Update!
A couple of new additions to my Airsoft Armoury since my last post.
Namely, a Tokyo Marui M3 Super 90 19" barrel pump action shotgun and a Tokyo Marui Hardkick Desert Eagle .50 AE (black).
Being in the mood for mucking about with guns, the Desert Eagle having just arrived this morning, I decided to gather all my kit together and do a couple of quick collection snaps.
So, a complete run-down of my Airsoft armoury to date.
(KSC) HK USP .45 - GBB
(3x 21rd double-stacking Magazine)
The first gun I bought when my friends invited me along to have a go, and I got hooked. Bought for £60 (ish) in 2007 from Asia, (point of interest, they now retail new at £150! :scared: ), and used to death. It detonated the topslide in spectacular fashion in 2007 in the height of summer. That was probably because it was hot as hell, and I was using Predator Ultra ('green') gas (which, fyi, is more or less essentially propane with a slight perfumed additive). It went a bit mad, decided fully auto was a normal thing to do for a semi-automatic pistol, and then blew the front off the slide, locking the slide back a full inch further than it's supposed to travel.
Repaired in summer of 2008 by me splashing out on a G&P metal slide and outer barrel kit, so now it has a good weight to it, is more balanced than before, and it looks more realistic, bearing the correct trades now, and showing some wear on the slide from my using it in a Fobus. It also makes some really nice clacky noises!
Firing at roughly 320 fps on Abbey Predator Ultra in October.
Future plans include a tightbore inner barrel, helicoiling my own thread into another metal outer barrel, for compatibility with a silencer, probably a HK Phase 2.
(Tokyo Marui) FN P90 (red dot) - AEG
(2x 58rd lo-cap Magazine, 2x 300rd hi-cap Magazine, drop leg 2 Mag pouch)
My first AEG, used and abused. It's seen action in every single skirmish I've been to, and despite being completely mistreated, battered about, used to bash holes in walls, stood on, laid on, jumped on, thrown, dropped and generally abused, it has no major damage, and it hasn't missed a beat throughout.
Firing as she did out of the box, at roughly 275 fps,
ROF of roughly 950 rpm.
Future plans include... not much, really.
(Tokyo Marui) Benelli Type M3 Super 90 19" barrel pump action SWAT shotgun - Single action spring shotgun.
(15x 30rd (10x3 shot) Tokyo Marui shells, butt stock shell holder, sling shell pouch)
Acquired last Friday, in reasonable condition, belonged to a friend of mine in the village, who I tried to get into Airsoft, who lost interest. Swapped for my old surround sound set.
Tri barreled scatter shot, fires 3 bbs at once, with a reasonable spread over 40m. Excellent for hitting targets through thick undergrowth, bushes, etc.
Not a clue what fps it's firing at, because it's really, really hard to chrono something that fires three bbs through the Chrono simultaneously, it just gives 'bad' readings.
Future plans, again, not much.
(Tokyo Marui) IMI Desert Eagle .50 AE (black, hardkick version) - GBB.
(2x 27rd double-stacking Magazine)
The newest addition to my armoury, arrived via Royal Mail this morning.
Has been lubed to death, and so far had probably just over 100 rounds put through it.
I'm impressed with the weight and the solid feel to the gun. The slide makes a good solid 'clack!' when returning, and the kick when fired, while not comparable with a real steel handgun, let alone a real steel Desert Eagle, is reasonably strong, I was worried it wouldn't be justifiably named 'Hardkick'.
I'm also impressed with the Ambi arrangement of the safety selector, firstly because I can reach it, which I didn't expect, having fairly small dannies, and it being such a large gun, and secondly because I had forgotten that there is a safety selector on either side of the gun, meaning that southpaws don't have to switch hands to safety the gun.
The ambi arrangement is rather let down by the mag release, which is in a good position on the left side of the gun to be depressed by the right thumb, and to use it left handed means a bit of an awkward motion with the left index finger.
The safety is also well thought through, because not only does the safety feature lock the trigger mechanism, it locks the entire slide in place, so with the safety on, the slide cannot be pulled or moved in any way.
Not yet chrono'd, so I don't know what FPS it's firing at, but if the feel of the thing bucking in my hands is anything to go by, it ought to be firing quite hot.
Future plans include as much metal as I can find for it, frame, slide and outer barrel.
*Edit* Also, forgot to mention, plans include some real steel parts from Magnum Research Inc., including a more comfortable rubber grip, and some real steel iridium night sights.
Also probably another, maybe another two chrome Desert Eagles, to swap parts and make a pair of complimenting Two-Tone Desert Eagles, again using metal kits. Not really for skirmish, just because.
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Other miscelanous items include a Tokyo Marui M16 mag type Speed Loader, a pair of ESS V12 Advancer military issue goggles, a Fobus fitting the USP .45, and an olive drab drop-leg double mag pouch for the P90 magazines.
Index
GBB = Gas Blowback - usually semi automatic, the weapon uses a propane or 134a type gas propellant to fire the round, and also cycle the weapon's slide or bolt in order to load the next round.
AEG = Airsoft Electric Gun - Usually fully automatic, the weapon uses a battery, driving a motor to turn cogs and push a piston back, to fire.
I found a .gif render of the mechanism behind an AEG's firing mech, by the way, this shows how it works, essentially.
.gif render of the firing mechanism of an AEG;
), and skirmish every third Sunday at the Roves Farm (A420; Swindon) and Warwick Experience Airsoft sites.
Tokyo Marui P90 (red dot),
KSC USP .45
RealSword Type 56 Ak-47
