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The most reliable airsoft pistols are the springers. They don't require any battery nor gas. All they need to operate is your two hands. One to hold the airsoft pistol and the other to cock the spring pistol.
You see, the spring airsoft pistols is powered entirely by a big strong spring. your hands will cock the spring, which energizes the BB when you pull the trigger. Because of its inherit low maintenance characteristics, spring pistols are great backup guns. When your rechargeable batteries and your gas magazines can't perform up to snuff during the frosty cold weathers, you'll be glad to have a spring pistol on you.
However, there are some drawbacks to an airsoft spring pistol. You have to cock it every time you fire. Therefore, it can't shot semi-automatically nor fully automatically.
Because of this limitation, spring airsoft pistols are not very popular on the airsoft battlefield. That means their demand is also rather low, keeping the cost of getting a spring airsoft pistol extremely low. A transparent plastic airsoft gun's starting cost is $5. A metal version that looks realistic costs $25.