EDGING OUT THE COMPETITION!

IN ISSUE 113 OUR RESIDENT “AK GEEK”, BILL, TOOK A LOOK AND TESTED THE NEW “J-SERIES” AEGS FROM SPECNA ARMS. FAST FORWARD ALMOST A YEAR AND THIS RANGE OF AEGS HAS JUST HAD A MAJOR UPLIFT TO FALL IN LINE WITH THE REST OF THE LATEST EDGE SERIES - AND WHAT AN UPLIFT IT IS!

PCC PERFECTION

AT AIRSOFT ACTION WE ARE VERY HONOURED TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH SOME OF THE BIGGEST “NAMES” IN THE GLOBAL AIRSOFT INDUSTRY AND EVERY SO OFTEN THAT MEANS THAT WE GET TO TAKE A “FIRST LOOK” AT NEW MODELS FROM SOURCE. THIS MONTH OUR GOOD FRIENDS AT G&G HAVE ENTRUSTED US TO DO THIS WITH THEIR VERY LATEST 2021 MODEL AND SENT BILL AN EVALUATION SAMPLE OF THEIR NEW PCC45 ALL THE WAY FROM TAIWAN!

MASTER MODS AIRSOFT UPGRADE PARTS

ALTHOUGH IT’S OUR BELIEF THAT EVERY AEG OR GBB SHOULD COME AS “FULLY FUNCTIONAL” FROM THE BOX, AIRSOFT ACTION ARE ALWAYS PLEASED TO HEAR ABOUT NEW UPGRADE PARTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN ONE OF OUR TRUSTED BRANDS IS INVOLVED. ICS WERE KIND ENOUGH TO SUPPLY US SOME OF THE PARTS THEY DISTRIBUTE FROM MASTER MODS, SO WE TASKED JIMMY TO GET TO WORK AND CHECK THEM OUT!

LIGHTNING STRIKE

WHEN IS AN AR AEG SOMETHING MORE THAN ITS COMPONENT PARTS? WHEN DOES IT CEASE TO BECOME SIMPLY A TOOL AND BECOME A WORK OF “FIREARMS ART” THAT GRABS THE USER AND FILLS THEM WITH A DESIRE TO SHOOT IT AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE? BILL GETS BEHIND THE SIGHTS OF THE LATEST VERSION OF THE EMG-LICENCED FALKOR DEFENSE BLITZ SBR TO PROVIDE AN ANSWER…

EVOLUTION

ALTHOUGH WE’VE LARGELY BEEN CONFINED TO OUR HOME OFFICES DURING LOCKDOWN, THE FACT IS THAT AIRSOFT IS NOT ONLY ALIVE AND WELL BUT POSITIVELY THRIVING IN TERMS OF NEW PRODUCTS AND NEW INNOVATION! THIS MONTH BILL TAKES LOOK AT EVOLUTION INTERNATIONAL AS WE GO “INSIDE AIRSOFT” ONCE AGAIN, TO LOOK AT A EUROPEAN COMPANY THAT’S TAKING ON THE ESTABLISHED MANUFACTURERS OF THE FAR EAST AND SUCCEEDING IN THEIR OWN UNIQUE WAY… WITH A DASH OF ITALIAN FLAIR!

RELOADED

THERE ARE FEW REAL STEEL PLATFORMS AS ICONIC AND INSTANTLY RECOGNISABLE AS THE HECKLER & KOCH “MASCHINE PISTOLE 5” OR, AS WE KNOW IT, THE “MP5”. AA LEGIONNAIRE, STEWBACCA, REVISITS THIS AIRSOFT STALWART, IN THE FORM OF THE WETECH APACHE MP5K.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT BOOTS

THERE ARE PLACES WHERE YOU CAN SKIMP AND SAVE A BIT OF MONEY WITH YOUR AIRSOFT LOADOUT BUT HAVING GOOD FOOTWEAR IS NOT ONE OF THEM. THIS SHOULD BE AS FUNDAMENTAL A PART OF YOUR AIRSOFT GEAR AS YOUR AEG OR GBB! CHOOSING THE WRONG BOOTS CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE TO HAVING A SUPERB DAY ON SITE OR GOING HOME EARLY. BILL LOOKS AT MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE - IRRELEVANT OF YOUR BUDGET!

SPECNA ARMS: A BUSY 12 MONTHS!

2020 WAS OBVIOUSLY A VERY STRANGE YEAR AND 2021 HAS STARTED THE SAME, ALBEIT WITH A HINT OF SUNSHINE NOW ON THE HORIZON! THE LAST TIME WE SAW OUR FRIENDS FROM SPECNA ARMS FACE TO FACE WAS ACTUALLY AT SHOT IN JANUARY 2020, AFTER WHICH THAT THEY HAD A BUSY YEAR - AND 2021 LOOKS SET TO BE EQUALLY EXCITING!

THE LURE OF THE PMC LOADOUT

DURING THE C-VIRUS LOCKDOWN PERIOD WE KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU, LIKE US, HAVE BEEN WORKING ON YOUR OWN PROJECTS. BILL HAS TAKEN A MOMENT TO LOOK BACK ON HIS OWN “PMC GEAR” AND MUSES ON THIS VERSATILE LOADOUT AND WHY HE BELIEVES EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THEIR OWN “TAKE” ON IT IN THEIR PERSONAL GEAR LOCKER.

