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Action Air is an
The ranges, paper targets and poppers are scaled down to suit airsoft. A stop plate, which is a metal target with electronic that link to an IPSC shot timer, is used to stop the timer and collect the overall stage time. Minor scoring is used, with 5 points for the A zone, 3 points for the C zone and 1 point for the D zone. Metal targets have to be light enough to be knocked over, and are usually made of 3 mm aluminum or 1.7 mm steel. Popper metal targets are calibrated to require a good hit to make them fall.
;Action Air Open Division: Open has very few restrictions on the handgun, magazine capacity and equipment positioning.AIPSC UK Divisions & Grades
/ref> It is the only division where optical sights and compensators are permitted. Since most compensators are merely decorative on an airsoft pistol, adding a compensator allows a longer inner barrel to increase velocity and accuracy. The maximum magazine length is 170 mm and can have up to 28 rounds capacity. ;Action Air Standard Division: The handgun has to fit the IPSC box, and there are restrictions on placement of holster and magazine pouches. Magazines must not extend more than 20 mm below the lowest point of the magazine well when inserted, and can have up to 18 rounds capacity. ;Action Air Production Division: The handgun must be unmodified and be listed on th
IPSC Production Division List
Maximum barrel length is 127 mm, and maximum magazine capacity is 15 rounds. ;Action Air Classic Division: The pistol has to be a 1911 type, fit inside the IPSC box and can have up to 10 rounds capacity.
IPSC Action Air Competition Rules
IPSC Action Air clubs in Europe
2015 IPSC European Action Air Championship
Video: IPSC Action Air in Philippines
airsoft
Airsoft, also known as survival game () in Japan where it was popular, is a team sport, team-based shooting sport, shooting game in which participants eliminate opposing players out of play by shooting them with airsoft pellets, spherical plast ...
shooting sport
Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such ...
based on practical shooting
Practical shooting, also known as dynamic shooting or action shooting, is a set of shooting sports in which the competitors try to unite the three principles of precision, power, and speed, by using a firearm of a certain minimum power factor to ...
under the International Practical Shooting Confederation
The International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) is the world's largest shooting sport association, and the largest and oldest within practical shooting. Founded in 1976, the IPSC nowadays affiliates over 100 regions from Africa, America ...
. The sport enjoys popularity in countries and areas such as Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
, Macau
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, South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
, and Japan
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, where civilian ownership of real firearm
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The first firearms originate ...
s are either illegal or extremely difficult to obtain, but it is also used by some owners of real firearms as an affordable and easily available training tool. Action air is restricted to handgun, and is not included in the IPSC Tournament structure.
History
Action Air was adopted by IPSC in 2008 at the General Assembly following theIPSC Handgun World Shoot
The IPSC Handgun World Shoot is the highest level handgun match within the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) which consists of several days and at least 30 separate courses of fire. The Handgun World Shoots are held triennia ...
XV in Bali
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, Indonesia
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, and the first approved rule book came in 2009. Up until then, the sport had already been exercised in Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
, Macau
Macau or Macao is a special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about people and a land area of , it is the most List of countries and dependencies by p ...
and Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
for more than ten years.
Targets
The ranges, paper targets and poppers are scaled down to suit airsoft. A stop plate, which is a metal target with electronic that link to an IPSC shot timer, is used to stop the timer and collect the overall stage time. Minor scoring is used, with 5 points for the A zone, 3 points for the C zone and 1 point for the D zone. Metal targets have to be light enough to be knocked over, and are usually made of 3 mm aluminum or 1.7 mm steel. Popper metal targets are calibrated to require a good hit to make them fall.
Equipment
;Action Air Open Division: Open has very few restrictions on the handgun, magazine capacity and equipment positioning./ref> It is the only division where optical sights and compensators are permitted. Since most compensators are merely decorative on an airsoft pistol, adding a compensator allows a longer inner barrel to increase velocity and accuracy. The maximum magazine length is 170 mm and can have up to 28 rounds capacity. ;Action Air Standard Division: The handgun has to fit the IPSC box, and there are restrictions on placement of holster and magazine pouches. Magazines must not extend more than 20 mm below the lowest point of the magazine well when inserted, and can have up to 18 rounds capacity. ;Action Air Production Division: The handgun must be unmodified and be listed on th
IPSC Production Division List
Maximum barrel length is 127 mm, and maximum magazine capacity is 15 rounds. ;Action Air Classic Division: The pistol has to be a 1911 type, fit inside the IPSC box and can have up to 10 rounds capacity.
Safety
Eye protection is mandatory, and even though airsoft is considered less dangerous than real firearms, all normal rules forfirearm safety
Gun safety is the study and practice of managing risk when using, transporting, storing and disposing of firearms, airguns and ammunition in order to avoid injury, illness or death.
Gun safety includes the training of users, the design of fi ...
should apply in order to build good habits.
See also
*IPSC Action Air World Shoot
The IPSC Action Air World Shoot is the highest level Action Air match within the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC). The Action Air World Shoots are currently held triennially on the same cycle as the IPSC Shotgun World Shoots. ...
* Tatsuya Sakai
* ActionAirgun
External links
IPSC Action Air Competition Rules
IPSC Action Air clubs in Europe
2015 IPSC European Action Air Championship
Video: IPSC Action Air in Philippines
References