Archive for September, 2006

Walter has mailed in to let everyone know that the new Airsoft GI website layout is up and running. check it out:

The new site includes numerous updates including the following

• Enhanced search function with matching suggestions.
• Improved image management system.
• Increased site performance.
• Wish list.
• Re-stock notification.
• Browse Airsoft guns by price.
• You have a choice of list option ( thumb nail or detail description).
• Easier check out process.
• Shipping calculator with no login required (built into the shopping cart).
• Improved product review and rating system.
• Easier navigation and layout designed to better serve our customers.
• Some of these enhancements are very new to the Airsoft industry.

As frontrunners of this industry, Airsoft GI would like to show our customers that we listen to you and we are always improving. We would also like to take this opportunity and thank all our valuable customers’ for your support over the last 3 years.

NOW GO TRY IT at

www.airsoftgi.com!
Thank you

(Airsoft GI)

Frank (Fire-Support.co.uk) has sent in word from him that he has the new FNC Shorty in stock:

Firesupport have just received the First Star FNC’s in the UK! We have the STAR FNC and FNC shorty in stock at £320 each available at www.fire-support.co.uk or on telephone number 01733 247171. Thanks, Frank, (Fire-Support.co.uk)

Steve Madley, (http://www.airsoftworld.net) has sent in some news about an offer they are holding:

WE 1911 DEAL: A no-nonsense offer from AirsoftWorld. These are excellent quality 1911 replicas which are fully compatible with the Tokyo Marui equivalent.

Fires at 320fps on Green gas and comes with two magazines. TWO MAGAZINES! Each of which are 15rd single stackers.

All for the low price of £79.95!!!!

Best regards Steve Madley, (http://www.airsoftworld.net)

Now, in case that wasn’t clear, that’s a WE ***FULL METAL*** 1911 for £79.95. With their standard UK postage included that’s £85.38 – which is, as far as my research can determine, is cheaper than anywhere else in the world!

Yep, that’s right, cheaper than any HK retailer, with the added bonus of Airsoft Worlds great service.

I’ve snapped one of these up for myself, so I’ll be putting up a review once I’ve given it a beasting. Watch this space!

Rushing out the door so no pics with this one as yet, but Flecktarn.co.uk have got a whole new bunch of fun stuff in!

Flecktarn.co.uk is pleased to announce new products for September 2006. All new products can be seen directly on http://www.flecktarn.co.uk/news.html.

We now have a wide range of US 1 inch x 2 inch morale patches. These patches all have hooked velcro on the reverse side, and can be worn on sleeves, pouches and just about anywhere with looped side velcro. Originally designed as fun patches to go on the 1 inch x 2 inch space on USAF flight suits. Each patch is £2.25 and the varieties currently available are:
SNAFU
FUBAR
POW MIA
Reclining Lady
Evil Smiley
T.W.A.T. (The war against terror)
Beer Low
Fun Meter
Common Sense Meter
Bullshit Meter
XXXXX Meter
Hooah Meter

We also have a new range of shooting glasses in stock:
Guarder 1pc lens shooting glasses set – £29.50
Artilux Swiss Safety Arty Smoke Glasses – £7.50
Artilux Swiss Safety Arty Clear Glasses – £7.50
Artilux Swiss Safety Arty Adjustable Glasses – £12.50

And a range of general utilities for shooting and kit repair:
Guarder Speeder 2000 Shooting Chronograph – £75.00
British Army 2 Way Zipper – £4.50
British Army Mk6 Helmet Chin Strap – £9.50
British Army Waist Strap – £5.00
German Sprung Toggles – £1.50 pr
British Slotted Buttons Set – £2.50 set

Last, but not least, we have a range of useful utility products designed to make working in the field easier:
Gerber USA Manufactured Military LMFII A.S.E.K. Knife System – £99.50 *May only be purchased on site*
Gerber Recon LED Torch with quick swapping coloured head – £24.95
Black British Army SA80 Sling

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support and wish you happy shopping.

Yours, Flecktarn.co.uk Team

visionviper has posted a new release of his AirsoftSearch tool (more details can be found in the forums here):

AirsoftSearch v1.2.3 is now here! AirsoftSearch also now has a nice installer to install the program too! v1.2.3 Changelog:

• Retailer Action Hobbys added
• Retailer Airsoft Supplier removed due to complications
• tweaks made to coding

Download available here: http://hootsoftware.com/AirsoftSearch.zip 1.23mb (wierd huh?)

