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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Contents<br />
OCTOBER <strong>2023</strong><br />
38 KIT & GEAR: GEAR UP FOR<br />
TRAINING!<br />
“If it ain’t raining, we ain’t training”<br />
is a phrase that’s much overused,<br />
but it does set the scene for the fact<br />
that you should be fully prepared for<br />
all eventualities when it comes to<br />
attending an airsoft training day or<br />
course! Bill reflects back on his time<br />
with FAST TACTICAL recently and what<br />
kit he found useful.<br />
68 AA LEGION: PORTUGAL<br />
Miguel is back in the field and back<br />
with the AA LEGION this month as he<br />
reports on an annual event that takeS<br />
place in Portugal, which sees teams<br />
from all over the country gathering to<br />
test out their “night game” skills as<br />
they battle through another round of<br />
“NIGHT OPS”!<br />
44 THE CAGE: GREEN GEAR<br />
We’re rolling on with our focus on<br />
different camo patterns and colours<br />
for gear this month with a look at<br />
the many forms of green that are out<br />
there, why this is such an important<br />
colour for airsoft, and what specific<br />
bots of kit that the AA LEGION like<br />
and recommend!<br />
76 AA LEGION: UK<br />
With player numbers back in the<br />
thousands, The National <strong>Airsoft</strong><br />
Festival (NAF) is still the UK’s largest<br />
airsoft event and after a cracking<br />
2022 event there were even higher<br />
expectations for this year’s gathering<br />
of airsofters not only from the UK,<br />
but from across the water too! Bill<br />
brings in his report on the annual<br />
event that we always look forward to<br />
for so many reasons!<br />
48 RED CELL: SMG UPDATE<br />
It’s time to revisit our SMG category<br />
this month, to check in on how all the<br />
little beauties in the RED CELL program<br />
are faring after a couple of year (or<br />
more!) of use and abuse! We’re<br />
starting to really focus down on some<br />
specific models, with some great tech<br />
input as well as our ongoing user-data!<br />
86 AA LEGION: TAIWAN<br />
“Military” Anny Wu and Stewbacca<br />
provide coverage of an exciting<br />
competitive shooting event held with<br />
support from the local airsoft industry<br />
and competitive shooting teams with<br />
the involvement of our good friend<br />
Clarence Lai the ‘<strong>Airsoft</strong> Surgeon’<br />
in an apparently very successful<br />
attempt to open up the competitive<br />
circuit to new and particularly<br />
younger practitioners, eschewing the<br />
typical expensive barriers to entry<br />
like regulated shooting belts and<br />
equipment as well as the need for<br />
lengthy training and certification to<br />
compete!<br />
60 INSIDE AIRSOFT: LCT AIRSOFT<br />
With collaborative efforts between<br />
‘Military’ Anny and Stewbacca<br />
intensifying, our dynamic duo turned<br />
their attention to re-visiting our<br />
friends in Changhua and spent the<br />
day with LCT <strong>Airsoft</strong> catching up on<br />
their latest releases and upcoming<br />
products (those they are comfortable<br />
talking more openly about!), with<br />
the same dual-language interview<br />
technique to cover off various aspects<br />
of their operations.<br />
94 RELOADED: ROSSI NEPTUNE<br />
10.5” SAS<br />
After six months in testing Bill<br />
now gives his verdict on the ROSSI<br />
NEPTUNE 10.5” SAS, how it has fared<br />
so far, and his journey to take it from<br />
a basic AEG to something that he’d<br />
be happy showing off at any level or<br />
airsoft game from Sunday Skirmish to<br />
full-on MilSim!
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