Airsoft Action - September 2022

INSIDE AIRSOFT
SHIELD SPORTS
the AA crew that own these excellent rimfires!). They
also work with other top-tier brands such as Dissident
Arms, JP Rifles, Vudoo Rifles, Nordic Rifles, RMT
Triggers and Doveplates!
We think it’s fair to say that if you are looking for
“performance” in virtually any area of shooting sports
then SHIELD have genuinely “got your six”, but the
SHIELD team never stand still and they continue to
design, implement, manufacture, and ably represent
products that enable shooters of all flavours to “Hit
the Target Earlier”, and for a fast-paced shooting
sport like airsoft this is exactly what we are looking
for!
As always though, time moves forward and given
the growth of performance shooting in airsoft, both
in tactical and practical terms, SHIELD SPORTS was
created to allow them to expand their portfolio of
brands represented away from the core business
of SHIELD and provide them with better visibility
to their wider customer base… US! Having strong
relationships outside of their red dot business has
always been vital and through the SHIELD SPORTS
Brand it has allowed them to increase and expand the
company with exciting new brands coming on board
regularly. Their aim is to be able to offer all customers
the best products from the very best brands all
conveniently located in one place. Representing some
of the biggest names in the industry and including
them alongside their range of airsoft products is
testament to the level of quality they are able to bring
to the table.
By offering premium brands all in one place, the
guys at SHIELD SPORTS felt it gave customers who
may not have something specific in mind the ability
to browse all the products, some of which they may
not have considered in the past. At SHIELD SPORTS
they are always on the look out for new and exciting
brands to work with from all over the world and by
doing so offer us the opportunity to buy kit otherwise
much harder to source.
years with KMR Precision Arms on the development of
the newly released to the UK Market S01 Long Barrel
pistol. In choosing to partner with an industry leading
firearms manufacturer they gained the ability to bring
to the UK a product with levels of support, and quality
rarely seen in our small and very specific marketplace.
SHIELD SPORTS now carry the long line of accessories
and customisable products for the KMR Precision
Arms line of firearms for those with a FAC.
With a background in innovation and engineering
it was just a matter of time before SHIELD decided to
launch their own range of products, manufactured
in the UK. To complement the ever popular KMR S01
they decided to offer a range of “Go faster” parts
and make them available for sale. Traditionally parts
required for .22RF versions of firearms had to be
bought overseas and then worked on to make them
function correctly. With the designs and specifications
for their own products it enabled SHIELD to make
parts that were ready to fit from the outset and
needed no work.
Moving on though, probably the name that we as
airsofters will also recognise immediately is that of
KRISS USA; in choosing to work with KRISS the SHIELD
team felt it was a simple and extremely valid choice to
bring into the UK market their range of innovative .22
Rifle Products. We’re told that their Vector and DMK
rifles are a firm favourite for customers in the UK and
sales continue to do well with the rifles often seen on
the UK dynamic shooting scene.
And of course with a direct line to KRISS USA,
SHIELD SPORTS also have a fabulous connection with
KRYTAC! As a division of KRISS USA and producer of
some excellent airsoft replicas that have a huge player-
GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS
Let’s be under no illusion that SHIELD SPORTS still has
a foot very firmly in the “real steel world”, and we’ve
included all the brands here to give this overview
some fullness, and whilst not directly pertinent to
airsoft, the fact that they offer a fabulous portfolio
for the .22 shooter as part of their offering really
shows that what they have for airsoft has a very solid
backstop in shooting sports overall, and it’s refreshing
to see a company acknowledging that airsoft is exactly
that, a bona fide shooting sport!
For example, SHIELD have been working for many
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