Airsoft Action - December 2023
Another month flies by and here we are as always with a new monthly issue of AIRSOFT ACTION cram-packed with all the airsoft content we know you love! Kicking off proceedings this month with our cover and headline review Dan gets his teeth firmly into the latest OPFOR goodness from ARCTURUS in the shape of the PP-19-01 PE Z-TAC SP1, quickly countered for BLUFOR by Miguel with his initial field notes on the all-new SPECNA ARMS SA-FX01 FLEX, and we round out our main reviews this month by sticking with all things “9mm” as Bill heads to the range with the awesome CYMA CM106A PLATINUM! RED CELL stay on the SMG-track as they land their mid-term update on FIFTEEN MP5 VARIANTS, whilst the AA LEGION delve into the glories of AOR1 and 2 and what makes these patterns so special. There’s also a look at new eyepro from the EDGE tactical range that we’ve had in test for a while… We then turn our attention to airsoft around the world with our international coverage as Stewbacca lands an interview with the mighty NONOCAT from New Zealand, and then reports on his recent experiences at a Level 1 Competition shoot in Tainan! Miguel brings home his now-annual look at ANA Portugal’s SALAMANDRA game, and we wrap up this month with our report on the awesome 2023 G&G CQB WORLD CUP shoot in Taipei! You want airsoft? We’ll bring you airsoft stories and news from all over the globe, and we hope you’ll enjoy our content this month just as much as we’ve enjoyed creating it!
Another month flies by and here we are as always with a new monthly issue of AIRSOFT ACTION cram-packed with all the airsoft content we know you love!
Kicking off proceedings this month with our cover and headline review Dan gets his teeth firmly into the latest OPFOR goodness from ARCTURUS in the shape of the PP-19-01 PE Z-TAC SP1, quickly countered for BLUFOR by Miguel with his initial field notes on the all-new SPECNA ARMS
SA-FX01 FLEX, and we round out our main reviews this month by sticking with all things “9mm” as Bill heads to the range with the awesome CYMA CM106A PLATINUM!
RED CELL stay on the SMG-track as they land their mid-term update on FIFTEEN MP5 VARIANTS, whilst the AA LEGION delve into the glories of
AOR1 and 2 and what makes these patterns so special. There’s also a look at new eyepro from the EDGE tactical range that we’ve had in test for a while…
We then turn our attention to airsoft around the world with our international coverage as Stewbacca lands an interview with the mighty NONOCAT from New Zealand, and then reports on his recent experiences at a Level 1 Competition shoot in Tainan! Miguel brings home his now-annual look at ANA Portugal’s SALAMANDRA game, and we wrap up this month with our report on the awesome 2023 G&G CQB WORLD CUP shoot in Taipei!
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ARMOURY<br />
CYMA CM106A PLATINUM RAPID STRIKE<br />
Internally everything is easy to work on as the<br />
“106” features a V2 Gearbox with MOSFET which<br />
offers great performance with super responsiveness.<br />
weighing in at just<br />
an absolute dream<br />
my testing was on<br />
2320g the “106” is<br />
to run, and although<br />
the 30m woods<br />
range I can<br />
tell that this<br />
Also in the<br />
mix are a metal<br />
hop chamber with precise<br />
wheel-adjustment, a<br />
reinforced gearbox with<br />
a CNC-machined steel<br />
gear set (13:1) and 8mm<br />
bearings, full steel-tooth<br />
polycarbonate piston, CNCmachined<br />
aluminium silent<br />
cylinder and piston head set<br />
(bearing piston head,<br />
double o-ring cylinder<br />
head), a bearing spring<br />
guide, and they’re all<br />
driven along by a longtype<br />
high-speed motor!<br />
Add to this a Quick<br />
Change Spring System<br />
which allows you<br />
to adapt to varying<br />
field conditions<br />
effortlessly<br />
without complex<br />
disassembly and<br />
you’ve got a<br />
pretty righteous<br />
mix!<br />
DOWNRANGE<br />
At 548mm (629mm with the stock fully extended) and<br />
would be perfect<br />
in tight spaces<br />
as it’s super-easy<br />
to manipulate, and<br />
extremely pointable!<br />
Now in terms of performance<br />
I was pretty confident of what to<br />
expect straight from the box, but<br />
I was pleasantly surprised when I<br />
got onto the range. Using my usual<br />
11.1 stick LiPo in the buffer tube<br />
(another plus for a proper stock!)<br />
and on .20g BBs the model I received<br />
chrono’d in at 1.04 Joule/335fps and<br />
this remained pretty constant throughout testing. As<br />
I’m a now pretty much exclusively a midcap-user in<br />
AEGs these days I was delighted with the two 130BB<br />
models (one straight and one “MP5 Bullet Mag”<br />
curved) as standard, and both fed flawlessly; I’m also<br />
thinking that the “106” would look awesome with a<br />
shorter MP5-style mag in a CP setting…<br />
CYMA claim that the “106” is compatible with<br />
Tokyo Marui, and other MOD5/MP5 series AEG<br />
magazines and I’m pleased to report that other MP5<br />
mags I already have fed perfectly too. Although this<br />
little AEG only has a 155mm, 6.03 inner barrel it was<br />
easy to get shots on target at 10, 20, and 30m, and<br />
in terms of groupings at 30m prone using the flipsights<br />
things were more than acceptable, and I’m<br />
certain this will improve further once the “106” has<br />
had time to bed in properly. As I prefer to shoot on<br />
semi-auto the ROF, although apparently exactly where<br />
claimed, was of little interest to me, but the response<br />
“AT 548MM (629MM WITH THE STOCK FULLY EXTENDED) AND WEIGHING IN AT JUST<br />
2320G THE “106” IS AN ABSOLUTE DREAM TO RUN, AND ALTHOUGH MY TESTING WAS<br />
ON THE 30M WOODS RANGE I CAN TELL THAT THIS WOULD BE PERFECT IN TIGHT<br />
SPACES AS IT’S SUPER-EASY TO MANIPULATE, AND EXTREMELY POINTABLE!”<br />
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