Airsoft guns are not classified as "real" guns, because they are 1:1 replicas of actual firearms. They are usually made of plastic or metal that propel plastic pellets known as BBs, using compressed air. A BB may be 5-8 mm round or spherical pellet weighs110-600 milligrams. Though an airsoft gun may not be real, its design and functional mechanism can be very similar to its counterpart.

There are three main types of airsoft guns