-Airsoft Glossary-
Right lets try and make a few things a bit clearer...
AEG: Automatic Electric Gun

GBB: Gas Blow Back

NBB: Non Blow Back

Blowback: This is the movement of the slide on a GBB when it shoots backwards and forwards loading another bb into the chamber after each shot.

EBB: Electric Blow Back ( generally not very good )

EG560, EG700 and EG1000: All these are electric motors used to drive the different rifles in the Tokyo marui range of AEG's.

Springer: Spring Action Rifle or pistol

fps: Feet per Second

328fps: The Legal mizzle limit for all single full auto airsoft replicas

500fps: The Legal limit for all single action sniper rifles

SMG: Sub Machine Gun

Stock Gun: A gun which has had no internal upgrades.

134a Gas: The gas that is generally used in all GBB unless they are upgraded.

Green Gas: This gas is alot stronger than 134a gas and can damage stock guns if used in them, for upgraded GBB and NBB only.

Hi-Cap mag: Hi Capaciy magazine with a capacity of 100+ rounds and are essential for skirmishes they all require winding to loads bbs into the chamber.

LBV: Load Bearing Vest.

SAAV: South African Assault Vest.

ROF: Rate of fire

RAS: Rail Adapter System

RIS: Rail Interface System

Hop-Up: This creates a back spin on the bb as it leaves the barrell so as to straighten its trajectory and make it go further, it is most often adjustable but sometimes in guns such as the bolt action sniper rifles it is fixed hop-up.

KSC: A japenese manufacturer of good quality GBB pistols ranging from full auto ones ( the styer tmp.... ) to the mark 23 socom

Tokyo Marui: A very good maker of AEG's, this company makes replics of all major makes of weapons and they all look very realistic.

Maruzen: A japenese maker of gas guns and very effectif bolt action sniper rifles such as the  aps2 series.

Top: A airsoft gun maker which designs support weapons for the use in airsoft such as the SAW m249 and the m60 series.

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