A sidearm or no sidearm?

[docbach]

I don't carry an airsoft sidearm for a couple reasons. First, I don't own one and my wife would flip out if I spent the money on one because she says I have too many real guns - I don't need more toy guns on top of them. Second is that I hate having to dedicate space on my rig for extra magazines for a pistol when I can dedicate it towards more magazines for my primary weapon. Third, I hate drop legs hanging off my belt and making it hard to use my cargo pockets. Fourth, I have never seen someone transition to their pistol and be more effective then I am with my AEG.

 

Maybe if I played in a place that banned AEG's or enforced pistols at certain MED I would reconsider it, but as it stands, an airsoft sidearm is more of a novelty to me then an actual tool.

[GrenadierMasada]

I hate drop legs too.

 

I spend alot of time trying to get my chest rig placement just right making transitions as quick as possible.. .. ..

 

You should try borrowing a sidearm and feel it out. GL

[docbach]

In real life I carry a G23 in a 5.11/Bladetech holster concealed when I go to work; I know how to operate a sidearm, I just don't see it as necessary when I'm playing an airsoft game.

[jesse100]

kj works 226 because room clearing with a m249 is just unfair on the poor guy inside, and quite frankley i would not like to be on the receiving end of it.

[harborne blue]

I just feel... naked without my FN 5-7. Very useful as I've just converted to mid-caps and play mostly in the land of Spray And Pray!

[Md2a]

USP. 45, because New Zealand bush is a *badgeress* to crawl through with a rifle. Slingig it gives me an extra hand to climb/crawl too.

[weka]

I personally don't carry a sidearm, as there is no decent Russian pistols available. If I was to carry a sidearm it would be a VZ61.

 

 

I use the PPK mainly, it fits nicely into the makrov holsters. But it depends on the game and the engagment distsances allowed at various fields how often i use it. I like getting guys with the silincer attached to it

[Maulkin]

P99 fixed slides. With a nice blackhawk serpa holster, as I really want to loose the gun

It's very useful to have a pistol at the local site; when doing period games (Cold War etc) and you're stuck with a full length AK47, then entering buildings etc is just easier with a pistol.

[hwagan]

Frankly, i can't live without a sidearm, for the following reasons;

 

There's a lot of open ground between objectives at my site - a 30 yard sprint in open ground is a lot easier with a pistol, and i'm also a lot quicker onto any close range targets inside the objective - Pistols are a lot easier to wield; Leaping over the top of a bunker and basically pointing at someone is a lot easier than swinging a rifle at them. I often put my rifle down somewhere for that purpose, and i also like to do mental rambo-esque charges with just a pistol

 

There's also the sneaking around bushes thing - No matter how short my rifle is (10.5 MRP), it still has a habit of catching brambles and stuff, and generally restricting my movement. With just a pistol, it's a lot easier to be stealthy in the fairly dense shrub/wooded areas of my site.

 

Lastly, i use my pistol when i'm in a position to make a single shot kill on someone - I know for a fact my TM G17 will put a round in the same place on the first shot every time up to around 25 metres. With my AEG's, the first shot might not catch the hopup or something similar - If i can just see an arm or a leg, hitting it with my Glock is a better option than risking missing with my AEG and giving the guy a chance to pull himself into cover.

 

That, and i love GBB's - They're fun, loud, and look cool, and make awesome clacky noises.

[ruger13]

sidearm or not...

 

well it depends, if you cary 10-12 hicaps then no you dont need it (yes i have seen that)

 

if you play like a pro with limited ammo then yes i could see the need for it

[jotohomomoto]

I play with a bunch of spray and pray-ers and they have to have SEPERATE pistol only games to get any use out of them. Me personally, I depend on a sidearm b/c of my GBBR fetish. lol.

 

 

[GunDude]

i always carry a side arm, you never know when you will need it. my main side arm is a P226 which in my eyes is one of the best gbb out there

[Yorkiebar]

I only ever carry my sidearm at urban and CQB sites never carry one in woodland, might be psychological as i lost a handy in the woods

[Baisho]

Voted yes, obviously. With my trusty TM Hi-capa 5.1, "I shalt deal with that plastic death valley. Here I go, comrades!"

 

 

It´s too much of a convenience. On close, its noise makes people take cover, even if they got AEGs. I like that a lot.

[adadqgg]

The comrade next to me with his AK firing, downing capitalists one by one, is my best sidearm.

 

If I ever charge forward for something, it will be a knife.

[carver11]

In the past we played at places, that did not really have CQB elements, so a sidearm was not a necesity (plus here in our land they are awfully pricy).

 

But since I did some upgrades to pretty much all of the guns I use (so none of them is pushing less then 420fps), MED has become an issue. Plus we swapped proving grounds and now we play at CQB sites with doors, windows, corners and stuff, so using an M14 SOCOM is complicated, at best. I am also running a P90 with long barrel in silencer, so the logical sidearm for me was TM FN Five-seveN.

 

Great gun, has the right feel, looks pretty slick, but more to the point, it does the job. Only problem are the mags, which are big and don't fit into standard pistol pouches.

[j33v3s]

I carry a DE M9, which with faultless fully auto whatever the weather, is awesome fun for certain parts of my site (a series of caravans). But I do find myself wishing I had a GBB at times, mainly for the blowback than anything else.

[druid799]

sunday at the Asylum was rocking a support weapon for half the day , used my side a couple of times when i had the drop close up on some othere players and i thought it would have been very bad sportsmanship to have used the 249 on them . me personaly if i"d been in there shoes i"d have prefered the single shot to the centre back than a burst from a support weapon !

[Lectric]

The comrade next to me with his AK firing, downing capitalists one by one, is my best sidearm.

 

If I ever charge forward for something, it will be a knife.

 

Rep+1

 

Pistols are the only thing I ever got into airsoft for.

[dt00th]

I carry a DEagle but most of the time its dead weight never use it in woodlands ,so i got a Glock 18c to carry around just in case and the eagle comes out for cqb

 

 

[The lolinator]

I use my Bell 1911 all the time.

 

When using my m14, I have an MED to worry about so the 1911 always comes out

When using my m4, I use real-caps so if I run dry in a firefight I can put a few shots down until a team mate can cover

 

sidearms are a necessity for me (plus they feel right to shoot )