Airsoft Action - December 2023

ARMOURY
CYMA CM106A CYBERGUN/BOLT PLATINUM BRSS RAPID SCAR-SC STRIKE
THE WORLD OF THE PISTOL CALIBRE CARBINE (PCC) CONTINUES TO EXPAND, AND AS WE
CONTINUE OUR “9MM” THEME FOR THIS ISSUE BILL’S BEEN ON THE RANGE WITH THE LATEST
MODEL FROM INDUSTRY-GIANTS CYMA AND FINDS THEIR NEW RAPID STRIKE VERY MUCH TO HIS
LIKING FOR A NUMBER OF VERY GOOD REASONS!
I’ve made no secret about how
impressed I, and we collectively,
have been in relation to CYMA
in the last couple of years,
and the introduction of their
E-EDITION and PLATINUM AR
series AEGs has been particularly
noteworthy as they offer solid
performance from the box, and
with a few very minor tweaks can
be absolutely first rate. A number of the
AA Crew own 097 and 098 AR variants,
and these have proved to be extremely
durable with great levels of performance
from the get-go!
As you’ll also see in RED CELL this
month CYMA continue to update their MP5
range and these are well-liked by us too;
quite frankly I believe that there’s a model for
everyone in the mix if the “5” is your thing. We’ll
continue to beast these models as a matter of
course and report back over time, but thus far the
CYMA “5s” are literally going “great guns”…
But the rise of the “AR-style” Pistol Calibre
Carbine (PCC) AEG continues apace, and new
models appear regularly in the marketplace. I’ve
always loved really short ARs for specific scenarios
like those where I’m running a CP detail from
vehicles, but as I’ve often said, as good as they are
the models with PDW-style sliding stocks are largely
not for me… sadly being a big lad with ape-like
arms this style of stock is just too short and I can’t
shoulder the platforms to my liking.
I was therefore very happy indeed when I first saw
the new RAPID STRIKE models from CYMA as they
appeared to have all the features I like most, but in
addition to the CM106 that has a PDW-slider there
was also the CM106A with a proper buffer tube and
AR-style stock as well… WIN!
This is important to me as a) it allows me to have
a stock that I can set to the length of pull I like, and
b) allows me to take properly aimed shots from
the shoulder! I know this may seem an odd thing
to say, but it honesty, how many of us just learn to
follow the string of BBs leaving our AEGs to get on
target when if full-auto mode? I know that I’ve been
guilty of this myself when I’m being a bit lazy, and
especially in night games when I’ve been using a
tracer…
However, as my personal style of play has changed
over the years so has the importance of taking
properly-aimed semi-auto shots that will actually…
you know… hit the intended target each time!
Using mid-cap or real-cap magazines has not exactly
forced me to return to taking aimed shots as every
BB needs to count, but it has made me realise that all
of us can fall into a groove that removes reliance on
well-practiced skills, drills and accurate shooting to
a dependence on ROF and “spray and pray”, which
of course in-game can lead to overshooting and very
unhappy opponents!
So, straight away the short and sweet CM106A
sings to me and in some ways the smaller
“SOPMOD” six-position stock that comes fitted to
the buffer tube of the AEG reminds me in a weird
way of one of my favourite historical models, the
“I WAS THEREFORE VERY HAPPY INDEED WHEN I FIRST SAW THE NEW RAPID STRIKE
MODELS FROM CYMA AS THEY APPEARED TO HAVE ALL THE FEATURES I LIKE MOST,
BUT IN ADDITION TO THE CM106 THAT HAS A PDW-SLIDER THERE WAS ALSO THE
CM106A WITH A PROPER BUFFER TUBE AND AR-STYLE STOCK AS WELL… WIN!”
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