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6MM TRAINING - VFC BCM MCMR BCM MCMR! BCM is, at least to me, such an important brand to finally see in licenced 6MM form, and you REALLY need to understand where I’m coming from to fully appreciate what is on offer from VFC! BCM started in the garage of a USMC veteran in Wisconsin, shortly after Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. As their website proudly tells one and all, BCM was founded to support the needs of Private Security Professionals working in theatres where durable mil-spec components for their weapon systems were not readily available. BCM (Bravo Company MFG, Inc.) builds professional grade weaponry manufactured, reinforced and tested to meet the unforgiving needs of professional Soldiers, Law Enforcement and responsible citizens in some of the most high threat environments in the world, products that are; “Engineered and built as lifesaving equipment with industryleading mechanical quality control, BCM lifesaving tools serve US Military Special Operations Units, Department of Homeland Security, responsible American citizens and other government agencies at home and around the world.” Bravo Company are one of the “good guys”, and their motto is the classic “Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum” (If You Wish for Peace; Prepare for War), and everything they create is with this mindset in place. No shortcuts, no substitutions, no half measures, and they say go on to say that “BCM was founded to provide militarystandard weapons systems to the American Warrior. BCM builds them to be as unbreakable as the people who use them”. Built using the highest-quality materials and tested to meet the needs of the most demanding users, BCM equipment increases survivability in dangerous situations. Again, you may have noticed in all the reviews I carry out on replica firearm models that I regularly make use of the words ‘Fully Licenced’, and it’s something that is very important to me. There are many ‘replicas’ out there that may on first glance look like the original that they are designed to resemble, but in many cases it is just that, a ‘resemblance’ rather than a true reproduction. Whilst this may seem unimportant, in fact it’s a vital part of how the industry works as a whole, both real and replica. Development of any firearm takes years, and costs many thousands of buckeroos, and both aftermarket parts and accessories form yet another part of the process. Trademark infringement is a serious matter, and failing to work with real world firearms manufacturers could see them withdrawing their products altogether from the replica market. VFC have worked in total harmony with BCM under their “BCMAIR” program, even down to using the original design specifications of the “real deal” to provide a replica with a completely authentic look and feel. Each MCMR comes with authentic BCM markings throughout, on the unique “MOD 1 SOPMOD” stock, the ergonomic and nicely-stippled “MOD 3” pistol grip, both upper and lower receivers, on the rail itself, and even on the “MOD 0 - 5.56” compensator at the sharp end, all of which means that this is a fully tried, tested and fully licenced replica! The MCMR, as a superlative high-performance GBBR, just looks fabulous, literally now as real as it gets! IT’S ALL ABOUT GUTS So far so much the same, right? However, it’s all about what’s inside the GBBR that makes the difference and really gives it some highquality, high-performance “guts”! Overall the fit and finish of the GBB MCMR is superbly, gorgeously first rate, right down to the sharp and crisp trademarks, and I’d go so far as saying that it somehow just feels great, to me at least. Everything about this training replica is utterly righteous, and just having it in your hands makes you feel that you’re holding something pretty darn special! So what, to me, makes the VFC replica of the MCMR “real”, and the answer is simple! If you can find a 6MM replica of a specific “AR” 46
uild quality and superb components, the MCMR also offers realistic take-down; by splitting the receivers you can remove the BCG for cleaning and maintenance, again, just like the real thing. that is 100% exactly like its real world counterpart, that feels, can be adjusted, and operates (albeit from gas and BBs in each magazine rather than bullets and propellant) like a real carbine for the same price I would love to hear about it! Overall the VFC MCMR is as close to the real deal as you’ll find in 6MM form, and everything is nailed down to look and feel exactly as it would on the real thing, including the operating system. There are many steel parts apparent on the MCMR, including the Bolt Catch, Magazine Release, Selector, Dummy Forward Assist, and Dust Cover. Also in steel is the Trigger Set which has Firing Pin parts of a totally new design and a “Non-Cut Lever” steel Hammer Set. VFC tell me that: “The new firing pin parts have a deeper installation position to effectively strengthen (and add) stability, and the improved lower receiver (a redesign of the internal AR series GBBR lower receiver) is equipped with positioning holes, so it’s not easy to cause installation deviation or skew things during operation.” The steel components continue into a full-travel CNC Bolt Carrier Assembly with a stronger steel bolt cam pin to mimic the “bolt carrier group (BCG)” of the real BCM, and this has some real muscle, especially when it’s married up to the High-Speed (weight increased) Buffer Unit; VFC have even fitted a steel Buffer Stop to make sure this added dynamic doesn’t cause damage during continued use! As with VFCs previous gas ARs this replicates exactly the operation of the real carbine so your drills need to be 100% the same; for instance the VFC gas magazines (and the MCMR is fully compatible with VFCs excellent gas V-Mags) only hold 30 BBs so your reloads need to be slick and lo-drag. In addition to luxurious DOWNRANGE I took the MCMR GBBR to my usual 30m woodland range to chrono and test, and in terms of power I got a consistent 1.33 Joule/379fps on a .20g RZR BB using VORSK V8 gas , and upping to .30g RZR BBs the accuracy was amazing at that range; the MCMR benefits from VFCs “Guide Hop” technology where you can easily adjust the hop by using a hex wrench to fine tune via a mechanism in the fake gas block… gone are the days when you needed to split the receiver to adjust the hop, or to create a “fettling tool” to do it! Measuring out 70m in the woods I secured one of our “training steels” and had at it prone… suffice to say that the “gong was a’ringin’” with every carefully placed .30g BB! I honestly have fallen in love with the MCMR as a training platform, as everything just seems “right” to me! I love the BCM licenced furniture from the stock through the ergonomic pistol grip, and onto the distinctive M-LOK rail; once again I added a foregrip and a holosight so it feels comfortable for me, and the overall length (stock fully extended) of 790mm and weight (with mag) of 1958g is absolutely perfect in my mind for a “trainin’ iron”! I’ve now managed to get in some serious rangetime with it (not a chore if I’m honest!) and the added sense of realism that the gas operation adds to a platform I’ve already fallen in love with just adds to the feeling that you’ve got something more akin to a real firearm in your hands rather than a 6MM version! There are many gas rifles and carbines out there now that “simulate” the real thing, and many of them are very, very expensive beasts; having now shot the MCMR on a sustained basis I can tell you that it will perform as well as the best. I have said this of other VFC GBBR models, but the MCMR is far from being your average “BB gun” and for this reason I don’t believe you’ll be seeing it regularly in the gaming sphere, but to be perfectly honest the MCMR hasn’t been designed and made for the mass market, it’s been created for “those that know”, people and players that want an 6MM carbine that not only looks fabulous, but one which operates exactly like the “real deal”! For those that don’t, like me, have access to the real thing for training purposes or want to test themselves to the limit on the range without taking out another mortgage, then this GBBR is just sublime, and I believe that both VFC and BCM must be very, VERY pleased with what they’ve created… I KNOW that I am, and once again I am excited to see what my old friends at VegaForceCompany do with the “BCMAIR” program next! My sincere thanks go to my good mate Ray at www. vegaforce.com for helping me to understand “The Way of the MCMR” just a little more than I did before, and for sending over the GBBR for evaluation. 6MM TRAINING - VFC BCM MCMR pmcimagazine.com
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