A piston is the device inside the air chamber that compresses the air that is needed to propel the BB when it is fired. Every time you pull the trigger the piston forced air in the air chamber forward and the air fires the BB down the barrel.
yes it slams the piston into gears causeing wear and tear
Air soft is the common term, soft air is the correct name.
Anything is possible but not likely with air soft. But they do hurt when they hit you. Simply don't shoot anyone with an air soft gun. Treat it like a real gun.
For an air soft gun it's average. Air soft guns can reach 400 FPS.
An air soft gun can possibly kill a rattle snake but it depends on the gun and where you hit it
you can't!
A BB gun has a very hard projectile and will cause more damage to a person than an air soft pellet.
No.
An air soft gun would hurt much more than a Nerf gun. A Nerf gun only shoots foam at an extremely slow speed but an air soft gun is pressurized and shoots bb's at a much faster speed.
No
No
For an air/piston powered .177 BB gun - anything less than 200 feet per second (fps) For a CO2 powered BB gun - anything less than 300 fps. For an "AIR SOFT" gun - anything less than 150 fps.