Building “traps” for airsoft, introduction

A lot of milsim airsoft players would love to have a few airsoft claymore mines, but can't justify the cost of the commercially available replica claymores. Granted, they look quite real, and are effective and versatile. But the cost of two mines is a nice new AEG! Heck, a lot of backyard players would love to have a few claymores for that matter! There is nothing quite like a tiny box hucking 200 bbs at your opponents while you sit back and watch, waiting to mop up the remaining confused survivors!

This has led a lot of folks to come up with a number of reasonably simple versions of the commercial airsoft claymore mine, and some other variants. A quick internet search will reveal a bunch of methods and types. We will detail the ones we build here, and point out a few tricks and differences that make our versions unusual.

First, you will need some method to toss bbs at people. Most people use rat traps. Yep, you read that right. A pair of rat traps are put into a box with a sling between the metal trap bars to act as a catapult to throw bbs out away from the “mine”. However, you can also get decent results from mouse traps if you can't easily find rat traps in your area. And mouse traps are usually a lot cheaper too, so you could make more and just cover an area with a half dozen as opposed to only having one mine in the area. This would allow you to catch a few opponents as opposed to only one or two and possibly turn the tide of the game to your side.

Other than claymore type devices, there are also several other types we will cover in future articles including tube mines, disguised mines and others.

Upcoming parts will be completed soon, we need to take pics and create drawings to fully explain the mechanisms and methods involved. Until then, keep sharp. Over and out!