While this version doesn’t fix the “Run-time error -2147467259 (80004005)” error, I am still working on the issue and I may have (for real this time) found the problem. So, if you had that error with AirsoftSearch v1.2.1 and above, please contact me if you are willing to test out different versions on the program. visionviper, (site forums)

Apologies to Frank (Firesupport Ltd) for this one being late, but I had to be reminded a couple of time to add this news for him (the previous offer he mailed me is now out of date, so I’ll get an update on that one for you):

Firesupport www.fire-support.co.uk 01733 247171
We have received our largest G&P shipment ever.
Items of special interest are:

• the Alien pulse rifles
• M16A2 and A3 with M203 pre fitted
• M15 Special operations
  – limited edition metal bodies with great logos on them
• Full metal, KSC pistols, USP compact, .USP 45, Glock 17, Glock 18, Glock 18
• neoprine face masks and goggles
• M3 torches and new lasers

The comprehensive list can bee seen by clicking “read more…” at the end of this article. Frank, (Firesupport Ltd)

Frank has mailed in to say that the AirsoftMap has been updated:

The map of all airsoft sites in UK www.airsoftmap.co.uk has been updated (sorry for the delays all those that have been waiting).
If your site is listed on the map then please add my link to your site www.airsoftmap.co.uk and use this image of the UK if you need to. Thanks.

If there is a site missing from the map, if they play regular games, are available to anyone to play and they have insurance then please ask the site owner to contact me on link@airsoftmap.co.uk

The following sites have been updated:

Urban Assault – Peterborough
Free Fire Zone – Peterborough
Phoenix – Nottingham
Fireball – Birmingham
Ambush, Chobham, Lasham, urban
Techbrigade – North London

News sites added are:

Unreal Airsoft
Xsite Airsoft
SpecOps Airsoft
Lindsey Airsoft
IED Airsoft
OTT Airsoft

Thanks,
Frank, (AirsoftMap)

Wolf are looking for new sales staff in their shop in London. Jobs in the Airsoft industry don’t appear that often, so if you’re looking for a job that involves your hobby get on in there:

Wolf Armouries are looking for new sales staff in their London Shop. Applicants must be over 18, have a good knowledge of Airsoft products, be computer literate, and be able to work 3-5 days per week. Previous sales experience is preferred but not necessary. Very competitive wage plus bonuses and commission.

If you would like to apply please either email or post us your CV with a covering letter and photograph to;

recruit@wolfarmouries.co.uk

or

Recruitment,

203 Royal College St,

Camden

London
NW1 0SG Max, (Wolf Armouries)

Simon from MadBull Airsoft has posted the first look in on two of his new and upcoming products (remember to check the forum news section for news from the authors themselves occasionally).

First up is the TALON (as seen in the forums here):

Features an eight face rail interface system (normal rail system only has 4 faces).
The real Talon Upper only without suppressor would cost 625.00USD.
The MadBull Airsoft version will be about 120USD.

Real thing from Gemtech,

Airsoft Version (Proto-type, final color is black) Simon, (MadBull Airsoft)

(TALON to the left, HALO to the right)

Next there’s the HALO (seen in the forums here):

GEMTECH HALO SILENCER PROTO-TYPE
Special patented adapter, solid and reliable.

Real thing from Gemtech can be found here.

Airsoft Version (Proto-type) Simon, (MadBull Airsoft)

Jamie has sent in word of the opening game of a new venue near Lanark called CQB Scotland 2 Lanark. The site looks pretty impressive too! The details for the event follow, and they now have their own section in the forums here.

Welcome To CQB Scotland 2 Lanark:

CQB Scotland 2 Lanark,

CQB Scotland

Based in the heart of rural Lanarkshire is Winston Barracks, once home to the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) and boasting over 60 buildings some of which are massive and connected via extensive road systems. This is the newest addition to CQB Scotland.

After being met at the Guardhouse you’ll proceed to the muster area for briefing and then it’s on to the fun. Anyone familiar with CQB Scotland will know that ex and current members of the armed forces will be there to give advice on tactics or even zero your susat for you using the dedicated rifle range. The fighting will be fast and furious as an agenda will be set for the days gaming, but as ever your input can alter the day immensely. The site is huge and incredibly varied.

