In this issue

Welcome to the November 2020 issue of Airsoft Action, the only free, global digital airsoft magazine - and boy, is this a bumper issue! In fact, there is so much in it there simply isn't enough space to list it all here!! So here's a quick preview instead... KWA Ronin 47, Specna Arms EDGE V2, ICS XMK, WE G17 MOS, LCT HK33, Vorsk Split Slide Hi-Capa, Border War XII, SpeedQB, holsters, "The Last Ship" loadout, books, tactical fleeces, AttackSense Targets, team optics and, on top of everything else, Red Cell got together and range-tested TEN different G-Series pistols! We hope you enjoy reading this issue as much as we have putting it together!
The AA Team.

THE EDGE OF TECHNOLOGY

AMONGST THE AIRSOFT ACTION TEAM WE HAVE MANY TALENTED “TECHS” WHO ARE UP TO DATE WITH THE VERY LATEST INNOVATIONS, BOTH MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL, THAT MAKE UP THE “BEATING HEARTS” OF THE AEGS THAT WE SEE EVERY DAY … AND THEN WE HAVE BILL, A SELF-PROCLAIMED “TECHNO-LUDDITE” WHO KNOWS HIS WAY AROUND A GEARBOX, BUT WOULD MUCH RATHER BE SHOOTING THAN “FETTLING”! SO WHEN WE RECEIVED THE VERY LATEST “V2” MODEL FROM SPECNA ARMS, WHO BETTER TO HAND IT TO?

9 mins

BORDER WAR MILSIM

THE BORDER WAR CREW ORGANIZE UNIQUE LARGE SCALE INTERNATIONAL MILSIM GAMES AND HAVE DONE SINCE 2008 WITH A PORTFOLIO OF MORE THAN 125 ORGANIZED EVENTS STRETCHING BACK TO 2003. BORDER WAR MILSIM HAS BEEN VOTED THE BEST AIRSOFT EVENT IN THE WORLD FOR BORDER WAR 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 AND 11 IN THE PLAYERS CHOICE AWARDS AND ENTERED THE POPULAR AIRSOFT “HALL OF FAME” THANKS TO FIVE VICTORIES IN A ROW IN BACK IN 2017! IT WAS BILL’S GREAT PLEASURE TO SIT ON THE AIRSOFT SPEAKERS PANEL WITH MIKE FROM THE BORDER WAR CREW AT THE PRESENTATION OF THIS AWARD IN 2017 AND HAVE BEEN SPEAKING EVER SINCE. WHEN MIKE CONTACTED US WITH AN AAR OF THIS YEAR’S EVENT, THE STORM LORD, WE WERE DELIGHTED TO SHARE THIS AND ILLUSTRATE THAT BIG GAMES ARE STILL RUNNING, EVEN IN CHALLENGING TIMES!

9 mins

CHOOSING THE RIGHT HOLSTER

HAVING OUR WIDER, INTERNATIONAL, AIRSOFT ACTION LEGION IS ALLOWING US TO DISCOVER VIEWPOINTS FROM PLAYERS ALL OVER THE WORLD AND THIS MONTH OUR “LEGIONNAIRE” FROM CHINA, HANA, HAS GOT TOGETHER WITH FELLOW SHOOTER “DENNIS THE GOOSE”, TO SHARE WITH US A GREAT ARTICLE THAT FIRST APPEARED IN PART ON THE ONETIGRIS BLOG THAT GIVES A SUPER OVERVIEW ON VARIOUS TYPES OF HOLSTER PLACEMENT FOR YOUR “SECONDARY”!

9 mins

THE LAST SHIP

LAST MONTH BILL SHOWED HOW HE PUT TOGETHER HIS VERY OWN “PANDEMIC LOADOUT” INSPIRED BY THE USN UNIFORM WORN IN THE TV SHOW “THE LAST SHIP”. THIS TIME HE AND HIS TEAM-MATES CREATE THEIR VERY OWN “VULTURE TEAM” LOADOUT USING THE SAME INSPIRATION… AND A LOT OF BLACK KIT!

8 mins

MODULAR POSSIBLITES

IT SEEMS THAT EVERY GBB PISTOL WE GET THROUGH TO THE AA OFFICE FOR TEST AND EVALUATION (T&E) THESE DAYS EITHER COMES WITH A MINI/MICRO RDS MOUNTED, OR IS AT LEAST COMPATIBLE IN SOME WAY WITH ONE! THE RISE OF THE RDS/REFLEX SIGHT MOUNTED ON A PISTOL APPEARS TO BE INEXORABLE, SO BILL TAKES A CLOSE LOOK AT ONE OF THE “ORIGINATORS” OF THIS STYLE, IN THE FORM OF THE G17 GEN5 MOS AND DIGS INTO WHY THIS CAN BE USEFUL.

7 mins

Training And Competition In The Cloud!

Regular readers of Airsoft action will know that some of our contributors have been making good use of their “airsoft “tools” to keep their skills and drills up to date with the attacksense smart target system - and now things are getting even more interesting, with live “ranking data” available to all!

6 mins

VERSATILE + TECHNICAL + TACTICAL = FLEECE

I’ve covered the system itself in some detail in the past, so this time I’d like to focus your thinking on one garment that is often overlooked when it comes to “Gucci” shells and softshells - and that’s the fleece.

7 mins

RELOADED

IN ISSUE 117 WE BROUGHT YOU THE “FIRST LOOK” AT THE STUNNING NEW LK-33 FROM LCT AIRSOFT, AND ALTHOUGH WE’VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES ACTUALLY GETTING OUR REVIEW MODEL TO “LAND”, WE CAN NOW BRING YOU THE FINDINGS OF OUR RANGE TESTING AND SEE HOW THE NEW RIFLE FEELS AND PERFORMS!

7 mins

TIME TO SPLIT

AIRSOFT ACTION HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE TEAM BEHIND THE EVEREXPANDING RANGE OF VORSK GBB PISTOL MODELS (EVEN BEFORE THE VERY FIRST MODEL HIT RETAILER’S SHELVES) AND WITH UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS TO THE DESIGN PROCESS BEHIND THESE UNIQUE AND STYLISH PISTOLS, WE’RE AHEAD OF THE CURVE WHEN IT COMES TO SEEING NEW VARIANTS! THIS MONTH BILL OPENS ANOTHER PAGE IN HIS ONGOING “VORSK DIARY” WITH A LOOK AT THE NEW HI-CAPA 5.1 SPLIT SLIDE!

4 mins

Can Glock Block?

Following bill’s article about trademarks and intellectual property rights in last month’s issue, frenchie picks up the subject and ponders what the future might hold for unlicensed replicas.

5 mins

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