My name is Elizabeth Arnold and I am the owner and full-time manager of Allsorts Airsoft, my daughter Jade, husband Ray, son-in-law Ollie and Jack Gray make up my team.

Allsorts Airsoft also operates the site shop once a fortnight at our site Southdown Airsoft where you can find all sorts of airsoft goodies.

I remember when my husband bought his first airsoft gun from his home airsoft site at the time, it was a P90 as he was on a bit of a Stargate kick back then. He started playing and had to take it back halfway through as it stopped working. The reason was a basic new player malfunction (numptiness) but the site didn’t make him feel stupid, they took him through the basics of how to use the gun again, as I’m sure they did this when he bought it and explained “that’s Airsoft”. We try and treat our customers exactly the same way.

From that time on we became avid airsoft players through rain & shine, offering assistance to help and support the site i.e. site clearing days, etc. We started in airsoft retailing due to the sad & unfortunate passing of the site owner.

We’d had the previous history in market stalls & steam fayres. Through general conversation & our passion for airsoft, it was by mutual agreement that we took on the site shop. Simply by natural progression & listening to the players, as to what they wanted, we started stocking a larger range, with more product lines. At this time, we had to rent out a storage unit to keep our ever-growing stock lines in. After many months an opportunity arose with the closure of a local store. I initially went in just to see what I could pick up on clearance & in a moment of madness, I thought it would make the perfect airsoft shop. The day after the previous tenant closed, I picked up the keys and Allsorts Airsoft was born.

We stock a range of products from ASG to Zoxna, some might say we stock all sorts. The Nuprol Pioneer Defender is our bestselling new starter rifle, we even use them on-site as rental guns along with the Saigo Kenji. If you are new to airsoft and looking to invest in your new weapon, we will make recommendations for you to consider for your particular site, terrain and style of play.

Our customer service and social atmosphere is our main attraction. Some airsofters travel miles for their second favourite activity, the social gathering associated with their passion, we even have an evening dedicated to it! We all love to talk airsoft and what better place to meet than an exclusive airsoft shop that not only has a friendly and welcoming atmosphere but a hot drinks machine to keep you topped up. Our motives are not all about making a profit from visitors, but it's also about making new friends, sharing views, opinions and of course, everyone's favourite, banter. We’ve already become a hub for meeting fellow airsofters.

Curious people walk in for a nose around the shop and are quite mesmerized by the RIFs and start asking me questions, and on many occasions, this curiosity has led them into the woodlands of Southdown Airsoft where they not only meet me once again but also the team and if they take one more step, they can be renting a gun and out in the field in no time.