Difference between High-Cap, Mid-Cap, and Low-Cap Airsoft Magazines

As you may or may not have known, there are a variety of airsoft magazines available. High-caps, mid-caps, low-caps, and real-caps are the most popular types of airsoft mags. Which ones you use will depend on you and also what you are playing. This Article will show you the differences between airsoft magazines and which ones you should consider using.The primary way to tell the difference between airsoft magazines is to find out how many rounds they carry. A real-cap airsoft m4 magazine carries 30 rounds of BBs because real-caps carry the same amount of rounds as there real-steel counterparts (real-steel means real firearms). Low-caps carry a very small amount of BBs, but still more than a real-cap. High-caps carry the most amount of BBs. Before the days of mid-caps, there were only high-caps, low-caps and real-caps, but people wanted a mag that filled the gap between high, and low-caps. 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.Now comes the big question, what type of airsoft magazine should I use? 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). MilSim stands for Military Simulation and is played usually in the woods because of the realism. CQB is, as the name suggests, played in close quarters such as a building with a lot of rooms. 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. A large argument that MilSim players use is that if you use low-caps you will be forced to conserve your BBs and this will inturn save you money and it will also add to the realism. CQC players usually use high-caps because they need as many rounds as possible and there guns are almost always on full auto. Since high-caps carry so many rounds, you don't have to reload as often which can be very important in CQB. Even though high-caps often destroy the realism in airsoft, they can be very effective on the battle field.So, whether you use mid-caps, high-caps, low-caps, or real-caps is up to you. If you main goal is to simulate the military as much as possible, than you may want to consider using low or real-caps, some teams and fields even require that you do. High-caps are a good choice if you hate to reload and you would like to spray as many rounds down-field as possible. 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.