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Post by frankieba5 on Oct 10, 2012 6:48:48 GMT -5
I was just wondering if it is okay to play airsoft in the snow/rain/high humidity
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Post by brownien on Oct 10, 2012 8:50:39 GMT -5
Yea, why not? as long as you don't mind getting wet!
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Post by masterchef on Oct 10, 2012 8:55:10 GMT -5
Unless you are actively trying to kill your gun (ie dunking it in water) it'll do find. Just wipe most of the moisture off and stave off corrosion.
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Post by labrador on Oct 10, 2012 9:17:02 GMT -5
in the philippines, we play in constant high humidity. bigger problem with masks and glasses fogging than anything else.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Oct 11, 2012 9:23:18 GMT -5
Airsoft AEGs are far more resilient in the damp than you might guess. We played several events where we waded through fairly deep water and on a couple occassions rifles got dropped into the drink. Amazingly they both still worked although this is by no means something you would want to do. I suspect there were long term negative effects on these AEGs.
The Pacific Northwest is famous for rain and in tha regard our events often live up to expectations. The weapons typically hold up better than the participants. The obvious preventative steps should be taken with an AEG. Keep a light film of silicon oil handy. Wipe the gun down andbe sure it is dried off, cleaned and lightly oiled before putting it away. The same is true of magazines which often gete forgotten in the maintenance cycle. The main thing to do there is be sure the mags are emptied before storing them and squirt some silicon oil down the spring channel. Leaving them loaded depresses the spring and takes away their functionality. Allowing the springs to rust inside the magazines also ruins them.
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Post by tango on Oct 11, 2012 12:37:14 GMT -5
After playing in the rain I recommend disassembling your gun as far as you can to give everything a chance to dry out.
I've played one game in the rain so far and it was great. At the end of the day my gearbox was shooting a spray of water out of the air nozzle each cycle, you don't want that water to sit around next to steel components...
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