Recoil from airsoft pistols?
You will be better served with a spring-powered airpistol, shooting .177 or .22 pellets. Technically, these have no recoil either, but the movement and sudden stop of their pistons is a lot like (light) recoil.
I used to frown on airsoft pistols for exactly that reason - they look and operate like the real thing, but, with no recoil, they're not the full story. I still believe this today, except I've realised that the airpistols' being single shots is a far bigger disadvantage! I still love them, though, because I can shoot them all day long...
Also, bear in mind that not all spring air-pistols work with a recoil-like piston feel, because many (most?) have the piston moving forwards after you press the trigger - which means that when it stops, the whole thing 'recoils' forward, not back! My Webley Hurricane is not like this, but a very old, USSR-marked Baikal .177 pistol that I tried yesterday works like this (kinda funny!)...
I now have a couple of airsoft pistols, which I use for practice between IPSC matches. For backstops, I use folded towels, folded blankets or folded sweaters, placed inside a box, to contain the plastic bbs for re-use (see another thread I started for some details). The targets themselves are a bit smaller than normal, but at the distances I shoot, full-size would have been silly.
One thing though - the day before an IPSC match, I don't shoot the airsofts very much. I bring out the Hurricane, set up a couple of targets outside at 20-30 meters, and make about 50 holes in them, taking my time. I find this works well for my trigger control...
Sadly, the Webley Hurricane is now discontinued, as well as the slightly more compact Tempest. Webley has another design available, but it is a conventional 'piston-in-the-back' design. A real pity, IMHO.
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M. Setter
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