Spring Airsoft Guns

Spring Airsoft Guns fire a BB using a simple spring that must be cocked by hand prior to the shot. Most spring airsoft guns are for indoor playing as they have limited range and cycle rates (because they must be hand operated). Typically, Spring Airsoft guns are inexpensive compared to similar models in gas or electric format because they do not use any external power to assist in firing the BB.

The most inexpensive and readily available of any of these are "springer" airsoft pistols, which generally operate by compressing a small piston/spring assembly and simultaneously chambering a BB from the magazine by pulling back the slide every time before firing a shot. Therefore, you cannot shoot fully or semi automatic.

Though these airsoft guns constitute the vast majority of guns, there is a large selection of mid-range spring powered rifle replicas on the market, and a handful of high-end precision bolt-action sniper rifles which employ manual cycling in order to drive extremely heavy springs (and hence produce higher muzzle velocities).

Since the airsoft spring pistols are inexpensive, they are suitable for beginners. However, spring guns in the form of rifles are normally not for beginners. A rifle shoots out a more powerful force, sometimes stronger than airsoft electric guns and gas airsoft guns. Some good airsoft sniper rifles also uses spring as the mechanism. The long barrels really boost the speed when firing a shot. Since snipers do not engage in a field combat, airsoft spring guns are suitable as snipers do not need to fire many rounds of shots.