[VFC KAC PDW Review]

Sadly, the gearbox on my own PDW has decided to give up the the ghost, and now that I am getting ready to do a major replacement I am wondering  if there are anythings I need to bear in mind when selecting a box. 

 

I'm toying with a Systema Revolution but, not being a tech-head, I'm open to any and all advice any owner might have.

[Magpul PTS PDR-C]

What with all the back and forth, this has been a bit of a downer for me, but I am grateful to the lads for the take-down, review and so on for saving me the money...

[Tokyo Marui HK416D]

I don't know about the actual numbers, I am afraid. I all know from the local distributor is that more or less everyone - even the majors - had their initial allocations pruned. Not uncommon, I know, but this has caused a flap in the retailer press - hence the mutterings about hype.

 

I'm also hearing Mid Feb for a second lot, but again, this is based on nothing more concrete than a reading of retailer news sheets, not Marui releases.

 

I'm way out in the woods and not well informed. Tokyo/Osaka peeps might know more.

[Tokyo Marui HK416D]

I would worry that they might go in short supply here! When I was at echigoya last saturday they sold the three HK416s on the shelf in two hours. 

 

I would not worry too much. The first batch appears to have been unusually small - though whether it was down to that hiccup in production or a desire to create a little hype is neither here nor there   - and the n2nd lot will be here soon enough.

 

Our local shop got three and they vanished before the boxes hit the shelves. Though I missed out, one of my students did not. The little chap stood in the snow from 6am-11am on sale day to ensure his pick....

 

It is lovely, inside and out. Shoots very well and I'll certainly be digging into the second lot.

 

Edit: Anyone down Tokyo way had hands on the M320 yet? I'm tempted, but it seems too good to be true.

[KWA KRISS VECTOR GBB]

You have to keep in mind that the thing is like 4 kgs with the mag and a red dot

 

You have to keep in mind that I give not one fruitcage.... The power of awesome bears me up and makes me strong.

 

I'm no soft lad. I might have been living the good life here, but I'm still a Sheffield lad, and that means Beef on Iron.....

 

It is a bit of a weight, but when I am using it as a backup, I only have one spare mag with me, and the launcher primary is a featherweight itself.

 

She's such a beauty. The extra poundage is worth the cool factor.

[KWA KRISS VECTOR GBB]

That depends on the person. 

 

I like to carry it in companion to my launcher, as I find it fits very nicely down my right side on it's one-point. I could use my MP7A1, or my MAC10, or MP5K for a lighter load, but nah......

 

Folded up, the size is not an issue even with the longer mag, and while the weight is up there, it's not a major matter.

 

Edit: Though, in fairness to Bankz, I never take it out with my L96, as I want something super-compact as a marksman's backup (usually my G18 or MP7)

[KWA KRISS VECTOR GBB]

With apologies for the off-topic, what do you guys run your barbecues off? 

 

BBQs are never off topic! 

 

I use propane. There are no real issues with the gas here, it is just that the JP-LPG laws are a little odd (and rather unevenly levelled as each prefecture - sometimes each ward - can have their own zoning regulations for the use of Propane). Out in the country in Akita, as a non-agricultural/non-industrial client, I can not have more than 5kg at any one time (and only for external use). HOWEVER, my landlord's agricultural use liscence (the family rents a farm building) means that we have a 25kg can sat outside the kitchen, fueling not just the BBQ but the range as well.

 

However, to keep the post at least on topic, I'd like to ask if current owners who have given the thing some hammer have noticed any strain on the V-system's main spring? I'm not a heavy user and have had no issues, but the scuttlebutt locally is about breaking springs...

 

 

[KWA KRISS VECTOR GBB]

Hard to get? I suppose that depends on your location and your relationship to local LP suppliers. 

 

Out in the sticks, we have a couple of lads who use propane, and buy it openly and with the knowledge of the LPGA. 

 

Still, I don't make the switch as the missus still thinks propane filled mags = dynamite.

[KWA KRISS VECTOR GBB]

Why? The heavy steel bolt makes 134a useless so I cannot use it [well]. 

