Awesome Airsoft

When Mark Rober isn’t taking down thieves and melting stuff with lava, he likes to play around in his CrunchLabs space. To kick off his 2024 Camp CrunchLabs series, he taught kids about friction and the slippery properties of spheres. After an intro about his STEM toy system, he poured 3.5 million Airsoft BBs onto his warehouse floor and went for a ride.

Colin Furze made an airsoft replica of the briefcase machine gun in Kingsman 2. It’s also remote-controlled, but the real trick was figuring out how to cock and trigger the gun with one switch. Believe it or not, there’s actually a lethal version of this setup from decades ago.

Tachyon is a neat tool for airsoft enthusiasts. It mounts on any airsoft gun that has a Picatinny rail. It lets you see your ammo count, both as numbers and as bars. It can monitor your gun’s battery level and has a real time clock. It also lets you save different ammo counts as presets.

YouTuber NightHawkInLight revisits his brilliantly simple DIY airsoft gun, adding a decorative PVC housing and a longer brake line barrel. If you don’t have an air compressor, you can skip the blowgun and just squeeze the bottle to fire the pellets.

(PG-13: Language) YouTuber NOVRITSCH and his buddy took down an entire squad in their recent MilSim West airsoft game. They waited until their opponents got tired of looking for them and set up camp to eat. Our question is, why would you rest out in the open?

The Goblin Deuce is a stylish double-barreled airsoft and paintball gun. It can fire 12BB pellets or one paintball pellet per shell. It has a safety switch and single and double firing modes. Thumbnail image via DudeIWantThat.

More expensive than many actual firearms, the M134 is a ridiculous Airsoft gun. It weighs 35lb., mostly due to its steel body and swappable barrels. It carries up to 1,700 rounds, which will all be gone in about a minute of continuous fire.

Overwatch is an upcoming Android and iOS app that aims to bring features from FPS games to outdoor combat sports such as airsoft, paintball and laser tag. It will let you track and chat with your teammates and unlock virtual perks.

Airow Gun makes paintball and pellet guns that are mounted on compound or recurve bows. Not only does it make things more challenging, it also eliminates the need for CO2 canisters. Video here.

DIY weapons specialist Nighthawkinlight shows us how to make an Airsoft-style machine gun using a soda bottle and an air compressor blow gun. It doesn’t get points for style, but it does the job.

A live-action fan film/viral ad for Airsoft Megastore. Until 02/08/12, YouTubers who subscribe to Airsoft Megastore’s channel get a chance to win the KS-90 airsoft gun featured in the video.

You’ll need to bring your own Zat guns, but this Stargate-themed Airsoft Field based near Coventry, UK lets you take on the Goa’uld with replica Stargate and dialer. Thanks, Aaron!