Airsoft Action - January 2021

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JANUARY 2021
JANUARY 2021
8 ARMOURY: VFC MK18 MOD1 GBBR
Bill is a lover of shorter AR carbines and a fan
of gas blowback models, so he was keen to
check out the latest MK18 MOD1 GBBR from
VegaForceCompany (VFC). Thanks to Redwolf UK,
he was finally able to get “hands on”!
14 ARMOURY: BOLT AIRSOFT B4 PDW
B.R.S.S.
As Red Cell are setting up to look at a whole
bunch of “PDW-style” AEGs next month, Bill has
been out on the range preparing things and has
been somewhat taken with the latest model to
come from BOLT Airsoft in Taiwan!
20 ARMOURY: UMAREX KWA HK45 GBB
Having first seen this pistol in Spain, it wasn’t until
AA Legionnaire, Stewbacca, arrived in Taiwan that
he eventually added one to his armoury.
24 KIT & GEAR: LOFTED GARMENTS
Every winter we like to have a look at what’s new
from our old friends at Snugpak by including
an article on why you should look to invest in
some serious “lofted”, or insulated protection.
Continuing his look at “good gear to go”, our
in-house technical clothing “guru”, Bill, takes a
look at both new gear and that which has been
thoroughly tried and tested!
30 SHOW REPORT: MOA 2020
Airsoft Action’s Legionnaire in Taiwan, Stewbacca,
heads to the annual Military, Outdoor and Airsoft
exhibition, where he checked out the new releases
from Vega Force Company, among others.
34 FEATURE: DSI MCX BUILD
We’re very proud that amongst the team at
Airsoft Action ALL of our contributors are actively
engaged in the world of airsoft, either as a player
or within the industry proper! John “Boycie”
Turrell brings us a report of an extremely detailed
custom build he was involved in to create a very
special - and very specific - AEG!
38 SURVIVAL: IFAK
Real life military personnel carry individual first aid
kits and, as more airsofters are doing the same,
survival expert, Paul Yelland, looks at what items
should be included for airsoft.
42 RED CELL: OTHER GBB PISTOLS
Although many of the Red cell members live quite
close to one another, the recent full lockdown in
the UK meant that they were unable to meet in
person, so Bill looked to “adapt and overcome” in
order to create this month’s test report in order to
bring you the results of the test on “other GBBS”!
50 KIT & GEAR: PTS UNITY
When it comes down to licensed airsoft products
from the firearms and parts industry, PTS Syndicate
is always a company worth looking out for! Chris
from the Airsoft & Milsim New Blog brings us
news of the very latest additions to the expansive
PTS Syndicate range.
52 ACTION AIR: TAIWAN
After a short break our Legionnaire in Taiwan,
“Stewbacca”, once again pits his talents against
other local shooters - and this time he didn’t have
to travel far!
56 RELOADED: SIG AIR M17
This month in RELOADED Boycie sets his sights
on a GBB pistol model that continues to take on
greater significanace in its “real world” form, the
M17!
58 KIT & GEAR: 5.11 ALL MISSIONS PC
Airsoft Action Legionnaire and “Man Down
Under”, Ioan “Iggy” Roberts, reports from
Australia where he turns his attention to his latest
plate carrier acquisition.
60 TECH REPORT: VFC MEETS JEFFTRON
It’s all very well reporting on new technologies as
they appear but, of course, as airsofters we want
to know how these can be applied to enhance
the performance of our AEGs and GBBs to give
us the edge “in game”, don’t we? This month, in
his first report for Airsoft Action, Red Cell shooter
Jimmy Davison tells all about using the JEFFTRON
LEVIATHAN in a recent build!
64 FEATURE: THE FUTURE OF AIRSOFT
The Global Pandemic has made many of us stop
and think about what we really love when it
comes to our personal “airsoft experience”. Here
in the UK, Bill got together with a local “Site Op”
to give a vision of one possible future…
68 ARMOURY: CYMA NAM AR SERIES
As a keen collector of Vietnam War era gear and
living history enthusiast, as well as airsoft, player
Bill is constantly looking out for new period AEGs
and GBBs that are ideal for that conflict and he’s
been waiting to get hands-on the new models
from CYMA that fit right in!
72 THE CAGE: ALL I WANT FOR…
2020 has been a year that most of us would
like to forget for many reasons, but the fact is
that even during the most challenging of times
airsofters around the globe have adapted to
overcome, getting their game on whenever, and
wherever, it was safe to do so! Bill reflects on the
past year, and checks in with the AA team to find
out what they’d really, REALLY like for Christmas!
78 FEATURE: THE MP7A1
As promised at the end of Frenchie’s piece on the
Glock 18c AEP last month, this month he’s turning
his attention to the Marui MP7A1.
82 RETAIL ROUNDUP
Christmas is on the horizon, and we don’t know
about you but we are very much looking forward
to it this year! Of course it’s that time when your
nearest and dearest that wish to humour your
airsoft addiction will be asking you for little gift
ideas, so this time we’ve kept things sensible(ish!)
for all those little stocking fillers!
86 LAST POST: THAT WAS THEN…
Frenchie says: “If I have understood the vagaries
of editorial timing, Christmas should be upon us
and this should be an appropriate point to wish all
of you a Happy New Year! If I’m a month late…
Oops, belated Happy New Year!”