27 Feb 2025 Garand Picture of the Day

[Bill Hollinger]

Airsoft weapons make fantastic training tools. Cheaper than Simunitions while maintaining weight, size and feel. Prior to airsoft was paint ball guns. They were great but packed the real feel of a weapon.

Side note: don't paint ball train with Navy SEALs. They freeze the paint balls and set the guns on WOT! Man they hurt!!!

[browningautorifle]

freeze the paint balls

Those have been documented to go through quarter inch plywood.

[Bill Hollinger]

Those have been documented to go through quarter inch plywood.

Yep! They hurt like heck!!! Oh, and we SWAT guys got our rear ends handed to us!!! They don't play fair! They cheat!

[browningautorifle]

we SWAT guys

We had our own local ERT guys come out for training when Recce Platoon was doing a course. They in turn came to see if we wanted to send reps when they wanted to excersise locally... No paintball guns though.

[Bill Hollinger]

We had our own local ERT guys come out for training when Recce Platoon was doing a course. They in turn came to see if we wanted to send reps when they wanted to excersise locally... No paintball guns though.

I was so happy when we graduated from paint ball guns to Simuniltions. Ever shot Sims out of an MP5? The velocity with them will sink the Sims under the skin!

Thank you Jim!

[browningautorifle]

Ever shot Sims out of an MP5?

I unfortunately missed those, have a few in my cartridge collection from the ones left in my desk drawer in the Small Arms School. The new Joint Task Force used them but I didn't get more than reports from guys on them. I think they're all out of the system now.

[eb in oregon]

Yep! They hurt like heck!!! Oh, and we SWAT guys got our rear ends handed to us!!! They don't play fair! They cheat!

There is no cheating in combat, there are only winners and losers.

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I'd like to hear THAT story...or stories...

Red Ryder BB guns (and goggles) in "Quick Fire" training (instinctive shooting) 1970 and paintball guns during woodland training years later. It was essentially unauthorized scout unit training with self provided paintball guns. Make sure you wear your worst set of BDU's. And I still have no use for an airsoft replica of anything. If not live I don't need/want it.

[browningautorifle]

"Quick Fire" training

Got it.