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Airsoft Gun Glossary
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Green Gas
Environmentally safe CFC-free propellant used in gas-powered http://www.airsocom.com/airsoft/index.html guns, it is in liquid form when stored under pressure. When released from the gun's gas reservoir, it evaporates and expands to create pressure
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HFC
Ho Feng Industy Co. - Manufacturers of mid-grade spring and gas guns. http://www.hofeng.com
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High Cap
High Capacity (usually refers to http://www.airsocom.com/airsoft/index.html magazines) An ingenious mechanism powers hi-cap magazines. This mechanism allows a magazine that normally holds 50 shots to hold several hundred. There is usually a
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HK
Heckler & Koch A German real-steel gun manufacturer, makers of some of the world's most famous firearms, such as the MP5 SMG, the P7 pistol and the G36 assault rifle. Their quality control is among the highest in the industry and they have a well earned for
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HMG
Heavy Machine Gun A Real-Steel term that describes a large fully-automatic gun with high powered bullets, high capacity ammunition feeds and resistance to overheating. Designed to put a lot of bullets a very long way away without continuously changing magazines, the
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HOP UP
A device installed in most http://www.airsocom.com/airsoft/index.html guns to increase range. The HOP unit is present in most airsoft replicas. A small piece of rubber is pushed inside the back end of the barrel through a hole in the top. When
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ICS
I Chih Shivan Enterprise Co. An http://www.airsocom.com/airsoft/index.html manufacturer founded in Taiwan in 1983, who has specialised in the production of both AEGs and aftermarket parts. Their replicas are about the best AEG replicas today
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IMI
Israel Military Industries (Web Site) A Real-Steel manufacturer that has produced famous firearms such as the Uzi and the Galil.
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Iron Sights
The standard sights that can be found on any handgun: there is a gap in the rear and a bead up front. When these are aligned the bead shows where the gun will hit.
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JAC
An airsoft company that made almost legendary gas-powered http://www.airsocom.com/index.html in the late 80's. Usually equipped with external gas reservoir and having higher muzzle velocity than what is common today, these guns are no longer in
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Joule
A measure of energy. A Joule is simply a measurement of energy in all its forms (kinetic, magnetic, inertial, etc...). With relation to Airsoft, it is used as a measure of the kinetic energy of BBs as they leave the muzzle. This muzzle velocity and the weight of