Airsoft Action - January 2021

TECH TALK
UMAREX VFC MEETS JEFFTRON LEVIATHAN
UMAREX VFC
MEETS JEFFTRON
LEVIATHAN
IT’S ALL VERY WELL REPORTING ON NEW PRODUCTS AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO HIT THE MARKET 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!
So, back at the start of October, one eve
before the now-regular adventures of Red
Cell, myself, Marcus Ravera (All Ages Airsoft)
and John “Boycie” Turrell met up just for a general
chinwag about all and anything airsoft and part of
that chinwag brought up the subject of the Jefftron
Leviathans. John mentioned he had a nice VFC HK416
which could use a little revamping…
Marcus and I were then tasked with the job of
fitting said Leviathan and naturally we accepted that
challenge. A few weeks passed and one morning a
parcel had arrived at the shop; excited was I! Having
never had my hands on the VFC 416 before, I was
very eager to have a look at it and my initial opinion
was that of great quality. One solid piece of kit -
which is something you expect from Umarex/VFC - no
rattles or wobbles and it felt very realistic. Aesthetically
stunning I must say and I couldn’t wait to get it down
on the range and see just how well it operated. To
my dismay, we discovered a slight problem with the
trigger system and as soon as a battery was fitted
(sadly a common thing with some of the Gen1 416s
as it happened to Bill’s too, so something to watch out
for as they age!), as it went full auto with no input
from the trigger. Oh well… What does that really
matter, as its having a major upgrade anyway. This is
where Marcus takes over with the build…
TIDY WORKBENCH, TIDY MIND… OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT!
First things first, it’s time to tidy Marcus’ bench and
get this wagon rolling… after a coffee of course!
Initial takedown of the rifle was very easy, up until
we reached the mag release and I invented a few new
words at that point (as did Marcus)! The mag catch
is unlike any I’m used to seeing, as it had the tiniest
of grub screws that went through the release button.
After managing to find an allen key which was almost
hair-like, we managed to remove it and the rest of the
strip was straight forward, with no more surprises.
I love the fact it has a quick-change spring as, from
“INITIAL TAKEDOWN OF THE RIFLE WAS VERY EASY, UP UNTIL WE REACHED THE MAG
RELEASE AND I INVENTED A FEW NEW WORDS AT THAT POINT (AS DID MARCUS)! THE
MAG CATCH IS UNLIKE ANY I’M USED TO SEEING, AS IT HAD THE TINIEST OF GRUB
SCREWS THAT WENT THROUGH THE RELEASE BUTTON.”
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JANUARY 2021