Is airsoft or "mil-sim", a viable training option?

[Buccman37]

Wondering what people thought about it. Since training with firearms are very costly at this time, would it be a option to train with airsoft rifles? I have watched some videos on the youtube were people were out at the MOUNT site at FT Knox and it seems there were many players out there running different scenarios.

[DDgunslinger]

Some training is better than no training... adapt and overcome lol

[Buccman37]

Some training is better than no training... adapt and overcome lol

Oh I know man lol, but a lot of people do not have access to the kind of things that we do. I think it is kinda funny to watch people run around doing it.

[Toddstang]

Some airsoft firearms are exact weight and size as the real firearms.

[ChopperDoc]

Read this article and the decide if it is training that you would value

http://airsoftscoop.com/2014/03/10/airsoft-vs-milsim/

[Buccman37]

Read this article and the decide if it is training that you would value

http://airsoftscoop.com/2014/03/10/airsoft-vs-milsim/

I read the article, I should have made the thread saying if anyone plays milsim or paintball haha. I would not value this as training, but more so of just going out and having fun.

[Tyler]

I've never messed with airsoft, but I learned what cover really was after spending some time at a MOUT site with simunitions.

[son of liberty]

HELL YES IT IS! I think handguns should come with a Airsoft trainer pistol. Mil-Sims would require a devotion to the training end of things and now the game end of things, but it can be a big avenue to utilize. It wont do everything, but it will do allot!

[kymarkh]

Airsoft seems like a great way to teach the difference between cover and concealment._

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