Airsoft Action - December 2023

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MP5 UPDATE
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every time, but if there’s no licence then don’t use
trademarks, and what CYMA have done is to take
the “principle” of an MP5 and enhance it in a way
that has no real-world equivalent. This I can live with,
and the sheer range of models from classic to 100%
righteous, right-on-the-money for today means that
CYMA can have you covered whatever the timeperiod
you’re looking for!
And it’s what CYMA has done internally and
externally that matters here; the CM.041L (5 inch
Barrel, 3 inch M-LOK) is basically a railed “K” with a
PDW stock, the G is standard 5-length (9 inch Barrel,
6.3 inch M-LOK) with the same stock, and the H
replaces the PDW-stock of the G with a buffer tube
and sliding carbine stock, but they all come from
the new PLATINIUM series, created as a cooperation
again between CYMA and TAIWANGUN.COM (TWG).
The metal body and outer barrel marry up with a
nylon pistol grip like the real deal, and the compact
design with different adjustable stocks makes all three
models ideal for CQB/CQC.
Internally things look good as you get a reinforced
V2 gearbox frame, full steel tooth polycarbonate
piston, CNC machined steel gear set (ratio: 13:1),
CNC machined aluminium silent cylinder and piston
head set (ball bearing piston head, double o-ring
cylinder head), all of which is powered along by a
high-speed motor, and benefits from a processor
unit with built-in MOSFET system. All three variants
are what CYMA call their E-EDITION & HIGH-SPEED
models, and set up like they are come in with a power
around 350-360fps on a .20g and, in combination
with a LiPo battery a very good trigger response and
OOTB ROF around 25rps! The test models have thus
far performed admirably which just goes to show
how far CYMA have come in recent years, and with a
sensible price-tag what’s not to love?
Boycie: I’d hate to think how many MP5s I’ve
owned over the years. My first was the old TM SD6
with non-adjustable hop. Then around the turn of
the century I had a TM MP5A5 as part of my kit in
a Stargate-based team. This was a great AEG and
eventually was passed between two other team
members. Back in those days it was spray everything
and we estimated that by the time the piston needed
to be replaced it had fired around 1,000,000 BB’s. It
“THIS WAS A GREAT AEG AND EVENTUALLY WAS PASSED BETWEEN TWO OTHER
TEAM MEMBERS. BACK IN THOSE DAYS IT WAS SPRAY EVERYTHING AND WE
ESTIMATED THAT BY THE TIME THE PISTON NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IT HAD
FIRED AROUND 1,000,000 BB’S”
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DECEMBER 2023