Check out the gallery

Getting there couldn’t be simpler as it is accessed easily from both the M8 and the M7.

Game dates & Pricing for CQB Scotland 2

First game:

Sunday 10 September, 9:00 for 9:30 start. Gun hire will be on a first come first served basis so please post quickly what you will need on the day in the CQB forum. Lunch will not be provided so please remember and bring your own. The game will be based around the village for most of the day with assaults on the Generals quarters (3 large buildings looking onto a few acres of field and woodland) playing time willing. Remember that this is the first game so let your imaginations run riot and tell us about it on the day or in the forum.

Weekender Saturday 30 September & Sunday 1st October.
Again, most of the above applies but with more variety of emplacements and games employed. There is masses of room to pitch a tent and assuming your not scared of a few spiders, a good many of the buildings are quite habitable, hell, you may even get a visit from Assault Team Delta at 2 in the morning if you’re unlucky ;-) We will need to know numbers well in advance guys so please post in the forum.

As for pricing, we’ll keep it as competitive as usual so walk on is £20 for the single day and gun hire £15, which looking at other sites around the UK is cracking value for being able to fight in a midsized town!

The site really has to be seen to be believed and I hope you will all join me at the opening. Jamie, (CQB Scotland 2 Lanark)

Okay another one for the ever increasing YouTube video collection here. I’ve not linked directly to their own video otherwise their bandwidth would go through the roof. The video covers a new gas simulation grenade from PFI, retailed by Armed Forces:

Hi.

We just want to let everyone know our new product – PFI Toy Grenade, our company have a promotional film which everyone can view this product how fun it is.

Due to the video file size, I just copy the link to you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDEnheCfhdQ

Thank you very much.

Best regards,

Edmond, (Armed Forces)

Kent Wu from Airsplat.com has mailed over their latest news. Included with it are two free manuals to help guide you with the V2 and V3 Airsoft AEG mechbox:

Hello,

I hope you had a great labor day weekend, sadly summer is officially over. For us here in LA, it’s actually quite welcoming due to the, still warmer than usual weather. We’re looking forward to more moderate temperatures.

I would like to specifically point out 2 of the many things we have going on here.

First, we have an exclusive on 20 of the Airsoft Press Upgrade Manuals (http://www.airsplat.com/Categories/AC-AP.htm), they are each over 100 pages with in-depth illustrations and walkthroughs. This is very exciting because, we as an airsoft community finally can have all our airsoft questions answered in one place from a dependable source. To date, this is the most comprehensive and in depth manual for airsoft guns. In fact, we are giving away 2 preview copies for the airsoft community to read and use as they please:

AEG V2 MechBox Upgrade (http://www.airsplat.com/AirsoftPressV2MechBox.pdf)
AEG V3 MechBox Upgrade (http://www.airsplat.com/AirsoftPressV3MechBox.pdf)

They are free to download and review, at no cost. If you’re thirsty for more, please visit http://www.airsplat.com/Categories/AC-AP.htm for the full line of manuals.

Secondly, for all of those who are in Southern California, we now have Airsoft Playground tickets available. Normally at $20, we are offering for $15. Ten or more only $12 a ticket. Get them while you can, it’s a great deal for a great venue.

Other updates include a new HFC CO2 M9, CA AK Grenade Launcher, UTG AK Para , 2 new AK spring rifles (here, and here).

Thank you again and have a great week. Kent Wu, (AirSplat)

The guys at NAM have sent in news of their two upcoming Operation Biohazard events. The events are going to be held on the 21st of October 2006. Here’s the details:

Tired of the same ol’ Ops? Want a good excuse to dust off that old gas pistol that’s just rotting in your holster? Maybe you’re just a zombie freak looking for something that’s truly unique and scary to do for Halloween or, say, April. “SURVIVAL HORROR” fans, take it to the next level, right here! Don’t miss your chance to be a part of one of
the most talked about events in the sport of airsoft! Don’t worry about MilSim and tactics, you’ll use it all! The infection is spreading fast and we’ve got you covered coast to coast…and beyond?!?!?! Yes, It’s that time again boils and ghouls!

