Well I got tasked to join in on a fun little event. My group who trains almost two times a week has been requested to act as OPFOR to the Kuwaiti SWAT team. So we will be shooting airsoft (Kuwait still hasn't seen the benifit of FPS rules so you pretty much take really hard hits or armor up big time) and they will be shooting simunitions at us. Luckly they are the less painful 9mm instead of the 5.56 ones, but ohh the humanity.
So given that we wont be running simunitions I decided to buy the powder marking BBs. Many people complain here about not getting hit, or getting hit so I want to make absolutely sure they know they have been hit. I know I will be cleaning the hell out of my gun, and replaceing the bucking faster, but for now it seems the only smart thing to do considering the "we can't loose" mentality of some of the SWAT guys. They aren't cheaters but if they dont get trounced they wont always assume they were shot. I also want to make sure the guys who do get hit know kind of where they are hit, and where.
I will update you guys as things progress, but should be a blast and hopefully both groups learn from each other.