airsoft gun that has been around the longest

Originally Posted by Krazyboy87

i did some research for a power point at school. the first airsoft gun was made in the 1950s by Mattel as a children's toy named Shootin' Shells. airsoft gun originated in Japan because of all the laws against owning guns.

exactly what i was talking about, thnx Krazyboy87

ya i agree they are cool. i recently looked them up on ebay. they dont go cheap! they were priced all the way up to $1500!

Originally Posted by Krazyboy87

ya i agree they are cool. i recently looked them up on ebay. they dont go cheap! they were priced all the way up to $1500!

Are they of metal or plastic to cost that much?

I heard that airsoft guns started in japan for defense but i'm not sure thats true

Originally Posted by sXlash

Are they of metal or plastic to cost that much?

there plastic (and i think some metal) but they are considered antiques because they were the first ever airsoft guns

just search up "classic airsoft" on wiki. It would instantly answer all your questions.

Originally Posted by spector

i had to do a report on a hobby in school and i chose airsoft, in my studies i learned that the original airsoft gun was GBB

Well not quite right.


The original airsoft gun was a springer using proprietary ammo.

The first gas guns were gas bv guns... not gbb guns. GBB didn't come along til the 90's. Read the prior posts spector, you would have gotten all the info you would have needed before you made this post.

Like mentioned before, searching classic airsoft on wiki will give you all the answers

BTW spector, if you want to see some of the first fully automatic airsoft guns look at my collection.

Now, to be specific, the first fully auto gas airsoft gun was the JAC battlemaster.

ahh....i remeber when i started this thread. good times...good times!

lol its been resurected, but yeah idk why we are debating which is oldest since we found it out a while back =P

Originally Posted by SN1P3R

lol its been resurected, but yeah idk why we are debating which is oldest since we found it out a while back =P

but a lot of people still have no clue the shootin shells was the first marketed idea of shooting a projectile from a toy gun, and the battlemaster started the fully auto. Simple Nothing to debate.