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Neil Brown
Neil Brown
@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk  ·  activity timestamp 11 hours ago

@eigen It will vary massively according to tuning and individual weapon spec, but with my pistol, I could hit a human sized target at ~20m, and a target with perhaps a 5cm diameter at 3m.

With my fanciest rifle, I could hit a human sized target at ~75-80m reasonably easily, and perhaps 100m at a push. I haven't tried shooting close range targets with it, because of its power.

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Matt Panaro
Matt Panaro
@eigen@mattstodon.panar.ooo replied  ·  activity timestamp 11 hours ago

@neil out of curiosity, how do the range and accuracy of the pellet compare between an airsoft pistol and rifle?

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Neil Brown
Neil Brown
@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk replied  ·  activity timestamp 11 hours ago

@eigen It will vary massively according to tuning and individual weapon spec, but with my pistol, I could hit a human sized target at ~20m, and a target with perhaps a 5cm diameter at 3m.

With my fanciest rifle, I could hit a human sized target at ~75-80m reasonably easily, and perhaps 100m at a push. I haven't tried shooting close range targets with it, because of its power.

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Neil Brown
Neil Brown
@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk replied  ·  activity timestamp 11 hours ago

@eigen

With an electric rifle - mine are basic, but perfectly fine - I could confidently hit a 4cm target 10-15m, pretty consistently.

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Mark :flag_pan:
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@not_a_label@toot.lgbt replied  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours ago

@neil that looks an impressive bit of kit - things seem to have moved on from when I last looked at them. I could never tolerate the awful racket the electric ones made but I see you've gone the air powered route.

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Neil Brown
Neil Brown
@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk replied  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours ago

@not_a_label

Things have moved on *massively* from when I first used Airsoft toys 25+ years ago! I still have AEGs, and still enjoying using them, but I am rather impressed with this (significantly more expensive) HPA setup.

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Tom
Tom
@tswsl@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours ago

@neil Caption: "You asked for legal aid?"

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Norm Tovey-Walsh
Norm Tovey-Walsh
@ndw@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours ago

@tswsl @neil In 2026, pictures of masked men carrying large rifles are just...no. (I appreciate that it was behind a CW.)

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Neil Brown
Neil Brown
@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk replied  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours ago

@ndw @tswsl

CW'd exactly because not everyone wants to see pictures of realistic (toy or otherwise) firearms!

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nadja
nadja
@dequbed@mastodon.chaosfield.at replied  ·  activity timestamp 17 hours ago

@neil that *is* a big rifle. I'm glad you had fun! ^.^

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Alan
Alan
@ReCyclist@toot.community replied  ·  activity timestamp 17 hours ago

@neil Looks like another picture from America! 😱

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Hedders
Hedders
@hedders@mas.to replied  ·  activity timestamp 18 hours ago

@neil crikey. That’s a serious bit of kit!

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Paul
Paul
@pwaring@social.xk7.net replied  ·  activity timestamp 18 hours ago

@neil That's massive! Almost a sniper rifle.

(Awesome photo though)

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Neil Brown
Neil Brown
@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk replied  ·  activity timestamp 18 hours ago

@pwaring Thanks to the ridiculous suppressor, it is quieter than most sniper rifles too!

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Emily_S
Emily_S
@emily_s@mastodon.me.uk replied  ·  activity timestamp 18 hours ago

@neil @pwaring Ah, haven't gone for the hiding a really long inner barrel in the silencer option then?

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Neil Brown
Neil Brown
@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk replied  ·  activity timestamp 18 hours ago

@pwaring @emily_s No - I really want the suppressor to quieten it, which I don't think would happen so effectively if it hid a barrel extension?

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Emily_S
Emily_S
@emily_s@mastodon.me.uk replied  ·  activity timestamp 18 hours ago

@neil Fair enough, I see the gas connection now. When I used to play the gear box noise was way more than the sound of the bb leaving the barrel.

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Neil Brown
Neil Brown
@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk replied  ·  activity timestamp 18 hours ago

@emily_s Yes, absolutely! This is HPA, and the biggest noise is the air escaping the barrel. With the suppressor, it is much the same as someone breathing out gently :)

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