I a very happy everyone sees that I am just putting a humorous spin and a long ago deceased equine that has been morbidly put into a public beat down of tiredly epic proportions. I guess the nagging question that is irritating the cerebral membrane is said person expressing their heartfelt and passionate view an airsofter? Is said voice of the republic a gun (Airsoft or otherwise) owner? It is just beyond me that anyone would run into the auditorium and scream FIRE! But yet when the same person runs onto the shooting range and yells fire it takes on a new meaning here.
Don't get me wrong here I didn't suddenly gain a few hundred points on my MENSA score (heh, Mensa, tell them what that means in Spanish Kyle) but you won't catch me rolling into the local KKK meeting grabbing Big Bufords daughter's bubble and bitching about where are all the white women at? But the last thing I am going to do is jump into a discussion and directly challenge a panel of experts on what they know and have been active about their entire adult lives! Plus I am struggling to keep it all in perspective and keep positive and think well of said poster's opinion and view. It's just that I am having nightmarish mental images of what the person's true intentions are here. Are they really an airsofter or just someone who is bored at work, stumbled across this site and decided to hop on in. IS he just killing time between the next class, blog site up keep and PETA protest all while simultaneously multitasking the next flash mob uprising all in the spirit of it's my right to express myself as an American. Forgive me for thinking to myself is this the kid who's hair, nails, clothes and make up were all black because they were expressing their individuality? Which I never really understood because if all the Goth's are doing is expressing individuality then why do they all look the same! I am sorry for thinking this way, I'm sure he is a well adjusted young man who is learning to make his mark on the world. Stumbling ever onward towards becoming an open minded, deep thinking, look beyond the obvious, forgiving, compassionate and understanding responsible adult. Don't get me wrong here I just want to understand!
Look it's really pretty simple, game recognizes game and when you are the man, you are the man it's that simple. If you walk around NFL style screaming I'm Da Man, chances are you are not the man. But actions speak louder than words people (Insert Biggie Smalls reference here) "recognize a Don when you see one." For those who don't know of the 2 most prominent people posting in the above posts Are Experts. One was an elite fighting soldier in the United States Army Airborne, the other is sought out by and regularly trains and trains with top law enforcement personnel. Neither of whom you have EVER seen walking around strutting like chickens clucking "we bad, who's your daddy or say my name bitch!" They are who they are because that's their nature, quietly doing what they do, do it well and when it's all over go home to wifey every night.
This board is filled with people just like that, some have posted and some have not. There are also people who do not possess the life experience of others but ask intelligent well thought out questions. It's a great dynamic between the two, a balance if you will. All have one thing in common, we like to play airsoft, many of us share other outside interests. So my question is why anyone would want to instigate any ill will from “NRA†types and then be surprised at any backlash that comes their way! So let me be the first to extend the olive branch and say come my personal fav to shoot as far as real steel guns go..that thing is a BLAST!), and preferances on brands. I also tried to find a longer barrel gun that i felt looked interesting, but frankly i just prefer the smaller arms. HOWEVER... im 6'5" 250lbs...lol. So the small guns look a bit odd on me. I DID however feel very comfortable shooting the real deal. So anyways.. i saw that the two major brands were Tokyo and Classic.... i loved the sound of the classic army models being that they are metal for the most part. But most folks here seemd to prefer teh Tokyo models as far as internal quality (i aint talking mags.. i can buy tokyo mags for either i believe). So i went over to The Command Post off of I-17 and Bell today to check out what they had. They DID have the Tokyo MP5SD, but that was about it...lol taht and 2 Aug's (personaly i think Augs are some of the ugliest guns out there...but many folks love em). So i asked to see the mp5, and was amazed at how cheap it felt... what a bummer! The fake silencer actualy squeaked when i gripped it in my hand to bring the sights up to my eye level. So i guess im asking... is this normal? are all the Tokyo models like this? If so i think ill end up with a Classic Army version instead, with a few Tokyo mags. So then i get to thinking about barrel lenght and accuracy. How do you guys feel the mp5's and such (P90 as well), work out while in an open arena rather than CQB? Are they adaquate for a first weapon? Or is it really a much better idea to get a longer barrel to start with? any help would be GREAT!
As far as other gear goes, im going to go against what most of you guys seem to say on the board, and go with less expensive items in several catagories. Vests in particular.... Seeing as this is new for me, i want to get some inexpensive stuff to start with... if it wears out after 6 months... well hell.. if ive been playing for 6 months, then i obviously LIKE DOIN IT... and will then drop some decent cash into some quality equipment. I wont however compromise on footwear.... thats just too damn important!
Well i should stop rambling now....
Thanks a ton for the well wishes on the wedding as well! Im off to vegas on wed morning, adn will be gone for a week for it. Cant wait to be dragged out by my buds on friday night.... man im gonna be hungover on sat!
Thanks again!
Ruiner
