Airsoft Action - October 2023
Even though we're currently having our annual vacation and office shutdown, here we go with the the very latest issue of AIRSOFT ACTION, and as usual it's a bit of a beast with 100 PAGES of free-to-read news, reviews, event reports from around the globe, and a healthy dose of attitude and airsoft opinion! Kicking off with our headline review this month Bill gets some serious rangetime in with the KING ARMS TWS 9MM SBR, an AR GBBR that actually uses G-SERIES magazine many of you probably already have for your handguns... why are more people not talking about this breakthrough gas model... we have no idea, but we'll certainly say our piece! Following on from there we have a first look at the all-new SGR 556 from G&G, the just-released ICS CXP APE SE,and the newest BATTLE ARMS DEVELOPMENT SBR AEG (courtesy of Larri in his first-ever AEG review!) from our old mates at REDWOLF! Then there's a further FIFTEEN SMG models that are moving on through the RED CELL testing program, along with a recap on the ROSSI NEPTUNE SAS six-months in! In terms of kit Bill reflects back on the clothing and gear that he used on the FAST TACTICAL training course he attended recently, and the good folk of the AA LEGION "GO GREEN FTW!" And then... THEN... we have our annual report from the AA crew that attended the NATIONAL AIRSOFT FESTIVAL in the UK, a BIG game report from Portugal thanks to Miguel, and our power-duo of Stewbacca and Anny firstly get "Inside LCT" for an update, and secondly bring in the lowdown on the DING DING CUP Steel Challenge in Taiwan, an event that AIRSOFT ACTION was honoured to support! So, you want more gear, more guns, more news, and more airsoft? You'll find a bit of everything airsoft in this issue, so kick back and get stuck in!
Even though we're currently having our annual vacation and office shutdown, here we go with the the very latest issue of AIRSOFT ACTION, and as usual it's a bit of a beast with 100 PAGES of free-to-read news, reviews, event reports from around the globe, and a healthy dose of attitude and airsoft opinion!
Kicking off with our headline review this month Bill gets some serious rangetime in with the KING ARMS TWS 9MM SBR, an AR GBBR that actually uses G-SERIES magazine many of you probably already have for your handguns... why are more people not talking about this breakthrough gas model... we have no idea, but we'll certainly say our piece!
Following on from there we have a first look at the all-new SGR 556 from G&G, the just-released ICS CXP APE SE,and the newest BATTLE ARMS DEVELOPMENT SBR AEG (courtesy of Larri in his first-ever AEG review!) from our old mates at REDWOLF! Then there's a further FIFTEEN SMG models that are moving on through the RED CELL testing program, along with a recap on the ROSSI NEPTUNE SAS six-months in!
In terms of kit Bill reflects back on the clothing and gear that he used on the FAST TACTICAL training course he attended recently, and the good folk of the AA LEGION "GO GREEN FTW!"
And then... THEN... we have our annual report from the AA crew that attended the NATIONAL AIRSOFT FESTIVAL in the UK, a BIG game report from Portugal thanks to Miguel, and our power-duo of Stewbacca and Anny firstly get "Inside LCT" for an update, and secondly bring in the lowdown on the DING DING CUP Steel Challenge in Taiwan, an event that AIRSOFT ACTION was honoured to support!
So, you want more gear, more guns, more news, and more airsoft? You'll find a bit of everything airsoft in this issue, so kick back and get stuck in!
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ARMOURY<br />
CYBERGUN/BOLT ICS CXP BRSS APE SCAR-SC SE AEG<br />
A<br />
negative (via anti-social media of course!)<br />
that has been thrown at the current team at<br />
<strong>Airsoft</strong> <strong>Action</strong> is that we’re all old, and yes,<br />
it’s true, quite a few of us are “older gentleman<br />
airsofters” who are no longer in the prime of our<br />
halcyon days of shootin’ and lootin’! However, the<br />
age among the team varies considerably from those<br />
in their twenties pretty much up to me… and yes, by<br />
the time you read this I’ll be 59! You’d better believe<br />
that shocks me more than it probably does you,<br />
and events that I fancy, and now I’m fully recovered<br />
health-wise I intend to get out to my local site more.<br />
I know that there are a lot more folk like me out<br />
there where airsoft has become a huge part of their<br />
adult life, and that are continuing to play into their<br />
“greybeard years”… let’s not<br />
forget<br />
alleged<br />
that in this age of youth and<br />
beauty, in some cultures the elder<br />
generation are still revered for their<br />
knowledge and wisdom, and when<br />
but it means I’ve been<br />
playing airsoft for nearly half<br />
that time and I’ve loved every single<br />
minute of it!<br />
Fact is that although I don’t play as regularly<br />
as I used to (and surviving the “Big C” and now<br />
running <strong>Airsoft</strong> <strong>Action</strong> on a daily basis also has had<br />
something to do with that!), I do still play at games<br />
this is<br />
applied to airsoft<br />
it means that a number<br />
of the current AA crew<br />
were out and playing with<br />
“toy guns” pretty much when the<br />
whole story began.<br />
And this leads me neatly onto the latest AEG<br />
creation from I Chi Shivan, or ICS as we all know<br />
them these days, as the CXP APE SE (Special Edition)<br />
shows that ICS AEGs have matured somewhat more<br />
gracefully than I and their performance continues to<br />
improve exponentially… unlike my own…<br />
My association with ICS goes right back to their<br />
earliest days and I’ve had at least one, if not more,<br />
ICS AEG in my personal armoury since 1999, if my<br />
memory serves me faithfully. However, looking back<br />
at my files it appears that my first published review<br />
of an ICS AEG was in 2016, and it was the CXP<br />
Proline CQB! This was swiftly followed in 2017 with<br />
a review of the CXP HOG SD SR, and my first ICS<br />
review for <strong>Airsoft</strong> <strong>Action</strong> was in Issue 54 and was<br />
the original CXP APE, so it feels somewhat fitting<br />
that 100 ISSUES ON I’m once again looking at the<br />
APE, but oh boy, is it a different beast!<br />
“LET’S NOT FORGET THAT IN THIS AGE OF YOUTH AND ALLEGED BEAUTY, IN SOME<br />
CULTURES THE ELDER GENERATION ARE STILL REVERED FOR THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND<br />
WISDOM, AND WHEN THIS IS APPLIED TO AIRSOFT IT MEANS THAT A NUMBER OF THE<br />
CURRENT AA CREW WERE OUT AND PLAYING WITH “TOY GUNS” PRETTY MUCH WHEN<br />
THE WHOLE STORY BEGAN.”<br />
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