With the interest in the M4 RAM recently I thought we should post a news article covering the M4 RAM. I've had so many emails concerning it, that I thought it'd be easier for us to put this article up to be a sort of M4-RAM FAQ.

Now to be fair the M4 RAM isn't Airsoft, and it isn't quite Paintball, but somewhere inbetween.

The M4-RAM also isn't that new, as it's been out for quite some time, although has not had a great deal of 'airtime'. Personally I'd class this product as a fun toy, rather than a practical item. But then again, to my mind Airsoft should be fun, and if you can play with this is your back yard and enjoy repainting the garden shed the hard way, then why not? If you've ever used or played with the TokyoMarui RC Tanks, you'll know how appealing these office tuys are. :) Hey it's shell ejecting, what more fun can you have?

The M4 RAM is made byAsiaPaintball in association with Yick Fung (otherwise known as Classic Army), who we all know for their metal bodies and AEGs, so you have some idea of the build quality, and the origins of this M4. I suppose that if the M4 RAM is a popular item (which I gather it is in Japan and HK), it's fairly likely we'll see an MP5-RAM in the near future.

Anyway here's the official spiel from the manufacturers (AsiaPaintball) themselves:

"... The M4-RAM (Real Action Marker) is the world’s first paintball marker with new concepts Asia Paintball Supply Co. is a registered marketing company based in HK. We are grouped with Qian Wei Paintball Support Co. in China and. We are promoting our new product of The M4-RAM Paintball Marker for all over world.

Paintballs in the cartridge cases

The Features:

1. 100% Mimic from appearance to operation
2. First marker using magazine loader with 20 rounds of paintballs
3. Cartridge case ejects after each shot
4. Modify as you like i.e. R.I.S. Hand guard
5. Low pressure / steady pressure launch.
6. The weather / air temperature doesn’t affect the shooting velocity.
7. Lower consumption of gas
8. Fully automatic launcher.

The New Concept of the War Games of The Paintball Marker: The image of the police, Military and security guard is uphold the law & defense of the country, if the Training is using toy-like gun in training purpose’s Paintball Marker, the trainer will feel that they are playing a game only.

If using real weapon but firing only fictitious target or blank round; it only produces in sound effect, but without physical contact. If using M4-RAM for training, it can produce good image (not just playing a game), it can produce good training effects to user such as sound and cartridge eject out from the Ejection Opening, won’t let players feel painfully any more and the cost is lower. Also the M4-RAM is easy to operate and handle.

As far as M4-RAM’s features are concerned, in one word; Excellent! To leading the World of The Paintball Marker should be updating the War Game Players.

The Specifications:

1) Whole length 32 inches
2) Whole weight 6.4 lb
3) Caliber 0.43 inches
4) Load of magazine 20 grains
5) Energy source CO 2 gas
6) Tank capacity 1.4 oz (45g) stainless steel tank
7) Shot quantity About 50 times per 0.4 oz of CO 2 gas
8) Coherent shooting velocity 2 ~ 8 times / sec (adjustable)
9) Muzzle velocity 200 ~ 280 feet / sec (adjustable)
10) Stir energy 1.5 ~ 2.5 joule (adjustable)
11) Paintball diameter 0.43 inches
12) Paintball weight 0.029 oz
13) Cartridge case specification 0.5 X 0.5 inches
14) Cartridge case material Biodegradable plastics / aluminum alloy
15) M4 package include One M4, one magazine, one 1.4 oz cylinder
16) Packing size and weight 26.8 X 11 X 3.3 inches, 6.6 lb

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Where can I buy it? If you're looking to get an M4-RAM, Asia Paintball are currently targetting the US market, as such here's their current official list of US dealers.

1, The Paintball Garage
Address: 10 Willoughby Avenue, Hicksville, New York, NY11801. Tel: 516- 932-5200

2. JBC Airsoft Inc.
Address: 10015 Piooneer Blvd, Santa Fe Sprilings, CA90670. Tel: 562-857-6490

3. The Back Yard Safari.
Address: 224 Caedar Hill Road, Lancaster, Ohio. 43130 Tel:800-400-6634

4. Airsoft Tactical
Address: Airsoft Tactical, PO Box 1401 Roswell GA 30077, USA Tel:678-793-7708

5. F2F Group Inc.
Address: 36 Nason Street, 2nd Floor, Maynard, MA01754 Tel: 978-897-0530

6. RealActionPaintball
email at usrltw@comcast.net

I need to see it in action! Well thanks to the wonders of the net, you can find a video of the M4-RAM in action here: http://homepage.mac.com/mouseboy39/m4.wmv the original video is from RedAlert in Taiwan. In a relating article on RedAlert you can find a complete review, it's not in English, but the pictures are very good (http://www.intrudershop.com.tw/redalert/html/test/m4v2.htm).

Internal Links: TBA

External Links: http://www.asiapaintball.com - Asia Paintball's website