March 2005

Issue 5 of NAM Magazine is now out. So what’s in the latest issue? Here’s all the latest details:

Release: March 15, 2004

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Operation: WWIII (check out our DVD package!)
ARMORY: Double shot of G&Gs
FIELD TESTED: Oakley’s MX Pro goggles
SGT. PECKER defines: FATCAMP
BATTLETECH: STAR mag mod for CA M16 series
USEAL’s first CQB Championship
…and much more!

Ever wanted something created by airsoft players for airsoft players? Something written entirely in English instead of the Japanese magazines where they have cool items but you just cant read the articles? Tired of the paintball magazines which claim to contain airsoft info but only have a tease amount of airsoft info and products in them? Or how about the airsoft exclusive Ezines, and the CD ROMs? These things don’t define the sport. Finally something that defines the very essence of airsoft! An underground magazine for us, the players! Check out the features:

Unbiased Reviews, BattleTech Challenge,
Q&A,
Interviews,
Airsoft Rumors/Latest News,
Club Spotlights,
Safety Articles,
Detailed “How To” GunSmith Section,
Club Locations and Information.

If you make one smart purchase for the sport, this should be it! Don’t miss your chance, pick up a copy today! (NAM Magazine)

With key staff leaving the project and an increasing lack of communication and updates from the editor it was becoming obvious what was coming. Last night Rich posted that he was bowing out as editor for Safezone Magazine and that unless there are serious offers to keep the project afloat the magazine will cease to exist:

While the past twelve months have been both rewarding and challenging for Safezone Magazine, I feel unable – mainly due to personal circumstances and other interests, to continue to run SZM with the dedication and zest it deserves. In short, I am bowing out. Rest assured that all outstanding orders will be fulfilled and debts honoured.

However, rather than let a viable project die I am inviting offers from interested parties who may consider taking on SZM. If you feel you have the necessary dedication to produce and manage your own magazine, please write to me at the address in the Contact section postal letters only by Friday 8th April 2005 with your proposal.

If I have not recieved what I consider to be a sensible, viable plan by this date I will close down SZM permanently. All subscribers will have their cash refunded after we cross this point.

I would rather shut down Safezone Magazine and lose money than see it run by money men.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved in the project, from those who have helped produce the magazine to you, our readers. I have made some good friends and had a fantastic time.

I would like to thank Paul Eden and Alex King in particular for their devotion to the project. It is a little known fact that if it weren’t for Alex there never would have been a first issue.

Many thanks, Rich Tornambe, (Editor, Safezone Magazine)

Love it or hate it, it’ll be a shame to see the end of Safezone Magazine after getting to where it has. Magazines that provide material to the masses and help advertise the sport all help to publicise Airsoft and give it the public face that the industry needs.

In other news the World Championships that Safezone were going to host look to have been passed over to Impact Magazine:

Impact in association with Stirling services will be hosting the first world championships this year. The event will be held in November (date TBA), entry fee’s are £50 per team – please min 4 players max 8. Contact matt@stirlingservices.com for a booking form.

I’m lead to believe that there were a number of exhibition spaces sold at the event, can the retailers that had booked a table please contact (paul@airsoftimpact.com).

The prizes are to be confirmed however it will be a mixture of cash and gear along with trophies, spot prizes and giveaways

cheers,

Paul, (Impact Magazine)

Reported over at Frontiershop (Japan) looks to be shots of a silver TM HiCapa 5.1. It looks to be a custom job built to order for around 24,000 Yen, rather than a chrome version directly from TM mind you.

Quite randomly Guay Guay have added a new shot of the box of their M14 release to their English pages to taunt potential buyers whilst it’s still in production. It’s kind of a blurry sort of arty shot, but it does let you know that they are working on things in the background.

Head1950 have some shots of some new SVDs from them under the brandname ATOZ-Head, presumeably made in partnership with ‘ATOZ’ although I’m not familiar with the name. Apparently ATOZ are a Korean firm that KM are working with on the project and it’s due for release at the end of April.

The product is estimated to cost around 115,000 Yen, and will include the rifle itself, 4x magnification scope, sling and cheek pad. 25 round spare magazines will cost 3,000 Yen each. It’s hard to tell from the shots themselves but it looks to be electric with the piston shown retracted and the main spring compressed in one shot. The stock looks distinctly plasticy in a couple of the shots, but I get the feeling that certain comprimises have been made on the build of the rifle to achieve a full metal production rifle that’s ASGK approved in Japan.

King Arms
have added some new releases listed to their pages including the OPS 12th Model Silencer for S.P.R. Flash Hider, Delta QR Sling, Tactical Buncy Sling, MPS QR Pistol Mag Pouch in Olive Drab, Steel Flash Hider for the MP5 series , S.P.R. Flash Hider and the CQB LS Vest in black.

KTW have added a new side mounted scope to their pages suitable for their Type 99 release. At the moment the shots are of the prototype, so there’s nothing inside the scope at the moment although they plan to build 2.5x magnification internals for it. There’s neither a price, nor release date for it as of yet.

Over at LA Gunshop there’s news of a CAW Police M700 ‘Long Action’ coming shortly for around 30,000 Yen. The rifle is due for release on or around the 13th and can be reserved at the moment.

In retail news SupremeCo have added two new products from Eagle. those being the MOLLE Style Becker Patrol Pack priced at 309 USD, and the

MOLLE Style Plate Carrier
for 190USD. There’s also a heap of Systema products including gearbox bits, a rail mount for the P90 and some silencer adapters.

War IV Toys International have updated their site as well with two new King Arms silencers, a Samurai railed scope, King Arms reflective patches, sling hook, and SPR flashhider.