Airsoft Action - February 2021

armoury
LCT LCK-16
“IN TERMS OF ACCURACY, I WAS MORE THAN HAPPY ON SEMI BUT THIS IS
SUPPOSED TO BE A “FULL-AUTO-SUPPORT-BEAST” AND BE ABLE TO SPIT OUT BBS
CONSISTENTLY AND GIVE AN AREA-DOMINATING EFFECT, RATHER THAN BEING NAIL-
ON-THE HEAD ACCURATE - AND IT DOES THIS WITH ALACRITY!”
the drum can be easily and swiftly filled by splitting
it at the rear. The drum also holds a box for three
AA batteries (pretty common for AK drum mags)
and the winding mech is easily activated using the
lever on the front face. Just like the original RPK you
can use standard AK magazines in the LCK-16 and I
tried a number of brands that all fed perfectly well.
This means that if you do go through your allotted
“2,000” in a firefight you can grab a mag from a
team-mate and get straight back in the game!
With an 11.1 LiPo fitted (you need to remove
the body pin at the front of the dust cover and
slide the whole thing off to fit one, and it’s a tight
squeeze so be careful!) you can easily have hails of
BBs howling downrange at a very respectable rate.
The “UK-Spec’d” test sample chrono’d very nicely
at 1.09J/343fps on .20g RZRs and I was very pleased
to find that the drum mag fed very evenly and
efficiently… it must be good old-fashioned “Soviet
Simplicity” even in airsoft form! In terms of accuracy, I
was more than happy on semi but this is supposed to
be a “full-auto-support-beast” and be able to spit out
BBs consistently and give an area-dominating effect,
rather than being nail-on-the head accurate - and it
does this with alacrity! I will tell you that it’s no slouch
when it comes to aimed fire though as, at 50m prone,
I was easily able to put all my BBs on target on semi,
and having semi is a bonus as you can still use the
LCK indoors without automatically having to resort
to a secondary. “Walking” the LCK-16 from target
to target with controlled bursts gave me a good idea
of what it’s capable of - and that’s a LOT - when it
comes down to suppressing your opponent’s fire and
movement capability, which is exactly what you want
from a support gun.
I said earlier, the LCK-16 is still a new model but
LCT have a great reputation for durability and longterm
performance (my personal AKs are still rocking
after years of use), so I’m thinking that things will
continue “as new” for some considerable time, even
when you’re talking about an AEG that’s going to be
used on full-auto the majority of the time. I’m seeing
the LCK-16 available around the UK£450-£470 mark
at the moment and for a thoroughly modern support
gun that oozes “OPFOR/Ratnik Cred” that’s a great
price! Having now had one in my hands and on the
range, I am most seriously considering adding one to
my own personal collection - and that’s the very best
recommendation I can give you!
My thanks as always go to UK LCT distributor
www.nuprol.com for providing the test sample, and
these super AEGs should now be appearing in your
favourite airsoft shops, so GET SUM! AA
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