Airsoft: The Great Danger; Abuzel's notebook entry: Jun 25, 2010 I hope you've read my previous airsoft articles. So let us continue. Lots of people who have heard rumors about airsoft says "HOLY COW that must be PAINFUL, DANGEROUS, THERE'S maniacs with real guns and so on..." Yes, it is. We shoot those who disobey the rules with a .12 gauge shotguns in a head. BOOM! SPLAT. The brains are out. Kidding of course. :D The 6mm BB's has initial speed (and the speed fades with a distance) of 90-160 m\s. It is A LOT, you say and be right. But... it's weight is (generally) 0,2-0,3 grams. And it has very little impulse. Yes, catch a 130 m\s ball from 2 meters - sucks. In face - really sucks. In nose - you will cry a bit. But it DO NOT happens often. Last year I was hit in face only once. This year - one time also. Also - BB have VERY little penetrating ability. Wearing a leather jacket will reduce the hit in a "shhhk" sound. And thats it. "I've seen guys in armor vests they are sure for protection" some guys say. Nope. It's only for modeling some army, or using it as an ammo vest. "They use grenades". Yes we do. It is made from a firecracker. Those the children use (and more powerful also), damage from such grenade can be... mmmm.. mmm.. It can hit you with a pea... Really dangerous... Worst - it can stun you (it's very LOUD) for few secs. Worst things I've seen: cracked teeth - A BB can crack your tooth if it is fired close enough. Solution: do not scream: FOR MOTHERLAND!!! when you are attacking. Wear face masks (some think it is a bad taste, but I rather be a bad tasted guy with teeth). And you will be OK. cracked nails - wear gloves. bruises - wear clothes. Try not to be engaged in a close combat. Sneak better. Shoot faster. Lay lower. The real bugger is that you can get a trauma from a terrain you play a game at. Forsaken buildings may have no floors. Open hatches. Forests - deep pits. It may results in serious traumas. I was excited by combat and fell on a metal trudge. And if I was not in my armor vest I could be dead or even worse. :D So the main thing about evading dangers of airsoft - plug your mind on! And wear some protection. And you will be fine. Look where are you going to run. Be cautious, it will aid you not only in evading the great fall from a 2nd floor, but also to sneak to somebodies back and shoot him like a duck. And God damn it. Remember when you were kids - small traumas and wounds are fun :D Airsoft is less dangerous that riding a car. 8 years or airsoft in ukraine didn't took a single life. At all. Next one - about modeling and POKEMONS.