February 2005

Completely by accident I managed to pop across a handy website by the name of Stoppa.co.uk that amongst other things supply several decent sets of gloves.

The Hand Armour Enforcer S series look really good for one. I have a nice set of Hatch gloves myself and no real complaints, but anti stab/slash are always handy if you play at a local skirmish site where there’s the possibility of broken glass or rusty metal. If you want something a bit cheaper the short cuff sets from Damascus are not bad at all for just under 19UKP.

Over at Airsoft Scotland’s special offer pages the guys have added news of a new HFC 190 pistol and a custom RIS mounted TM AK47:

*New* HFC M190 Special Forces GBB Full metal.
Exactly the same as our infamous CO2 Beretta except this comes with a gas mag instead of the CO2 one. So, if you wanted this gun in the past but didn’t want to use CO2 cartridges, your dilemma has now been solved. Another factor of the CO2 model that put off some people was the extended magazine, the gas mag that comes with this pistol is a flush fit.

Fires at 300fps using 0.2g BB’s. Lives happily on green gas.

NOTE: Unlike the CO2 Beretta, this gas version cannot use both types of magazine. It can’t fire the CO2 mags due to a weaker hammer spring. We found this out at our peril, but that’s another story. Price: £88.99

AK 47 RIS
Enough! We’ve done plenty of work to M16s, and it’s time to appeal to other tastes.

So – here’s an AK with some added ‘Oomph!’

Added to the TM AK47 are a prime RIS forend, an ICS Phantom flash hider and a Guarder steel ribbed receiver cover. The Cobra red-dot shown is available seperately.

The Prime kit is well up to their usual standards, being exceptionally well made, very solid and fitting the gun like a glove. Included are the RIS rail covers and the KAC vertical hande

We have one only of these at present, so if you want an AK that stands out from the crowd – now’s your chance!

Price: £385.00 (Airsoft Scotland)

KT has dropped over news that the RAP4 crew are going to be the Paintball Expo in Pomona, CA this weekend (12th and 13th). Some images from the last show are inset (more here):

Real Action Paintball is attending the Paintball EXPO in Pomona, CA this weekend, February 12 & 13! It will be held in the Pomona Fairplex, Building 7 & Lot 22. We are in booth 302 & 304! If you are in the neighborhood, stop by and say hi!
We will return to the shop on Monday, February 14th. Although we will not be at the shop this weekend to take your call, we want to make sure we hear from you!

So if you have an urgent technical question or a inquiry regarding a shipping matter, please call 408-667-7057. If we miss your call please leave a message and we will return your call as soon as possible. Non-urgent calls with matters that can wait until Monday, please leave a message at the store number 408-727-3144. All emails and orders will be processed on Monday. KT, (Real Action Paintball LLC )

KT has also sent over news of a new product that they are stocking called the Thunder Grenade, which should look familiar to any regular Airsofter reader. They have some videos of the design in operation on this forum thread.

Introducing a new line of Paintball Grenade and Launcher: RAP4 Thunder .43 cal paintball grenade launcher shell, it fires 1 to 25 .43cal paintball all at once. This grenade is compatible with CO2 and Green Gas. It is capable of putting out over 100 feet range, talk about distance and really LOUD too, like thunder!|

See the RAP4 Thunder Grenade in action. Fits into any standard grenade launchers, work on Green Gas at 100 P.S.I.
or CO2 at 800 P.S.I.

KT, (Real Action Paintball LLC )

It may well be a rework of a current design but running on CO2 it looks to pack a fair wallop. Paint may not for you, but you can get rubber .43 cal BBs which are useful if your site has safety concerns over smaller BB varieties and overall energy.

at Airsoft Scotland’s special offer pages there’s news of a custom M4 CQB, and a new stock of the TM BB loader and spare batteries and mags for the G18C MEAG (priced at £16.99 for the battery and £13.99 for the mag).

M4 CQB
Ok -so you like M4s, but they’re just too long…

What do you do?

This beast was built to order for a customer, but what can be done once can be done again. The core of this project was the G&P Marine receiver and the G&P CQB short RAS front end. Add to this mix and healthy chunk of tight barrel, metal hop unit, reinforced gearbox, Guarder red dot and a right-folding stock and you have a gun which measures only 21″ with the stock folded.
Power comes via a 9.6v supply housed in the ICS AN/PEQ box which features a working laser.

Magazine is the G&P short M16 mid cap, holding 110 rounds.

Please note – the price quoted can vary depending upon options and the amount of components that Airsoft Scotland have to supply) Price: £600.00

Poly BB Loader
We’ve said it before (and others have shamelessly copied us) but you can’t keep a good idea down – so – Ladies and Gentlemen – another BB loader!
This time it’s a faithful copy of the original Marui loading tool, but cheaper!

As far as we can tell, these are identical in every respect, barring price.

Ain’t choice wonderful!

Price: £6.99 (Airsoft Scotland)