air soft gun needs air, pellet guns dont 7/7/09: Air Soft guns fire a 6mm plastic BB. It will not due much harm but can sting when they hit you. Pellet guns use ( for the power source one of the following) a spring, C02 cylinder, Pump Action, or compressed air from an air tank (PCP's) They fire a .175 cal BB or .177 Pellet. They also are made in the following calibers. .20, .22, .25, 9mm, 45Cal and 50Cal. These airguns at the higher end are more powerful and can be deadly. They are often used for hunting. Where an Air Soft gun is NOT used for hunting.
Soft-air is a rip off of Air-soft
No
As a very general rule, bullets are propelled by burning powder, pellets by air or C02
stingers are Airsoft guns
A pellet rifle has no firing pin. It also can not fire a bullet or gunpowder. It can not be made to do so either. The pellet has no charge (casing like a bullet) it just a pellet. However pellet rifles can be just as deadly as a real firearm. They use Air or C02 to project the pellet downrange. Some Pellet rifles are used for hunting, others for target practice. The Major difference between a firearm and an air rifle, is Gunpowder is use in Firearms and Air or C02 is used in Air rifles.
Colt makes a 1911-A1 Pellet gun made by Umarex. I know of no BB gun unless you are asking about an Air Soft gun. The Pellet gun is very good. I can not answer about an Air soft gun.
A BB gun has a very hard projectile and will cause more damage to a person than an air soft pellet.
The hop up on a gun increases the spin of the pellet. With more spin, the pellet curves upward and will in turn be able to reach farther before the pellet hits the ground.
Yes, but the laser will go farther than the pellet.
If you are talking about Air Soft guns, 18 years old to buy one.
Velocity and shape of projectiles.
Are you talking about an airgun pellet? If so, then hitting the sheet with force will deform the pellet. If it's a air-soft plastic pellet it will most likely shatter or at least crack or chip the pellet. Never reuse a pellet after it has been fired. It may damage the gun.