Green Gas is a propellant commonly used as the pressurized power source for various Airsoft

Airsoft

Airsoft is a sport in which participants shoot round non-metallic pellets launched via replica firearms.Gameplay varies in style and composition but often range from short-term skirmishes, organized scenarios, military simulations, historical reenactments, to competition target shooting events...

 related weaponry, and typically consists of propane

Propane

Propane is a three-carbon alkane with the molecular formula , normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. A by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining, it is commonly used as a fuel for engines, oxy-gas torches, barbecues, portable stoves, and residential central...

 gas with a small amount of silicone oil

Silicone oil

A silicone oil is any polymerized siloxanes with organic side chains. They are formed of alternating silicon-oxygen atoms or siloxane, rather than carbon atoms . Other species attach to the tetravalent silicon atoms, not to the divalent oxygen atoms which are fully committed to forming the...

added for lubrication purposes. Green Gas is a popular propellant in the Airsoft community, but limited availability of the product has led many Airsoft players to create their own derivatives using retail propane and silicone oil (The mixture is then administered using specially made propane adapters). Product names of Green Gas typically vary from "Green Gas" to "Ultra Blow Back Gas" or similar, though they are all inherently the same type of Green Gas propellent.

Propane adapter

As most Airsoft players have noted that propane and silicone oil constitutes the majority of Green Gas propellant, manufacturers have produced adapters that attach to propane tanks that are available at many retail stores, usually including reservoirs to store lubricant (usually silicone oil). The propane option has become popular in that the solution is cheaper in the long run than Green Gas, as well as being more widely available compared to Green Gas. Experienced players have noted that with the propane option, however, lubrication quantities should be noted in different temperatures as decreased lubrication in propellant is detrimental to the highly sensitive mechanisms of gas Airsoft weapons.

External links

• Airsoft Innovations, the manufacturer of the Propane Adapter
• The Only manufacturer of the GreenGas and HFC-134a in Russia