Use a real gun airsoft are a hassle... my world champion shooter friend used to practise with airsoft gas blowback 1911. Now he just uses his real guns for drills. After being around airsoft a long time there are so many problems like leaky gas magazines, crappy accuracy, etc. A lot can be avoided getting good gun brands but I've had too many problems to want to use more. Now if you want to have a shoot house or force on force training that might require airsoft... YMMV