Author: Dave

The Texas boys may be a bit too hyped about a sport they clearly don’t understand at all: Curling.

If you need to stock up on your own “Curling” equipment. Hit up Airsoft GI

[DISCLAIMER: Airsoft GI Does not sell ACTUAL curling equipment. But we do sell the best Airsoft Guns around!]

Editor’s Note: This Article was written by Scott Hallebeck of USAirsoft. For more information on how to find more of his videos and reviews, check out the bottom of the article.

For $200 it may seem that you don’t have a lot of options available to you for a good AEG primary as a beginner airsofter. However, over the years of reviewing all sorts of gear for the USAirsoft YouTube channel three rifles stood out to me.

If you want something small, metal, and don’t mind running a PEQ box on the side for your battery, then go on the hunt for the Lancer Tactical Cobra M4. I really wish I had bought one for myself for $125 when they were easy to acquire but sadly after I posted my review, they sold out everywhere! If I could wish a gun back into production then you can bet I’d get the Cobra back out there on the market. It was everything I liked about a stubby M4; but it could have benefited from a MOSFET as long as the cost
remained under $200.

Lancer Tactical has been getting better and better over the years with all the criticism they have received just like any company out there and my second choice is evidence of that. The Warlord series was just so good that I knew it would be a great first gun for my own newbie friend, Andrew. I loved the big ambidextrous controls from the magazine releases to the bolt releases which would make it easy for him to learn to operate. The one piece upper receiver with the MIL-SPEC metal keymod rail was neat and it didn’t make the gun very heavy! The overall weight was extremely low at around 5 pounds before you start adding accessories. If Lancer Tactical can stay on the path of improvement they are on now then I’m sure they can dominate the beginner gun market.

For my last sub $200 pick I’d greatly recommend the G&G CM16 Combat Machine M4 series. You get so many options from the hand guards to the body colors and barrel lengths. I know a lot of different fields that use these rifles as their rentals and if they ever go down then it should be an easy task for the field tech to get it back up and running. Never doubt a G&G Combat Machine. New players can wield them with ease, long time players can definitely make the most out of these low cost guns. The best part about the combat machine line, however, is that they will stick around in some shape or another for many more years to come.

Look around and test what you think you like if you can before you buy it. Ask around for some advice at your local field or come on into an Airsoft GI branch near you. I’m sure you’ll find something to match your play style.

-Scott Hallenbeck of USAirsoft

[Scott Hallenbeck is the mastermind behind the YouTube Channel USAirsoft. His channel features unboxings, top notch gameplay, and reviews of new and popular airsoft guns and gear. Check him out HERE]

Editor’s Note: This Article was written by Scott Hallebeck of USAirsoft. For more information on how to find more of his videos and reviews, check out the bottom of the article.

Jeez, I’m talking about how I started airsoft again?  Why am I getting
asked this so much now?

You can blame it all on video games, old World War 2 airsoft videos, the
Galil, and Airsoft GI.

Like some angry parent, I blame video games for my airsoft craze and of
course YouTube. It was at the peak of Call of Duty’s popularity when I first started finding YouTube videos featuring massive groups of English and Scottish players getting
together with authentic World War 2 load-outs to play war with fake guns. I thought that was especially cool because of the places they were playing in, such as small towns or the snowy woods. I was also drawn to how realistic the games could get. After Call of Duty Black Ops went up on shelves, I found myself hunting for my favorite gun, the IWI Galil for my first airsoft gun.

I’ve had airsoft guns before but I have never had a serious piece to actually
play real games with so I worked around my small rural Texas town of Poteet to get the money together. Once I gathered about $400 together, I bought an ICS Galil AR off of this website called Airsoft GI. They had so much stuff on the site that just blew my butt cheeks off but I knew what I was there for. I was getting my Galil and I was saving what I could until the next smart purchase came to mind.

I had to have watched hundreds of hours of GITV and gameplay from all sorts of other YouTubers. I actually got to meet despite some of them not being in the airsoft scene anymore. The USAirsoft channel is a whole different story by the way; but as for how I started airsoft that was it. Video games, the Galil, and Airsoft GI being there with what I needed. Okay, maybe my ADHD had something to do with too but whatever.

I still have that old ICS Galil. I have 3 of them now actually and I’ll
gladly take the crown as The Galil King! Humble beginnings have turned into
amazing experiences and amazing experiences have turned into some of the
best years of my life as a player and an entertainer. I only have the
support of the community to thank for that.

-Scott Hallenbeck of USAirsoft

[Scott Hallenbeck is the mastermind behind the YouTube Channel USAirsoft. His channel features unboxings, top notch gameplay, and reviews of new and popular airsoft guns and gear. Check him out HERE]

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