As you may or may not have known, there are a variety of airsoft magazines available. The most popular types are real-cap, low-cap, mid-cap, and high-cap airsoft magazines, which one you use depends on you and on what you are playing. In this article you will find out which airsoft mags you should consider and the differences between them.
If you can find out how many airsoft BBs your magazine has, you will be able to tell whether it is high, mid, low, and real-caps. Real-cap mags carry the same amount of rounds as the there real-steel counterpart, so a real-cap
M4 airsoft magazine would carry 30 rounds. Low-caps carry more BBs than a real-cap, but there capacity is still very low. High-caps carry the most amount of BBs. There use to be only real-cap, low-cap and high-cap airsoft mags, but high-caps and low-caps had a big gap between them in the amount of BBs they held. Then manufacturers developed mid-caps which had less BBs than the high-caps but more BBs than the low-caps; ever since then, mid-caps have become a big hit.
Which airsoft mag should I use is the question. Well, this all depends on you and what type of game you are playing. The two main types of airsoft games are MilSim and CQB (Close Quarters Battle). Because of the realism MilSim players want, MilSim (Military Simulation) is most often played in the woods. CQC is usually played in buildings with a lot of rooms because CQC players prefer to play in smaller areas. Since the main reason people play MilSim is for the realism it provides, the magazines MilSim players more often use are real, low, and mid-caps because they are closer to the amount of rounds the military would use. Real, low, and mid-caps also provide some advantages; they, unlike high-caps, do not rattle, this is very important in MilSim because you need to be as stealthy as possible. Many players also argue that when using low-caps it forces you to conserve rounds which adds to the realism and saves you money. CQC players usually use high-caps because they need as many rounds as possible and there guns are almost always on full auto. You will not have to reload as often in CQC if you use high-caps because they have such a high capacity. High-caps are very useful in a game, but they often destroy the realism involved in airsoft.
Whether you use high-caps or mid-caps is up to you. Low-caps and mid-caps should be used if you want to simulate the military as much as possible, fields and teams sometimes require that you use them. If you want to spray as many rounds as possible and hate having to reload, than high-caps are a good choice for you. Or, if you would like a little of both worlds, you should take a look at mid-caps.
Now you know what the difference is between high, mid, low, and real-caps and also what each is commonly used for. You know have to make the choice of which ones to use, whether that be the stealthy low-caps or the trigger happy high-caps.
