Airsoft Action - January 2021

armoury
BOLT AIRSOFT B4 PDW
can be perfectly positioned so that you can grab a
tight cheek-weld and really get down on your irons!
“Irons” are provided as part of the B4 “package”
and to be honest these are the only thing that I’d
change out on the AEG as new (although personally
I’d probably lose the faux-suppressor too… what is
that red ring about Tomy?), as I’d prefer some lowerto-the-bore,
more slimline lo-profile flip-up sights to
keep things from catching if you’re carrying the AEG
“concealed” under a jacket, but that’s an extremely
minor gripe in an otherwise flawless PDW.
Okay, well-made, neat and compact but what of
performance? Knowing that the internals are the
latest iteration of the tried and tested BRSS and that
I’ve had a fair amount of experience with BOLT AEGs, I
was confident that out-of-the-box performance would
be impressive and indeed it was! Using .20g RZR BBs
the B4 registered a properly consistent chrono reading
of 0.96J/323fps which is absolutely perfect for me. I
did try the BOLT with a number of different brand AR
magazines, lo, mid, and hi-cap (it looks awesome and
properly “CP” with shorty P-MAGS!) and it seemed
perfectly happy to eat the fodder they provided.
With the 140 BB mid provided topped off with .25
RZRs, it was time to set the hop and get some BBs
downrange! Like all ARs the B4 has the fire selector
above and to the left of the pistol grip and with semi
engaged the BOLT cranked off BBs with a sweet jolt
in the shoulder, sending them straight downrange to
target at 30m. Cranking up to full-auto didn’t faze it
at all and on an N-Power 11.1v 30C 1450 mAh Lipo
stick, the B4 spat out BBs pleasingly, accuracy was still
bang on and if anything, the thump in the shoulder
seemed to intensify!
As you’ve probably fathomed by now, once again I
really like what BOLT have created. BOLT Airsoft have
made, to me at least, one of the nicest, most usable
“PDWs” out there, not only benefitting from their
outstanding recoil system but also through value for
money along with quality of parts and construction.
If you love your PDW but want something that will
see you happily through the longest of Ops, then the
B4 PDW could well be the one you’re looking for; it
certainly is for me!
Sincere thanks got to the guys at NUPROL (www.
nuprol.com) who distribute the BOLT brand in the UK
as always for providing the test rifle. Red cell will be
hitting the PDWs next month, so check out then how
the BOLT B4 performs against the competition! AA
“BOLT AIRSOFT HAVE MADE, TO ME AT LEAST, ONE OF THE NICEST, MOST USABLE
“PDWS” OUT THERE, NOT ONLY BENEFITTING FROM THEIR OUTSTANDING RECOIL
SYSTEM BUT ALSO THROUGH VALUE FOR MONEY ALONG WITH QUALITY OF PARTS
AND CONSTRUCTION.”
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