As this week’s weather pattern drops most of us into the single digits or below for daytime temps, it is easy to bypass training outdoors.
A good quality airsoft gun has a lot to offer as it comes to individual training. A couple of years ago, I bought a bunch of airsoft stuff for a project known as “MST” that Randy Lee and I have been working on for about 5 years. It has mainly found a home on a shelf in my closet until recently. I’ve started using it to grab 10-15 minutes here and there of basic dry fire style practice. I can do it in my garage. About all it requires is safety glasses and a cardboard box backstop.
Where airsoft really shines to me is multiple target training. It has allowed me to work on specific areas of driving the gun between targets aggressively that dry fire just doesn’t allow. I get the same feedback from the process of shooting the airsoft pistol that I do in live fire minus recoil. And that is not necessarily a bad thing.
Airsoft guns range in price, and can be very elaborate. The middle of the road pistols like the SIG above can have a place in training for less than the price of a case of ammo.
Do you know of a quality Glock replica Airsoft?
Try looking up Tokyo Marui, KWA or SOCOM GEAR. Tokyo Marui airsoft replicas are made in Japan and are mostly made of strong ABS plastic. They are very reliable but can also be quite expensive. The KWA replicas have a more realistic feeling to them with more metal parts and more importantly, a metal slide. You can also look for the Chinese made replicas which are mostly full metal but they are not as reliable. But then again, they are cheaper.