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Mittens, I assume you are from the US correct?
Airsoft is a COMPLETELY different game this side of the border (or at least has been thus far). I've played on both sides and there simply is no comparison. The maturity level and community aspect of airsoft in Canada blows PB entirely out of the water up here, not even a comparison.
Paintball is about as "extreme" as snowboarding on the bunny hill, claiming otherwise is seeing things with a serious paradigm dysfunction.
Airsoft by definition isn't a sport. It's a non-competitive activity and that is a GOOD thing.
It sounds to me as though your experience has been with shitty airsoft equipment and players. Good equipment is very much able to make accurate single-round hits past 200ft. Heck I've made many 60-80yd hits with my GBBR which is far from the most accurate gun on the field. All with ammo costing under $10/500 that isn't effected by moisture.
A correctly setup hop-up throwing heavy BBs will actually increase FPS compared to no hop.
As for feeling a hit, generally a person can feel/hear a BB at around 0.25j of energy. Using .43g BBs even a rifle shooting with 1.6j muzzle energy is going to be able to be felt well past 200ft.
-Grant
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