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Airsoft is a fun sport that brings childhood cops and robber role-play into real life competition. In this sport, you are shooting real-life plastic ammunition that can quickly determine a winner and loser. With the right equipment, airsoft can be a safe and exciting sport.
This article identify bare essential equipment for a player to be safe and competitive on a commercial field. As the article progresses, it identify additional equipment to make the game more fun and exciting. It is written for readers who want to get into this sport by owning the equipment.
This article is not written from the perspective from a rental point of view. With rental, the commercial facility will provide the bare necessity. However, cross reference that list with this one will help you determine additional equipment you should bring yourself.
Before committing to buying the equipment, cross-reference the rules at the commercial field you plan to attend to ensure the equipment you chose is allowed. Once you have the equipment, use our Airsoft Equipment Checklist to ensure you bring everything to the field.
This section provides a description of essential items for you to have fun and be safe on the field. Without these equipment, it will be unlikely for you to even get onto a commercial field.
Face masks or goggles and half face masks are essential items for safety. It is not worth losing an eye or a tooth for the rest of your life over a game or a sporting event. Full face masks with ear protection, which provides ultimate safety in airsoft, are as inexpensive as $15. The SCOTT Vectra Full Face Mask with Goggle
The main course at airsoft is the firearm. There is no need for any of this equipment if you aren't there to shoot and get hit. The first firearm you get for airsoft should be a semi-automatic or full-automatic rifle or machine gun of some kind. Otherwise you just won't be competitive at a commercial field.
Season players can probably get away with a pistol, a shotgun, a low-power electic gun (LPEG), or, even, a rubber combat knife. But let's face it, you are reading this article to get into airsoft. You can add one of these weapons later (see sections below), but your first firearm should be at least a semi-automatic rifle. An electric gun in the $100 - $150 range is sufficiently competitive. An example of a reliable gun within this price is the Jing Gong G608 Airsoft Electric Gun K36c AEG
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