Airsoft Action - January 2021

armoury
BOLT AIRSOFT B4 PDW
subsequently generates a recoil
simulation …and that is awesome!
This gives you a great recoil
“feel” without having to resort to
a full-travel-bolt gas system, which
although are becoming more
reliable still don’t quite give you
the usability of an AEG. All BOLT
BRSS models feature a reinforced
piston which actuates a
recoil mechanism in the back
end, giving you a nice “felt
nudge” in the shoulder every
time things cycle. Trust me,
this is WAY different to an EBB
system (which I also dislike to
be honest due to the way most
interact directly with the piston),
as the BRSS gives you the feeling
of some real “felt recoil” whilst
keeping you in the game, as
BOLT AEGs can still use Hi-
Cap magazines like any
other AEG,
if that’s your thing!
So, a good
recoil system
endears the B4
PDW to me
from the
get-go
but
what
else
makes
this a
standout
model for me? Well,
the B4 is (as usual) made of
really great quality materials and
components with a high-grade
alloy receiver set, PDW-style
sliding stock, buffer tube, BUIS,
outer barrel and suppressor. It also
features some really nice polymer
furniture on the front end
that looks decidedly like
it came from a company
whose name begins with a stylised “M”, a lo-drag
polymer stock plate and a nifty minimalised pistol
grip; the magazine is also an attractive 140BB polymer
design, although 300 BB Hi-Caps are also available.
So far, so samey but it’s the polymer furniture
that not only looks great but also hides what, in my
opinion, makes the B4 work so well as an all-dayfieldable
AEG. Like many older AR AEG models BOLT
have stuck to the tried and tested formula of frontwiring
the B4 and using a split foregrip to create a
usable (and indeed sizeable) battery compartment,
which pleases me greatly! Not only that but, of
course, the battery being at the front balances out
the 2,600g weight of the AEG nicely and lets the
weight in the rear get to work… At a time when
everyone seems to want to rear-wire small AEGs, so
that they can be fitted with uber-slimline M-LOK or
KeyMod rails, this is one area where actually frontwiring
works! Like that “M-design” forestock you
can still add accessory rails to the B4 if you desire
but again to me this needs to be kept “clean”,
other than perhaps mounting a taclite for low-light
environments.
KICK IT BABY!
Another tick for me that shows Tomy’s understanding
of real firearm platforms, is the additional plate
that sits between the skeleton-stock “arms”; this
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JANUARY 2021