This is why airsoft is better than paintball:
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Ambush Chobham
If you've tried Paintball, but been put off by the high cost of ammunition or the amount of pain you suffer when you get hit, then Airsoft is the ideal answer. Ammunition is far cheaper (£15will buy 3.700 BB 'rounds') and because the BBs are so small and light (less than 1/4 of a gram !), they don't leave you with a bruise the size of a melon. Because there's no paint, it's also less messy.
Airsoft equipment is more realistic. Hire-equipment will have semi- and full-auto capability (where as Paintball is limited to single shot in the UK), and all the equipment is designed to replicate the looks, features and sometimes actions of real guns. This means that you can get your hands on M16's (used by the US armed forces), AK47's (used by Russians armies), the futuristic looking Steyr AUG (used by the Austrian and Australian services) and the MP5 series (used by British armed police, American and British elite special forces), as well as many others. A sample of other equipment available include replica Shotguns, Uzi's, the famous Glock 17 pistol,
revolvers (like the .357 Magnum) and the massive M60 and M134 mini-gun (as featured in Terminator 2). "