In this issue

With Covid still running riot, you can depend on Airsoft Action to bring you the latest and best airsoft news, reviews and reports from around the world. This issue is no exception and with everything from the latest guns to a home-made ICBM launch station and from the "Gray Man" to "Chicago PD", we hope you enjoy reading each and every page!

THE 416 EVOLVES!

A LONG-TIME FAN OF THE HK416, BILL HAS HAD ONE IN HIS PERSONAL ARMOURY SINCE 2007 AND IT’S SERVED HIM WELL THROUGH SKIRMISHES AND ‘SIMS OVER THE YEARS BUT WITH TECHNOLOGY MARCHING EVER ONWARDS, HE TAKES A LOOK AT THE VERY LATEST E-416 DEVGRU ETS FROM EVOLUTION AIRSOFT TO SEE IF “THE ONLY EASY DAY WAS YESTERDAY”!

7 mins

ARES L85A3

KEEPING THINGS INTERNATIONALLY ROUNDED-OUT, BILL TAKES A LOOK AT A GREAT NEW AIRSOFT REPLICA FROM ARES THAT IS NOW THE “MEAT AND VEG” OF UK FORCES, THE L85A3 AND MAKES A CASE AS TO WHY MORE UK AIRSOFTERS - AND THOSE THAT RUN A “BRITINSPIRED” LOADOUT AROUND THE WORLD - SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THIS MODEL AND HOW ARES HAVE BROUGHT THINGS FULLY UP TO DATE!

9 mins

CHOOSING A CHEST RIG

WHILST THE CURRENT TREND IS FOR THE MAJORITY TO BE WEARING SOME FORM OF PLATE CARRIER, BILL TAKES AN “OLD SKOOL” STEP BACK TO LOOK AT CHEST RIGS - BE THEY CANVAS CONCOCTIONS OR THOROUGHLY MODERN MARVELS OF HI-TECH NYLON - AND PUTS FORWARD A CASE THAT THIS IS A PIECE OF GEAR THAT SUITS EVERY AIRSOFT NEED WHEN IT COMES TO LOAD BEARING!

10+ mins

CHICAGO P.D.

AT LAST, WE’RE ALL SERIOUSLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HEADING OUT TO GAMES AGAIN IN 2021 AND IT’S A GOOD THING THAT WE ARE, AS SOME OF THE AIRSOFT ACTION CREW ARE GETTING SOME SERIOUS LEVELS OF “CABIN FEVER”, WITH SOME AWESOME LOADOUT IDEAS FOLLOWING ON FROM BILL’S TAKE ON “THE LAST SHIP”. THIS TIME, IT’S BOYCIE’S TURN, AS HE HEADS TO “CHICAGO PD” TO CREATE A LOADOUT THAT COULD LEAD TO GIVING “LOCKDOWN” A WHOLE NEW MEANING!

8 mins

REBELS WITH A CAUSE!

AS A COMPLETE AIRSOFT ADDICT, OUR “LEGIONNAIRE IN TAIWAN”, STEWBACCA, WENT STRAIGHT FROM MOA IN TAIWAN TO A GAME THE VERY NEXT DAY – BUT IT WAS ALL IN A VERY GOOD CAUSE.

6 mins

AEG TEMPTATION

IT IS NO SECRET THAT AA’S LEGIONNAIRE IN TAIWAN, STEWBACCA, IS NO GREAT AEG FAN, PREFERRING INSTEAD THE THUNDER AND FIRE OF USING A GBB, SO WHAT DID HE MAKE OF G&G’S CMF16? READ ON TO FIND OUT…

8 mins

RELOADED THE OBERNDORF TYPEWRITER

AS A SELF-CONFESSED H&K FANBOY, OUR “LEGIONNAIRE” IN TAIWAN, STU “STEWBACCA” MORTIMER, WAS DELIGHTED WHEN HE FIRST GOT HIS HANDS ON THIS ICONIC REPLICA. NOW HE LOOKS BACK AT HOW THINGS HAVE GONE SINCE THEN.

6 mins

GEWEHR'S THE PARTY?

RECENT EVENTS IN THE “REAL” WORLD PROMPTED STEWBACCA TO PEN A LONG-TERM REVIEW OF ONE OF HIS ALL-TIME FAVOURITE AIRSOFT PRIMARIES.

9 mins

MAXPEDITION HEAD-TO-HEAD

“EDITORIAL INSPIRATION” COMES IN MANY SHAPES, SIZES AND FORMS AND THIS MONTH, WHILE LOOKING FOR A LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO QUIET HIS BOISTEROUS PUPPY, FRENCHIE SPOTTED SOMETHING THAT GOT HIM THINKING…

6 mins

LET'S GET RUGGED

MOST OF US HAVE PROBABLY BEEN IN A GAME WHERE “COMMS” CONSIST OF A VARIETY OF RADIOS SYSTEMS AND/OR “WALKIE TALKIES”, HOWEVER, THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY CHOICE. FRENCHIE TAKES A LOOK AT AN ALTERNATIVE THAT MIGHT JUST FIT THE BILL, WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK.

5 mins

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