Airsoft Action - October 2023

INSIDE AIRSOFT
LCT AIRSOFT
format, really) or if recreating the FAL and its more
modern offshoot family members such as the SA58
would be a better path… I guess you should all make
your voices heard, of course I implored that the L1A1
is what the people really want, but give LCT your
constructive feedback and ideas!
Returning to my preferred Heckler & Koch-themed
platforms, many of you will have noticed allusion to
an MP5 AEG which will undoubtedly be built like a
tank in an identical fashion to its real steel counterpart
and no doubt blow away other AEG offerings of
everyone’s favourite roller delayed blowback SAS
door-kicking balcony appreciators Maschine Pistole 5!
However, at present they are awaiting a stabilisation
of the supply chain and market forces before focusing
on its eventual release; they want to get it right,
and at a price point that will make it competitive in
a saturated market, so we’ll all just have to wait, I
guess.
Similarly the keen-eyed among you may have
noticed in one of their own videos a while back the
unmistakable club foot style butt stock of an HK21
light/ general purpose machine gun; based heavily
off the G3 platform they have already perfected the
other variants of, they were good enough to show us
the aforementioned 3D CAD assembly in its advanced
stages of design finalisation, immediately appealing
to the nerd in me, given my own past life and present
dabblings in such design efforts and software.
Again, it’s really a case of awaiting a better market
that will allow them to produce what is quite a
heavy and complicated product line which also
requires quite a few proprietary moulded or stamped
components that differentiate it from their existing
H&K components; it’s not really a matter of technical
challenges besides perhaps some new and potentially
tricky plastic moulds, but again largely based more
on bringing the product to market in a sensible and
appealing price range that will make it accessible to
the fanbase that will appreciate it… patience, fellow
shooters!
NOW FOR THE WOW!
With lots of ground covered with both Anny and
myself we moved upstairs to the gun show room to
enjoy the vast array of different AK and HK variants
along with the machine guns and launchers arrayed
on the floor, and got hands on with the traditional
SVD and newest SVDS AEGs as well as looking at the
new Z series accessories and comparing their extruded
billets and end products to get an idea about their
manufacture.
Yup, we took plenty of pictures and videos of
the multitude of guns and components available;
I did finally manage to break something of LCT’s
manufacture… unfortunately it was their “Game of
Thrones-esque” armchair composed of various gun
parts welded together… I guess I have a wide bone
structure or something as I managed to pop off the
spot weld of the arm on one side… I believe I need to
run around in the hills some more with some of LCT’s
heavyweight AEGs!
Before I could wreck the joint anymore we collected
our thoughts and equipment and said our goodbyes
before Benita was good enough to drop us back at
the HSR station for our return journey to Taipei. I look
forward to seeing more of the upcoming products
from LCT and I’m sure you’ll all be equally excited to
see me share my thoughts of them; keep your eyes
peeled for the SVDS AEG review coming soon, fellow
shooters!
Many thanks as always to our good friends at
LCT for their hospitality and openness to answering
our questions and showing us around their facilities,
as well as
of course
to Anny for
accompanying
me and
handling
the native
language
aspect of the
interview and
a lot of the
photography
while I filmed
manufacturing
processes for
other content
to follow later!
AA
“YUP, WE TOOK PLENTY OF PICTURES AND VIDEOS OF THE MULTITUDE OF GUNS
AND COMPONENTS AVAILABLE; I DID FINALLY MANAGE TO BREAK SOMETHING OF
LCT’S MANUFACTURE… UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS THEIR “GAME OF THRONES-ESQUE”
ARMCHAIR COMPOSED OF VARIOUS GUN PARTS WELDED TOGETHER…”
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