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When Scott Fair and his family moved from Arizona to the northeast corner of Maine, he began researching less lethal self defense options. He eventually settled on the HDP 50 for himself and an HDP 50 Compact for his wife. But he admits he questioned the effectiveness of less lethal options - until ...

Elite Force Evan is back with 5 facts you need to know about CO2 powered airsoft replicas.

 

 

Here are 5 things to know about your CO2 airsoft replica.  But first, never brandish your airsoft replica in public, and only play at sanctioned airsoft fields.

Number 1: When loading new CO2 into your...

Elite Force Evan is here with our first video blog to tell you what's up with the different types of airsoft pistols!

 

Here are some facts about non-blowback, half-blowback, and full blowback airsoft replicas. But first, never brandish an airsoft replica in public and only play at sanctioned air...

We've scoured the interwebs for the best and saltiest airsoft and milsim events happening in the US for this summer.

June

2nd-4th Geigerlands 2: Electric Boogaloo, Big House Produce, Cresson, PA 

2nd-4th Theta Cell: Open World Sim, Command Decisions Wargames Center, Bethlehem, NC

2nd-3rd URA's C...

What's Poppin? May 2023 US Airsoft Events 

 

We've scoured the interwebs for the best and saltiest airsoft and milsim events happening in the US for 2023 and compiled the details below.  Go get you sum.

 

May

13th Bad Blood, Futureball Airsoft & Paintball, Whitmore Lake, MI

20th-21st Sky Shiel...

The sport of Airsoft is popular worldwide, bringing hundreds of thousands of players to the field annually to fire plastic BBs at each other through a series of fantasy-minded scenarios. At first glance, it looks like a bunch of grown men playing dress-up, who are afraid of "real" guns and only seem to have time to play in between long sessions at the gym. The truth is, it's none of these things, and I only learned that recently after sitting down with Christopher Wratten, owner of Ballahack Airsoft in Chesapeake, Virginia.

When starting into airsoft as a new player, there are many things to learn. One of the key parts of having an airsoft replica perform on the field and allow you to have a fun time is the hop-up. So what exactly is the hop-up? If you are just starting out, and reading the manual that came with your replica, the pictures show that it makes the bb “hop up” in the air during its path to its target. But there is much more behind this than that. The hop-up, and what it does, along with what BB weight you are using can totally change how your replica performs, and how your day out on the field goes.

Not gonna lie, we kinda missed Vegas. OK, there’s a lot of stuff we didn’t miss, like the stale cigarette smoke ambiance of hotel casino floors, overpriced everything, taxi drivers that take circuitous routes to the strip… There’s plenty to hate about Sin City, but the big Show, hosted by the NSSF is not one of them, even with all the hoops the attendees had to jump through in order to attend. Be that as it may, my critique of social issues is not why you are here. You want to read about all the new Umarex gear slated to come to the retail shopping space in 2022. So without further ado, here’s the BIG NEWS from the big UX for this year!

I do not recall a time in my life where we’ve depended so much on the abilities of third-party shippers to get products the last mile. The last mile is industry jargon for store-to-consumer. Most of my life this was a matter of going to the store and picking up the items I wanted in person. In this “order it online” world we live in, there is an incredible amount of shopping done from our computers and especially our mobile phones. The world of commerce has always rolled on commercial shippers’ wheels, but not like it’s rolling today.

It’s not a trade secret. Even the most daft among us know that there’s some weirdness afoot in the global and local markets. If you haven’t heard the clarion call to start getting stuff stocked up now, whether it be for Christmas or whatever-- here it is one more time. If something you want is in stock, you had better get it now rather than wait. This isn’t a bold sales pitch. It’s just a fact that you need to get used to. Even though the Christmas shopping season is still officially a few weeks away from its usual start, if you are not shopping now you are way behind the curve. This is a crazy world where anything can happen. With the past as a predictor, we have learned to expect the unexpected.