that charges the items that operate the gun. Most of the guns are semi or fully automatic. The gas guns generally require more maintenance than spring or electric guns. They tend to be cheaper than the electric guns.
The electric air soft guns are the most common guns used in serious combat today. The spring gun was the first, the second was the gas gun, and the last is the electric gun. The electric gun has increased in popularity in the last decade. Most electric guns are fully automatic. They are the most accurate of the three types and they are the most expensive.
There is a wide selection of guns to choose from whether you select the spring guns, the gas guns or the electric guns.
