I guess I was lucky in being introduced and was given a lot of options and a group of close friends to try it out with. Northern Lights decided it was time to take up airsoft as a hobby, something he had played with as a kid, and at 17 got his first GBB confiscated by Hong Kong airport security because he tried to transport it with green gas on the plane ride home.
He ordered an MP5 in September 02 and got WasabiOne and Phat Tooth hooked one day at work. By December he ordered a TM M4, MP5K, Spas 12 Shotgun, G3SG1, AK47 and an AK74 Beta Spetz for a New Years trip to the cabin - Lichen can attest to this one. We had eight people including me and two other girlfriends and we all played out at the snow with snow cammo. There have always been women involved and the big thing is to let her either play with you if she wants to stay with you and is a little intimidated or let her oppose you and whoop your ass a little.
My biggest issue has always been having a gun that fit me - same thing as each one of you. Having a few options really made a difference and I could choose for myself the kind of gun and style of play that fit my personality. I instantly gravitated to the AK74 Beta Spetz when he thought I'd totally love the MP5 or the MP5K. I hated M4s for the longest time but have warmed up to them since training with one every once in a while so it will make a BIG difference what she likes in a gun and what position she may play. My Spetz was perfectly fine stock for a couple years until it started to show its age. I finally ok'd the upgrades Lights had been planning, got a gnarly AEG in return which lasted me til 2009.
Girly guns... M4A1, P90, G36, AKs... anything that has an adjustable or folding stock, light up front, maybe a bullpup... my AK is heavy as
but I like it that way. Idk if other ladies are down for a 5 hour bi/tricep workout
. Have her hold as many different kinds as she can because every grip is different -
tell her it's like trying on shoes. I cannot stand holding most of Northern Lights' AEGs because the fingered grip is sized so differently. But when I go out of town, I always look for an AEX just to feel and fire off what looks appealing.
