Airsoft vs Paintball: How Are They Different?

Quick Highlights of Airsoft

Quick Highlights of Paintball

First played in Japan in the 1970s

First played in New Hampshire in 1981

If we consider it in general we can see the majority of the fields allow 10+ years old players.

If we conclude it in general the majority of fields allow 10+ years old players, at the professional level a player must 18+ old.

In airsoft you will have few choices because most of the players get their work done with ordinary goggles, they only need a mask when they have to play in a congested field where they can be shoot from very near.

In airsoft, You have a large variety of guns with different features shapes and built qualities. Also, you can get airsoft guns powered with batteries, gas, springs, and electric power (AEGs). Airsoft guns have a magazine loaded with pellets to shoot the opponents. The magazine has the capability to hold 400-2500 pellets which is amazing means you don’t need to reload faster.

In paintball you will also have large varieties of guns but not more than airsoft, paintball guns are powered with CO2 tanks or compressed air and a large hopper in which we have to load some paintballs to shoot a particular object. The paintball marker is able to hold 50-200 paintballs in the hopper.

Reloading of airsoft is a bit difficult and time taken process there for its magazine capacity is tremendous.

Reloading of paintball is extremely easy just you have to throw the paintballs in the hopper that’s it, even most of the players reload their guns during the match. 

Also, pellets are not visible in the air because of their small size and high fps, most of the players do not have superpowers to see the small pellets in the air.

Moreover, they are somehow visible in the air.

Most of the players prefer guns with ordinary springs or batteries in order to reduce the ongoing cost. Gas-powered guns will cost you again and again.

Another major reason for being costly is, you have to purchase a hopper and paintball tank (CO2 or compressed air tank), to store some gas for emergency use.

• Ammos of airsoft is very easy to carry because they have negligible weight you can easily carry a lot of ammo with you during the field. Your movements will never be distracted.
• You can buy pellets at very cheap, even 5000 to 6000 pellets will cost you around $15

• Best paintballs are somehow heavy we can’t move around the field with lots of ammo, still the paintball player is able to manage that hurdle.
• Secondly, paintballs are expensive as compared to the airsoft pallets, 2000 paintballs will cost you about $30 to $40. Though some fields offer special discounts still they are expensive.

All most all Airsoft fields allow you to bring your own pellets, in paintball some fields can’t allow you because of some safety reasons.

According to our experience pack of 500 paintballs will cost you about $12 to $50 depending on the field.

Another major reason for the popularity of airsoft is its equipment is very similar to the real equipment, Even you can’t distinguish, from a certain distance.

Airsoft is dominating paintball because of cost and realism, still, these both are totally different you have to explore both.

400 fps is the standard velocity of pellets every player should not have a gun more than 400fps.

There is more chancing of cheating in airsoft as compared to paintball because the pellets are very small and there will be no visible marker on the player to identify whether a player got shot or not.

No one has a permit to go away from the boundary line, every player should be within certain boundaries. ALso,No one has a permit to climb on the trees as well because of some safety reasons.

There are very fewer chances of cheating in paintball because paintballs make a clear mark on the object, referees can identify it within some seconds. If you are not sure that you got a hit you will have the liberty to get surety from your teammates or referees, till that game will be paused.

Superman only has the task to eliminate opponents from far away. autocannons machines are operated by a heavy gun specialist, shoot guns are used to break the door, grenades and knives are used to eliminate the close opponents. Even sometimes they have a proper medical team in longer games, now you can observe the reality if a player injured the medical team rushes to get the first AID.

Though the FPS of airsoft is far more than paintball guns, still the size of ammo matters, if we compare both for the same distance paintball hurts more than airsoft, just because of its large size. Even some players didn’t felt like they got a shoot just because of the long-distance and proper thick clothes.

Though paintball guns have lower FPS as compared to airsoft, Still paintball hurts more.