What is Airsoft?
Airsoft guns fire 6mm plastic pellets (or BBs) at low speeds (between 100 and 300 feet per second or 30 to 90 meters per second), fast enough to feel, but slow enough not to hurt. They range in price from £10 for a low-budget spring pistol to around £3000 for the six-barreled mini-gun, but most electric-powered Airsoft equipment (which is used for Airsoft skirmishing), like M16's and AK47's, cost £150-£300.
So, what is Airsoft Skirmishing?
Airsoft 'skirmishing' (also know as Airsoft skirmishes), is great fun, and can be enjoyed by anybody, regardless of size, or gender. If you have experienced Paintball, then you will know what sort of scenarios to expect, but if you want to know more, if you are completely new to this sort of thing, then you've come to the right place.
It can be played as a team sport, or all-against-all. You can buy pistols that kick back with every shot, rifles that can hit a target 50 meters (160 feet) away and copies of famous machine guns that fire nearly 20 BBs in only one second.
Airsoft equipment is a lot more realistic than Paintball, as all the guns are based on the real thing, you can have a Glock 17 (made famous by Die Hard 2), an anti-terrorist H&K MP5 (as used by our own armed police) or even an M16 (as used by the US Army).
Phoenix run games that are realistic to combat situations. Scenarios may include defending a gun-pit, taking an enemy bunker, searching for pilots who've been shot down, defending military hardware.
Phoenix Airsoft is becoming very popular with organisers of corporate entertainment, with Phoenix running corporate days as often as five times a week, with flexible booking times and offering great value for money, it's easy to see why.
Your health & safety is EXTREMELY important to Phoenix Airsoft and its staff, so that is why the marshals at Phoenix insist that rules regarding safety are strictly obeyed. They are there for your benefit.
Airsoft equipment, provided it is treated with respect, its perfectly safe.