PMCI - March - 2020

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6MM TRAINING: SR-16
remove the BCG for cleaning and maintenance, again, just like
the real thing.
Specifications:
• Length - 33 inches (838 mm -stock extended), 29.75
inches
(756 mm - stock retracted)
• Weight - 2770g (unloaded)
• Magazine Capacity - 30 BBs
• Power Source - Gas Powered via Magazine
• Blowback – Yes, Full Travel BCG
• Shooting Modes - Semi, Full Auto
• Hop-up – Adjustable for BB weight
• Magazine Compatibility - VFC M4 GBBR models
But what is beauty without performance? I’m pleased to report
that the SR-16 has both. I initially took the carbine to my usual
30m woodland range to chrono and test, and in terms of power
I got a consistent 1.35 Joule/382fps on a .20g BB using green
gas, and with .30g BBs the accuracy was stunning at that range!
I spoke more to Ray after the initial test and he seemed a little
miffed that I’d only tested at 30m as in Taiwan they’d been
hitting A4 sheets at twice that distance!
Never one to be put off by a challenge, I duly fitted the SR-
16 with a Harris-style bipod and a Vortex Strike Eagle 1-6X24
optic and headed back to the woods. Measuring out 75m I
secured one of my own home-made A4 targets and had at it
prone… suffice to say that the A4 came home with twenty 6mm
holes drilled in it.
I honestly have fallen in love with the VFC SR-16, and now
that I’ve used and trained with it this feeling has only been
reinforced; I honestly, genuinely love it to bits! There are many
gas rifles and carbines out there now that “simulate” the real
thing, and many of them are very, very expensive beasts.
Having now shot the SR-16 I can tell you that it will perform as
well as the best, and you’ll find it with most good dealers for
under US$350! Now the SR-16 is with me I’ll be returning to it
in our “on test” section over time so you can see how things
develop.
In closing, this is by no means your average “airsoft gun”
and for this reason I don’t believe you’ll be seeing it regularly
in “games”, but it hasn’t been designed and made for the mass
market. It’s been designed and made for those that truly want
a training platform that operates exactly like the real thing, but
that fires simple 6mm BBs, not live 5.56! It’s been designed for
the collector and those that want to use every tool in the box
they can access to make themselves a better, smoother, and
indeed safer shooter… basically it’s been designed for people
like me, and to that end I can only recommend it to you in the
best possible way!
My thanks go to my good freind Ray at VFC
(https://www.vegaforce.com) for being part
of this article, and also to the guys at http://
uk.redwolfairsoft.com for facilitating delivery.
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