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 RWA BATTLE ARMS BRSS DEVELOPMENT SCAR-SC SBR<br />
BAD TO<br />
THE BONE!<br />
WE’RE VERY LUCKY THESE DAYS TO HAVE REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS AS PART OF THE AIRSOFT ACTION<br />
LEGION THAT ARE BASED AROUND THE WORLD, AND WHEN IT COMES TO A LOT OF THE NEW AEG<br />
AND GBB PLATFORMS THAT WE SEE HITTING THE MARKET OBVIOUSLY THEIR “SOURCE” IS THE FAR<br />
EAST! THIS MONTH OUR REGULAR SPEEDSOFT GURU IN HONG KONG, LARRI, BRINGS IN HIS FIRST IN-<br />
GAME LOOK AT THE LATEST BAD SBR FROM REDWOLF! BILL KICKS THINGS OFF…<br />
To set the scene, I said I’d help Larri out with<br />
his very first AEG review for <strong>Airsoft</strong> <strong>Action</strong> as<br />
although we know him for his excellent venue<br />
and gameplay reports that appear regularly in AA,<br />
putting together a review of a new AEG platform is<br />
something quite different. Larri of course has a mass<br />
of experience both in the intricacies of fast-paced CQB<br />
action and in the guns and equipment he uses for<br />
this, but when he, I and Max at Redwolf first spoke<br />
about the new BAD SBR I decided it was time that he<br />
unleashed his passion to create a review for us.<br />
I said to him my knowledge of the “real”, and the<br />
manufacturers involved would allow me to make an<br />
introduction to the new AEG, but that the actual<br />
testing would be down to him, and I’ve been proved<br />
correct that this is indeed a winning formula!<br />
Now any airsofter worth their salt will know<br />
Redwolf <strong>Airsoft</strong> (RWA), and if you don’t, exactly which<br />
rock have you been living under???<br />
RWA are one of the “plank holders” of the airsoft<br />
world, and I’ve been involved in more projects with<br />
them over the years than I care to mention! But for<br />
this particular piece it’s their long-standing licencestewardship<br />
and relationship with BATTLE ARMS<br />
DEVELOPMENT (BAD… to the bone baby!) that’s the<br />
important bit.<br />
RWA have really taken the relationship with BAD to<br />
heart and run hard with it, releasing some fabulous<br />
parts, GBBs and AEGs under the licence. It strikes<br />
me that both companies have a similar ethos in that<br />
they strive for perfection, and as BAD themselves say,<br />
“engineer superlative performance advantage, added<br />
value, ingenuity, and attention to detail into every<br />
product it designs”.<br />
BAD have been around since B.A.D. Inc. officially<br />
launched on Independence Day, July 4th, 2009. An<br />
American and minority owned small business, all<br />
B.A.D. Inc. products are “100% made in the U.S.A.<br />
and held to the highest manufacturing standards to<br />
exceed the expectations of the most demanding end<br />
users” and their reputation is such that they seem<br />
to be exceeding even those expectations! What they<br />
create is cutting-edge stuff, both in terms of complete<br />
firearms and all the parts that go together to make<br />
them special.<br />
And the new BAD SBR mimics one of their designs<br />
perfectly as far as I’m concerned, The 300 BLK Silent<br />
Professional SBR which as BAD say “embodies the<br />
true essence of innovation in the PDW platform<br />
that the most hardcore operators would envy. The<br />
modern design and engineering look like something<br />
right out of a secret agent weapons laboratory. It is<br />
built on the groundbreaking, monolithic BAD-PDW<br />
billet 7075-T6 aircraft grade aluminum lower receiver<br />
with our upgraded VERT© PDW stock. This purposebuilt<br />
SBR was designed for maximum strength,<br />
concealment, maneuverability, lightweight, reliability,<br />
and controllable firepower”. Seems the ideal thing for<br />
an AEG CQB replica, right? But in 6mm BB not 300<br />
BLK of course!<br />
The RWA/BAD SBR in AEG form though actually<br />
builds on the inspiration as it replaces the standard<br />
free-float rail/handguard with another licenced<br />
replica, this time the Fortis Mfg. SWITCH which is<br />
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OCTOBER <strong>2023</strong>
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