What is Airsoft?
Airsoft is a combat simulation sport similar to paintball but without the ridiculous cost or bruises. Essentially, you get BB guns and the opportunity to shoot your friends in a controlled environment!
Much like paintball, Airsoft uses replica firearms that are basically sport-grade BB guns. The equipment offers realistic appearance and operation to the real weapons, as well as ammunition costing a hundred times less than paintball. Did we mention that it hurts a lot less than paintball?
Airsoft events take place on a huge variety of different sites. Those local to us include Hard Target and FMA, but a little bit further afield is Dragon Valley, which is situated on the active military base MOD Caerwent, near Newport. We also visit sites as far as Bristol, Gloucester and Newbury.
What do you do?
We play casually several times a month, but we also have an inter-university team that plays the 25 other Airsoft societies around the UK, most notably our rivals, Cardiff. Feel free to join regardless of your experience! We really do aim to cater to everyone.
What do I get if I join?
As a club we organise and provide transport to games twice a month, and aim to facilitate games on those weekends that we are not running one. As well as this, we provide all the kit you need, such as weapons, tactical wear, safety equipment etc. We’ll also be running socials as often as demand allows. Finally, you get access to all our experience and know-how! Believe us when we say that this is the best opportunity you’ll ever have to get into a sport like this.
We also sell guns and equipment at discounted rates due to our position as a society. This is fantastic for members, who can save up to 40% on certain brands and products.
For those who already have guns and kit and are not quite sold on the club, you’ll get transport and games organised for you, as well as a great team to play with every other week! Not to mention the friends you’ll make whilst playing, at our socials, and at our inter-uni games.
Can I try it first?
Sure, we offer at least one Give It a Go session after Freshers’ Week each year. The details for our events are posted on social media and organised via Discord.
If you cannot make it to a Freshers’ game, give us a message on either social media, email or DM to committee and we will arrange to bring you to a regular game day, without requiring membership.
I love it, so what’s next?
If Airsoft sounds like something you’d be interested in, then don’t hesitate to click the membership button below. After you’re a member, make sure to join the Discord and let us know you have bought membership, so we can tell you all about how we organise games and socials etc.
See you on the field!
Note for members:
We no longer organise via Facebook. We will keep the internal Facebook group as a backup. We organise via Discord https://discord.com/invite/Yf4PTyxpHZ