 

I don't know where you get that idea. I've had no trouble with 134a in mine. I'm not a full auto nutter, as I don't have many mags yet (and I only play in the warm, in one way or another), but I've not had a single issue so far.

 

Personal experiences may differ mind you...

[G&P Stoner MK.23 LMG]

This message seems to be going out from G&P at the moment.

 

"If your stock have broken, you can contact the retail shop that selling this product to you to require for replace the improve stock we we have them.

 

We will send the replacement stock to the retail shops.

 

Best Regards,

G&P Webmaster"

 

If I read this right, just ask your supplier to order an improved stock through channels and G&P will supply to the job when ready. If true, that's bonzer.

[Real Sword Type 56-1]

I should not really be adding this, as the weight of opinion is clear here, but I will add that when I encountered one of these at a local VN game, it impressed itself upon me in every way possible. So much so that I went home from the event with one tucked in the boot of the car.

 

Rugged, realistic, hefty, strong, a little worn round the edges (as any good AK should be) and a beauty in hand.

 

If you are still in doubt about buying this to sate your AK needs, be in no doubt. Nothing is perfect, and this does not pretend to be, but it hits the mark in all important ways.

[Tanaka Works M870 shotgun]

Bottom line of my post was, that while some people skirmish with shotguns of ANY type, most player interest is still firmly on the side of AEG's due to the mentioned issues in my post. It still remains the same: The companies marketing shotguns would have a bigger following if they could figure this out.

 

And yet my point still stands. Tanaka and Maruzen (the only outfits for which I can speak in this regard) are happy with the sales figures they have for their shell shotties. You are right about them not seeing more uptake in the state they are, but these guys are not huge producers and feed the market goods which it (and I do mean the Japanese market here, for - right or wrong - this is the market the companies see as most important) seems to want in a way which suits it.

 

They may not be to everyone's taste, but they are to the taste of enough people to keep these companies ticking over (on both shell and mag shotties, or "pump action rifles" as the Maruzen/P&G varients are called) nicely.

 

And as for the shell pouches, your experience is different from my own. Looks be damed in some ways, for when our shotty people take out the shell loaders for a game, we will none of us be seen without them. You get some pretty thick underbrush in the woods and bamboo groves in the wilds of Japan and I've not lost a shell (or my holder) to any flora yet. Its not an ideal solution, but when I want a change from my M870 mag loader, or my defender or my AEGs, then its either the pouch or leave my shell spitter on the shelf.

[Tanaka Works M870 shotgun]

Until a company comes out with a shotgun that has all three key issues: higher velocity, fires multiple shots without having to lose and then repurchase shells, they'll never get a bigger market share from the airsoft community.

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These things do see a good deal of skirmish use over here - along with the old Maruzen shell jobs. I acquired an M1100 Shell ejector a while back and have been having a world of fun in CQB. a 15 dollar shell pouch sorted out the problems of scootage (and anyone using a SE shotty should have one of these) and a badolier+a gun mounted rack sorted out reloading.

 

I'm not sure that manufacturers a looking for a larger market place for shotties. People who want to skirmish shotties 'effectively' will go to the springers for power, reliability and upgrades round here (remember how the M1100 defender, though an excellent idea was shelved by Maruzen as not appealing to the shotty fraternity in J-land). People who want a certain style will go for the thwacky guns like this one.

 

However, each to his own as always.

[M14 Picture Thread]

Each to his or her own to be sure, but for this little black duck an EBR looks like someone got hold of Mr. X-to-the-Z XZibit, injected him full of Drano, then told him to Pimp My Pride - before handing him an M14.

 

But, for the sake of unity, let all followers of the true faith of 7.62 Springfield worship here - be they the Brethren of The Nam, The Neo14 Church of OD, the Secret Temple of Socom, or the Enhanced Battle Church of Adding Many Things to Rails (and all allied faiths).

 

Ahmen

[FN Picture Thread]

You know, the more I see of these things, the more the little gremlins whisper in my ears "get over yourself, and buy a CA"

 

Fingers twitching....

 

Credit cards cowering....

 

I know this feeling.