Makes softgun hurt?

Are you thinking of starting with a softgun, but are a little worried about whether it will hurt? Don't worry! In some cases it can hurt, but usually you hardly feel it. If you also dress properly with clothes, you will hardly notice it.

Most clubs have restrictions on how powerful a softgun can be, usually somewhere between 300 fps and 350 fps. All softguns are tested before you are allowed to use them at a club, if they are over then you are not allowed to use them. There is also a rule that if you get close enough to a person, you say "BANG" instead to shoot.

How does it feel to be shot?

10% of all shots you don't know at all. 85% of the shots feel like someone poking you with a finger. While 5% of shots hurt. The pain goes away relatively quickly, around 2 minutes. You may get a bruise and in the worst cases an ulcer. But that means that as much as 95% of all shots don't hurt! We can live with those odds. If you have played paintball then it can be compared to paintball feeling a bit more like a blow, while softgun feels more like a bee sting.

How to protect yourself from getting hurt

The most important thing you can do is wear glasses ,

mask and gloves . The worst places to be shot are the face, fingers and inner thighs. It is very important to protect your teeth from getting shot, you don't want to get your dollar grin broken! We therefore recommend that you use a mesh mask or a full-coverage mask and not just a piece of cloth. On your hands, you should wear full-covering gloves, not half-fingered, as it's quite painful to get hit on the fingers! Helmet is also very wise to use, all dedicated players have it. Not only can getting shot in the head hurt, but you can fall and hit your head! So at many large softgun events and clubs it is required that you wear a helmet.

Other things to think about are if you are going to play outside in the forest, it might be fine fully covered clothing as bushes and trees can scratch you up, as well as protecting you from the bullets. The inner thigh is a sensitive place and it hurts to be hit there, but then again, it's not that often you get hit there.