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Rick O-Shea · New Member

Hi Shooters,

I encourage you all to stop by www.ActionAirgun.com and take a look around, maybe even sign up. It's a brand new competitive shooting sport, and it's about to take the world by storm... it will become the NASCAR of shooting sports. Basically, it's a worldwide shooting league competition with an 8 x 16 foot range that can be set up in any available area, indoors or out. Seasons last 12 weeks, with three seasons in a year, and a final, live, potentially televised ActionAirgun Challenge Cup at the conclusion of the third season. Everyone competes with the same equipment, at the same time, with the same targets, right from their own home. Shooters download Courses of Fire and then upload their scores to the ActionAirgun site weekly, and rankings are established at the end of each week. In other words, this is your chance to compete against the world's best shooters from all over the world. You may never get to race against Jeff Gordon, or golf with Tiger Woods, but with ActionAirgun's unique concept, professionals and amateurs can compete on a level playing field.

This is a great way to practice your shooting skills (especially in the winter), have fun with friends, or teach your kids about the safety and fun of shooting. One ActionAirgun Advanced Shooting Kit can support multiple players for the entire season. It's inexpensive, fun, and extremely challenging.

Stop by ActionAirgun.com and learn more about the sport. Let me know what you think!

Rick O-Shea · New Member

Hi again shooters,
take a look at ActionAirgun's new introductory video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2sIbXQXqrA
what do you think?

Alstone · Moderator & Site Supporter

Hi Rick O-Shea

So we are going to be shooting with the worlds best using a BB gun?

You've got to be joking. Laughing

And who's making the Cash out of the kits? Question

Al

Rick O-Shea · New Member

Ha ha, Alstone... I am not joking! You express a valid point though... We've had several concerns expressed over the WE, but we're sticking to our guns on this one (pun intended...).

You're using an all-metal, gas blowback CO2 pistol that is virtually identical to the Colt 1911 in form, fit and function. We tested out fifteen guns in the development process, including the WA and TM, and the WE we chose came out on top every time. We even took it to a Dept of Justice tradeshow where 309 people shot it over a 3-day period, and we haven't yet experienced a failure with it!

Not to mention, the standardized gun adds challenge to the game... that way, shooters must improve their scores by improving their SKILL, there's no fancy optics or gun modifications helping them out. Competition can get pretty intense when everyone has an equal shot.

Thanks for the feedback Very Happy

Rogerflat · Silver Status Member

16 feet! That's not much but it is just a bb gun so the accuracy should be good at short range. This game kind of reminds me of darts. I can respect the idea of making it all universal so that anyone could do it anywhere and it is based solely on shooting skill and technique.

I can even imagine going into a bar one day and seeing a target on the wall with two pistols next to it and a stripe painted on the floor. You go up to the bar keep and buy a round of bb's and start shooting.

What's the velocity on those things, btw?

Rick O-Shea · New Member

Thanks for the comments, Roger! The small range is also great because you can set it up indoors in any season (the sport was developed in Upstate NY... aka snow capital of the US).

Velocity of the BBs is about 300 fps

Alstone · Moderator & Site Supporter

Yea Roger but are you going to pay $299.00 for a kit plus $20.00 to enter. I think not!

Al

Silver Dak · Member

sound cool... except for the price hahaha if I had the money laying around... I would defiantly get in on this. any prize or anything special for the winner or best shooter??

Rick O-Shea · New Member

Another valid concern, Al. However, the ActionAirgun kit can be shared among a whole team of shooters. The sport is more fun to play with friends anyway, so why not split the cost of a kit? Not to mention, the kit can be used over the course of several seasons, as long as you keep the gun maintained. And the $20 pays for your ENTIRE season's membership... that's cheaper than bowling, softball, golf, or any other league sport...

Rick O-Shea · New Member

Thanks for the comment, Silver. Yes, in fact, there is a culminating competition for the best of the best. At the end of the third season, the top shooters will be invited to compete live, in person, at the ActionAirgun Challenge Cup!

cw · Banned

How much is the pistol alone worth?

Rick O-Shea · New Member

The gun itself runs about $110-130 retail. The other major component of the kit is the CED7000 timer that's been modified specially for ActionAirgun.

cw · Banned

What are the specs on the gun and do you have same for said timer?
Also, can you post photos of the timer?

Thank you.

Rogerflat · Silver Status Member

I think the gas blow back c02 gun is a good choice. Never used one, but it probably feels more like a real firearm than a cheap little spring powered pistol. The idea is good, but when you boil it down to the brass tacks, you are just buying a bb gun to shoot with you and your friends. You can compare to how others have shot online, but who's to say some 15 year old didn't shoot the targets point blank in the bulls just to pretend to be a crack shot. You never know what people will do online. There's no possible checks and balances against goofy stuff like that.

Sounds like the only purpose for the membership and integration into the online community is just so that you get access to knew shooting courses (which of course could've been provided ahead of time with the kit), and you get a "chance" to compete in the championships (and who knows what small percentage of members would ever make it there).

I understand this a business venture for Rick and this is a marketing campaign, but I think that this may be a little overpriced and "built up" to be more than it really is. I mean honestly, if I set up a target in my garage and called my buddies over to shoot at it with my $50 co2 pistol, what is the fundamental difference between that and the actionairgun competition?

No disrespect intended here.

Rick O-Shea · New Member

You can find everything you need to know about the timer here: http://www.ced7000.doublealpha.biz/features.htm... modifications were made so the timer is more sensitive to a softer report from the gun and so it could be used in a more enclosed space.

As for the gun, here are the specs verbatim from our spec sheet:
Specifications:
Manufacturer: WE
System: Gas Blow Back
Muzzle Velocity: 330-350FPS
Magazine Capacity: 27+1
Propulsion: Carbon dioxide
Package Includes: gun, magazine, manual

Features:
Full metal frame and slide
Reinforced metal internal parts
Adjustable rear sight
Ambidextrous safety