CQB season is at hand

Happy Thanksgiving all!

Our little corner of the airsoft world is under way and already getting some folks interested in writing for us.  Sadly, the weather is looking like it might be time to head indoors since the AEG batteries won't like the cold much and our soaking wet feet and hands will like it even less.  Once there is a good snow pack, it's back outdoors for some winter airsoft combat though!  Hey, I might finally be able to use those black bbs and see the danged things in the air!

Now just because the weather is nasty doesn't mean that airsoft season is over.  It's CQB time!  For those new to the sport, CQB is "Close Quarter Battle", or occasionally CQC for "close quarters combat".  This means exactly what it sounds like - up close and personal.  Inside a large barn, or other facility, a number of players work on their indoor tactics with airsoft replicas shooting under 350 feet per second.

A lot of folks bring out their springer shotguns and pistols for CQB for a couple reasons.  They tend to shoot under 350 fps, and the cold does not weaken how strong a springer replica shoots.  The cold will, however, reduce how effective the battery in an AEG airsoft replica is.  In case you didn't know, AEG means Automatic Electric Gun, and are the full auto capable electric airsoft guns.  Now back to those spring powered guns...

Spring powered guns are often the first replicas someone buys to get into airsoft and get their feet wet.  Then they buy better boots and try again.  Most springers fire a single airsoft bb, though some shot guns fire multiple bb's at once.  These work fairly well in the short ranges that a lot of CQB combat takes place at.  And hey, think about this; do you really want someone pasting you at 8 feet with a really powerful replica gun?  Yeah, not so much.

So dig out that classic arsenal and find someones mostly empty hay barn to play in.  Get permission though, breaking into the neighbors place and leaving bb's all over won't go over well.  Hey, they might be interested and join you, and next thing you know you have a whole farm to use!

And once you have a bit of a feel for CQB, there are several places to play inside in West Michigan too.  We will have an article on The Airhouse in Kalamazoo soon, so keep your goggles clean for that one.

Ok, that's it for now, briefing is over.  Move out!