Well, I had an interesting evening at a family birthday. Going out to a cousin who was a gun collector I thought I would bring some airsoft too.
It was amazing, as we did some airsoft target shooting, just how well he shot. I guess real steel experience makes you a good shooter, be it airsoft or gunpowder. Using the G36 (tightbore, etc.) he was able to land one shot after another in semi on a series of twelve cans assorted up/down all over a snow bank. I use dually impressed as was he with the accuracy and power of the airsoft gun. He really enjoyed what the electric (what he called them) guns could do.
For my enjoyment he had "grandfathered" an AK and Galil with full mags. The real steel AK felt considerably different then the airsoft AK's, completely different balance and weight. Having never felt an airsoft Galil before, the real steal was differently balanced from the AK, but felt more comfortable.
Moral here, real steal is not airsoft but the skills gained from both are kind of transferrable, I would hate to play a game against him.
-Doug