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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INSIDE AIRSOFT<br />
LCT AIRSOFT<br />
INTEL FROM THE SOURCE<br />
During her conversations with the top man himself,<br />
Anny managed to glean some more in depth<br />
background of the origins of the company, so it’s over<br />
now to Anny!<br />
The founder of LCT, who is also known as the<br />
“Godfather of the AK”, inherited his father’s business<br />
of a moulding factory but in the process of continuing<br />
its operation, he unwittingly helped out a well-known<br />
toy gun brand OEM at that time.<br />
Later, by chance, he decided to found the LCT<br />
<strong>Airsoft</strong> sub-brand in 1982 having already gleaned a lot<br />
of experience in producing stamped replica weapons<br />
components for the OEM, it seemed a natural<br />
progression to build their own systems; but why did<br />
he choose the AK series? What about the positioning<br />
of the gun brand?<br />
Actually because it is an unpopular choice for<br />
others, not being easy to design and manufacture,<br />
and when he was a student, he had studied mouldrelated<br />
disciplines, and been influenced by it since<br />
he was a child. Thus, LCT found their expertise being<br />
applied to a sector of the industry few others dared<br />
to enter; in fact, having graduated from EMBA in<br />
June 2021 he even wore his bachelor’s robes to<br />
the company exhibition room, posing with AKs in<br />
both hands to take his graduation commemorative<br />
photos! Not long after in <strong>2023</strong> he returned to “The<br />
Affiliated Industrial Vocational High School of National<br />
Changhua University of Education” and received their<br />
“outstanding alumni” award on stage for his efforts.<br />
I first met the founder of LCT at a military exhibition<br />
in Taiwan, he always appears well dressed in business<br />
suits, as do his staff at such exhibitions, setting<br />
themselves apart from many of their peers; as well as<br />
presenting himself as calm, collected and reserved for<br />
the most part, not talking too much, rather letting the<br />
products do the work. However on Facebook he often<br />
shares many of his deeper thoughts and business<br />
related axioms, such as;<br />
“Birds of a feather flock together, and people<br />
belong to groups. In your life, you can either<br />
influence others or be influenced by others.<br />
When you are still at the bottom of society, it is<br />
very important and necessary to be influenced<br />
by others. The key is who is influencing you,<br />
and whether you are often influenced by others.<br />
Some people at the same level as you are always<br />
“THE FOUNDER OF LCT, WHO IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE “GODFATHER OF THE AK”,<br />
INHERITED HIS FATHER’S BUSINESS OF A MOULDING FACTORY BUT IN THE PROCESS<br />
OF CONTINUING ITS OPERATION, HE UNWITTINGLY HELPED OUT A WELL-KNOWN TOY<br />
GUN BRAND OEM AT THAT TIME.”<br />
62<br />
OCTOBER <strong>2023</strong>
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