OPERATION: BIOHAZARD III
Dia de los Muertos
&
OPERATION: BIOHAZARD EAST II
Project: UNDERTAKER
21.OCT.06

Visit the official OPERATION: BIOHAZARD website for more details and registration for the events: www.OPERATIONBIOHAZARD.com

Both the West Coast and East Coast events are good to go and both events
will be held at new fields promising all kinds of new scares! As usual spaces will be limited with the West Coast event set to max out at 100 regs. Pre-registration means raffle eligibility so don’t wait! If you can’t use PayPal, speed those payments to us via snail mail! Don’t waste your time and more money going to one of the knock-off zombie ops. You’ll only wish you’d saved that extra cash and gone to ours instead. We were the first to host a successful zombie event and we’re still the best! Don’t be the one left wishing you’d gone…

Sponsors: If you’d like to sponsor OPERATION: BIOHAZARD please contact us. From highly visible/highly trafficed weblinks on our websites to quarter page ads in our internationally distributed publication, The NAM: National Airsoft Magazine, whatever your donation, you’ll definitely get your money’s worth!

Visit us on the web:
www.OPERATION: BIOHAZARD.com Staff, (Operation Biohazard)

Private Parts Airsoft have dropped in an introductory word, and some shots of their first product:

Dear Airsoft Customer,

We wish to introduce ourselves. We are a new Airsoft manufacturer based in Taiwan and we are currently seeking dealers and a select group of distributors around the world for the release and sale of our new products. We intend to create innovative products for the Airsoft market at very competitive prices to you and the Airsoft customer. Our initial products are now ready for production and new products are being developed.

Our first product is the G36 magwell conversion kit that allows you to use any M16 magazine in any Tokyo Marui compatible G36, including all the Classic Army models. This product gives the G36 a very unique look and allows Airsoft players to use the more common magazines available for M4’s and M16’s.We also offer a full line of high quality AEG upgrade springs at very reasonable prices.

Please visit our website at www.privatepartsairsoft.com to learn more about us and our products.

If you have any questions or are interested in carrying our products, please contact us at sales@privatepartsairsoft.com.

We look forward to working with you.

Thank you! Sales, (Private Parts Airsoft)

We’ve had a request from Ubar on the forums to provide details of an event going on at the IED site in the near future. For those not familiar IED is a true mil-sim site, which runs weekend patrol games with so much land at their disposal in North Wales that it’s almost unfair. This event is something different though:

We are running an Escape & Evasion exercise over 7/8th October at our North Wales site.

This will last 24 hours with an approximate start time of 1200hrs Saturday.

You will have minimal kit as one of those being hunted. You must bring all your own kit as once eliminated you will join the hunter force. The rest of your kit will be safely cached at a harbour area.

As one of those being hunted you will be allowed to carry;

10 matches.
2 black plastic bin bags.
Half a British 24hr rat pack.
1 Pistol with one mag. No reloads.
Basha
3ltr water (H & S will require this otherwise it would be puritabs & a puddle!!)
Any other kit will be advised via an update edit to this post.

Kit can only be carried in 1 utility pouch. If it doesn’t fit then improvise. :)

Other than clothing, if it isn’t on this list it isn’t allowed.

You will be in teams of 2 & will be hunted by a force comprising serving & ex Brit/NATO forces. You will be carrying information containing grid refs of cached food/water/weapons/ammunition at different locations around the site. These grid refs will be time dependent. Each 2 man team will have a time window for each location. The hunter force will have no idea of the caches, only by catching you will they be able to find the grid refs.

We have 700+ acres of woodland & open areas secured from the surrounding hills. You will have to make your way to these grid refs avoiding the hunter force who will be using vehicles as well as highly experienced sniper teams to track you. Once captured they have discretion to extract information from you. How they do that is up to them!!

Hunter force.
You will be fully equipped as a normal op & operate from a secured harbour area. You will have access to vehicles including mil land rovers as well as a nice warm doss bag, maybe a tent, warm scoff & hot brews aplenty.

Please indicate interest here & tell us whether you would like to be a hunter or hunted. If one of the unfortunates being hunted please understand you will potentially be out all night without a sleeping bag or tent. There is very little likelihood of hot food.

Cost will be £25.

This 24 hour event will include the oppurtunity to learn some useful navigation & survival skills, something we offer through the parent company as proper courses.
Echo66 (Event Organiser, IED)

It goes without saying that this isn’t an event for the light-hearted, so please don’t go along expecting a four-star b&b with maid service. For more enquiries visit the relevant thread over on ASCUK or PM Ubar directly here (he’s been nagging me to put this up, so it’s only fair he handles the inevitable queries…