BE MY BABY!

WHILST LCT AIRSOFT HAVE BEEN WOWING US WITH A HOST OF NEW MODELS, THAT’S NOT TO SAY THAT THEY ARE NEGLECTING THEIR EXTENSIVE “BACK CATALOGUE” AND AMONGST THE MODELS BENEFITTING FROM A RESTOCK ARE TWO DIMINUTIVE MODELS THAT WE LOVE - BUT NOT FOR THE MOST OBVIOUS OF REASONS!

AS TOUGH AS THEY COME

BILL STEPS BACK INTO THE WORLD OF THE SILVER SCREEN, AS HE INDULGES HIS PASSION FOR REVOLVERS AND GETS HIS HANDS ON A BIG OLD WHEELGUN THAT BECAME FAMOUS BOTH FOR ITS UNIQUE LOOKS AND ITS MANY MOVIE CAMEOS AND FINDS THERE’S MUCH TO LOVE ABOUT THE AIRSOFT TAKE ON THE MIGHTY CHIAPPA RHINO!

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.

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…

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”!

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.

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.

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.

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!

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!

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!

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…

Small But Perfectly Formed!

As promised at the end of frenchie’s piece on the glock 18c AEP last month, this month he’s turning his attention to the Marui MP7a1.

Military Outdoor & Airsoft Show 2020

Airsoft Action’s legionnaire in taiwan, stewbacca, heads to the annual military, outdoor and airsoft exhibition, where he checked out the new releases from vega force company, among others.

UMAREX VFC MEETS JEFFTRON LEVIATHAN

IT’S ALL VERY WELL REPORTING ON NEW PRODUCTS AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO HIT THE MARKET AS THEY APPEAR BUT, OF COURSE, AS AIRSOFTERS WE WANT TO KNOW HOW THESE CAN BE APPLIED TO ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR AEGS AND GBBS TO GIVE US THE EDGE “IN GAME”, DON’T WE? THIS MONTH, IN HIS FIRST REPORT FOR AIRSOFT ACTION, RED CELL SHOOTER JIMMY DAVISON TELLS ALL ABOUT USING THE JEFFTRON LEVIATHAN IN A RECENT BUILD!

SIG AIR PROFORCE M17

THIS MONTH IN RELOADED BOYCIE SETS HIS SIGHTS ON A GBB PISTOL MODEL THAT CONTINUES TO TAKE ON GREATER SIGNIFICANCE IN ITS “REAL WORLD” FORM, THE M17!

BEWARE THE MAN WITH ONE GUN!!

HAVING FIRST SEEN THIS PISTOL IN SPAIN, IT WASN’T UNTIL AA LEGIONNAIRE, STEWBACCA, ARRIVED IN TAIWAN THAT HE EVENTUALLY ADDED ONE TO HIS ARMOURY - BUT WAS IT EVERYTHING HE HOPED IT WOULD BE?

DSI MCX CUSTOM BUILD

WE’RE VERY PROUD THAT AMONGST THE TEAM AT AIRSOFT ACTION ALL OF OUR CONTRIBUTORS ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE WORLD OF AIRSOFT, EITHER AS A PLAYER OR WITHIN THE INDUSTRY PROPER! THIS MONTH JOHN “BOYCIE” TURRELL BRINGS IN A REPORT OF AN EXTREMELY DETAILED CUSTOM BUILD HE WAS INVOLVED IN TO CREATE A VERY SPECIAL - AND VERY SPECIFIC - AEG!

ARMOURY: VFC MK18 MOD1

LAST MONTH BILL TOOK A LOOK AT AN ALL-NEW “MK18” AEG AND AS A LOVER OF SHORTER AR CARBINES, FOUND IT VERY MUCH TO HIS LIKING! AS HE’S ALSO A FAN OF GAS BLOWBACK MODELS HE WAS KEEN TO GET HIS HANDS ON THE LATEST MK18 MOD1 GBBR FROM VEGAFORCECOMPANY (VFC) AND, THANKS TO REDWOLF UK, HE WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET “HANDS ON”!

ACTION AIR: TAIWAN

AFTER A SHORT BREAK OUR LEGIONNAIRE IN TAIWAN, “STEWBACCA”, ONCE AGAIN PITS HIS TALENTS AGAINST OTHER LOCAL SHOOTERS - AND THIS TIME HE DIDN’T HAVE TO TRAVEL FAR!

ARMOURY: BOLT PDW

AS RED CELL ARE SETTING UP TO LOOK AT A WHOLE BUNCH OF “PDW-STYLE” AEGS NEXT MONTH, BILL HAS BEEN OUT ON THE RANGE PREPARING THINGS AND HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT TAKEN WITH THE LATEST MODEL TO COME FROM BOLT AIRSOFT IN TAIWAN! FEATURING THEIR BRSS RECOIL SYSTEM IN A TIDY AR PACKAGE, THE B4 PDW B.R.S.S. AEG TICKS ALL THE BOXES…