Airsoft Action 07 - Mar 2012 | Page 21

SHOW TIME “It wasn’t until I’d Americanised myself and mentioned ‘soft air’ and ‘BB guns’ that the light switched on and they understood.” got your head around the stand numbering system, it really isn’t too bad. One thing that surprised me was the number of people I spoke to that, when I mentioned I was the editor of an airsoft magazine, looked at me in the quizzical manner that usually indicates they’re not quite sure what you are talking about. I don’t know if some of them were being deliberately vague, but it wasn’t until I’d Americanised myself and mentioned ‘soft air’ and ‘BB guns’ that the light switched on and they understood. That said, once the ice had been broken everyone I chatted with seemed keen to talk, and they were all extremely complimentary about the magazine too. The other reaction I got was that they didn’t which also produce products we use, such as Magpul PTS, Crosman, 'W6