Post by Sandata on Sept 22, 2007 21:28:44 GMT -5
Hi B-20,
I hope the airsoft information below is not off-topic.
Where do you play airsoft? I play in and around the Quezon City area. We used to have an experiment airsoft field (called UP DMZ) in UP Diliman Campus (around the DMST) until it was closed down by the UP Chancellor last November 2006.
I think the closest airsoft replica now to a Spanish Mauser is the German Mauser Kar-1898 bolt-action rifle made originally by Tokyo Marui. I've heard the Jing Gong of China is making a 1:1 copy of that TM AEG (airsoft electric gun) and would be interested in getting one. I have a TM FN P90 submachine gun for CQB (close-quarters battle) but would like to buy the Kar98 so I can bring it with my Guardia Civil and Tiradores los Muertes reenactment uniform. I'm also aiming to buy a SOCOM short-barreled M14 as my high-powered automatic gun for open field games. The Colt M4 is nice but it's just too common.
Philippine-based airsofters usually come in modern BDUs and cammies. Some wear Vietnam OD, Tiger-stripe or cammo. And I've seen a few wearing US GI outfits. Lots more have local civilianized attire. I have my own civilian-style "digital brown" (similar to US Marine Pattern "MarPat") but in the Raider cut BDU pattern. There are airsoft teams here who have team uniforms made from original or civilian cammo patterns.
It is illegal for non-service personnel to wear actual current uniforms of the Armed Forces of the Philippines or of the Philippine National Police and the Presidential Security Group. (Basically it is illegal to impersonate a member of the government armed services). And because of the current guerilla conflict, it is kinda stupid and dangerous to dress up as a member of the New People's Army, Abu Sayyaf, or Moro Islamic Liberation Front! Airsofters only dress up completely on the playing field in order to avoid misentanglements with the police or public.
I hope the airsoft information below is not off-topic.
Where do you play airsoft? I play in and around the Quezon City area. We used to have an experiment airsoft field (called UP DMZ) in UP Diliman Campus (around the DMST) until it was closed down by the UP Chancellor last November 2006.
I think the closest airsoft replica now to a Spanish Mauser is the German Mauser Kar-1898 bolt-action rifle made originally by Tokyo Marui. I've heard the Jing Gong of China is making a 1:1 copy of that TM AEG (airsoft electric gun) and would be interested in getting one. I have a TM FN P90 submachine gun for CQB (close-quarters battle) but would like to buy the Kar98 so I can bring it with my Guardia Civil and Tiradores los Muertes reenactment uniform. I'm also aiming to buy a SOCOM short-barreled M14 as my high-powered automatic gun for open field games. The Colt M4 is nice but it's just too common.
Philippine-based airsofters usually come in modern BDUs and cammies. Some wear Vietnam OD, Tiger-stripe or cammo. And I've seen a few wearing US GI outfits. Lots more have local civilianized attire. I have my own civilian-style "digital brown" (similar to US Marine Pattern "MarPat") but in the Raider cut BDU pattern. There are airsoft teams here who have team uniforms made from original or civilian cammo patterns.
It is illegal for non-service personnel to wear actual current uniforms of the Armed Forces of the Philippines or of the Philippine National Police and the Presidential Security Group. (Basically it is illegal to impersonate a member of the government armed services). And because of the current guerilla conflict, it is kinda stupid and dangerous to dress up as a member of the New People's Army, Abu Sayyaf, or Moro Islamic Liberation Front! Airsofters only dress up completely on the playing field in order to avoid misentanglements with the police or public.