Hop up ?

[LRRP]

Sorry to be a NooB, but what is a Hop up, look at all the Newer Rifles, and they say "Hop up", I used the search but got 500 post, So I thought I'd ask?

LRRP

[Greylocks]

Did you check the Information section of this website like it has been suggested yet?

Read a LOT, we mean it. It's all there, all the guides and information on the other sections. Most of it is pinned to the top, or use the SEARCH option and narrow down the parameters.

A hopup is simply a way to stabilize the flight of the BB because the barrel has no rifling. It gives each BB a backspin as it travels down the barrel. You will never get the accuracy or the range of a rifled barrel, but you can manage quite well.

So go read, it will be the best thing you can do. Or... go to the Teams section for your province, contact people, and meet them. You cant learn in any faster way than being there. You'll learn faster than it takes time to type a question. No joke.

If not, I'm afraid the moderators will trash all your questions.

[ILLusion]

Close, Hop Up doesn't stabilize the BB, it just gives it added range. Rifling stabilizes a projectile, but is useless for spherical projectiles like airsoft BBs.

[LRRP]

ok, sorry. READ READ READ.

LRRP

[Greylocks]

That's the simplest explanation I could come up with, and stability can be seen in different ways. Rifling could work but would also change the legal status of airsoft guns, and several parts of the basic design. That's another question for another long thread.

However, this gentleman does need to read a lot or go meet people. That advice still stands, specially since he said he can travel.

Sorry man, yes, read. Sounds nasty but it's not meant to be.

[Lokes]

I can attest to this excellent advice. New to airsoft myself, I've been lurking in these forums for several weeks now and only recently starting to post. You'll be suprised what you can pickup even from conversations 3-4 weeks old.

Myself being in the Maritimes its not nearly as easy to hook up with fellow airsoft players so you've definately got an advantage there you should be exploiting.

Good luck on your crash course into airsoft

[Num3]

Originally Posted by Lokes

I can attest to this excellent advice. New to airsoft myself, I've been lurking in these forums for several weeks now and only recently starting to post. You'll be suprised what you can pickup even from conversations 3-4 weeks old.

Myself being in the Maritimes its not nearly as easy to hook up with fellow airsoft players so you've definately got an advantage there you should be exploiting.

Good luck on your crash course into airsoft

I have been lurking these forums since 2003. And still, i dont have any airsoft gear. I dont really remember asking a question on these forums. I only red them since a long time. Ill be an airsofter really soon (within a month or 2)

Just read. Its mostly faster than asking a question and wait for the answer.

Matt

[Boombap]

So I think the REAL question would be: What am best gun?