British airsofting?

[Could Not Think Of A Name]

How did airsofting actually come to the U.K?

[JMusa]

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I'm not sure but i know it started in Japan.

[jagillham]

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Airsoft can be traced back as far as 1066 - fact.

[JMusa]

Re: British airsofting?

Airsoft can be traced back as far as 1066 - fact.

surely if they didnt even have real guns then how could they have had airsoft ones?

[Could Not Think Of A Name]

Re: British airsofting?

Airsoft can be traced back as far as 1066 - fact.

Sticks and stones?? haha. Yeh i know it started in Japan but ive been wondering all day, how it actually came to the U.K .

[Krow]

Re: British airsofting?

Airsoft can be traced back as far as 1066 - fact.

Haha thats awesome.. until someone thought they'd take it to the next stage and some poor chump got an arrow to the eye ^_^ no wonder bb guns are assosiated with anti social behavior! lol

[gijohn2]

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Sticks and stones?? haha. Yeh i know it started in Japan but ive been wondering all day, how it actually came to the U.K .

A shipping container.

[Could Not Think Of A Name]

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A shipping container.

Welll... naw. I thought they flew over on there magic carpets

[SAS Scott]

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i just think they came over as a toy first then people started airsoft and sites were made there you go

[ThePope]

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Haha thats awesome.. until someone thought they'd take it to the next stage and some poor chump got an arrow to the eye ^_^ no wonder bb guns are assosiated with anti social behavior! lol

Guy who did that got busted later for not having a lime green bow, that was like his first skirmish, he like took it out in public after the skirmish and got busted by the sheriff of Nottingham!

[Could Not Think Of A Name]

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Guy who did that got busted later for not having a lime green bow, that was like his first skirmish, he like took it out in public after the skirmish and got busted by the sheriff of Nottingham!

Brilliant!

[ste887]

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Airsoft can be traced back as far as 1066 - fact.

those were japanese air rifles with a power comparable to a .45acp round fired from a 1911.
a trained shooter could get 6 shots off per minuite.
and it was the 17th centuray as a hunting weapon, to kill boar and other large game

[Krow]

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Guy who did that got busted later for not having a lime green bow, that was like his first skirmish, he like took it out in public after the skirmish and got busted by the sheriff of Nottingham!

He tried getting out of it you know! He claimed to the authorities that he had a licence but he left it back home in Normandy... :D

[Coz]

Re: British airsofting?

Airsoft can be traced back as far as 1066 - fact.

Also where masks became compulsory after king Harrold got his eye shot out in an airsofting accident

[North West Outpost]

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Also where masks became compulsory after king Harrold got his eye shot out in an airsofting accident

Not then, but rubber suckers on the sharp end became all the rage. Mainly introduced as an early PTW.