It is part of the injustice of this world that allows me three torturous things. A love for Airsoft, imagination and the Internet.
Lately I have spent too many hours pondering over airsoft retailer websites. The vast assortment of items to increase your fps, increase your 'Gucciness' or just increase your stock length are fantastic. I look with glistening eyes at the screen late into the night mentally configuring my weapons. Hours whizz past and I find myself no further forward than I was six hours previous.
The major problem is not the time, or loss of it, but more the lack of commitment. Yes, I am a man. I lack commitment to my weapons. There I said it.
From one day to the next I change my 'dream' loadout. Lately I have remained stalwart to my conviction that I perform (if that word can ever be used with me) far better in a DM or Designated Marksman role. It literally comes from my inate ability at remaining motionless and inactive for immense periods of time. So to combine this 'ability' with airsoft, I require an accurate long range weapon.
I look. I look at Tokyo Marui VSR's, Maruzen APS2's, Tanaka M700's and then give up. What I long for are special, not mass produced, but I'm not able to afford the custom made weapons. It is then when the personal customisation thought dwells with me. Then it all gets worse. I will spend hours looking at springs, pistons and parts to finally decide that a stock G36C is quite cool.
Infuriating is but a word.
Below I have put together a list of current ideas for my custom creations. All are commercially available, because I am not, nor ever will be, a lathe man.
Let's start with my least imaginative work:
H&K G36C
All parts from Redwolf Airsoft:
- Tokyo Marui HK G36C
- PDI 6.01 247mm Inner
- Private Prts Magwell Conv Kit
- Laylax Large Foregrip
- Intellect 8.4v 4200
- Tokyo Marui 68rnd Magazine
- Tokyo Marui 68rnd Magazine
- Tokyo Marui 68rnd Magazine
- Tokyo Marui 68rnd Magazine
My thinking behind this has been primarily CQB (CQC in the US). There is a reason behind this. Firstly, as a sniper or marksman in the airsoft world, you are usually restricted to engaging at ranges of 30ft or less. This leaves you terribly exposed in environments where the maximum range is less than 30ft. Think FIBUA or CQB. So it was my idea to combine a CQB weapon with suitable accuracy and the capability to be 'modular' allowing for a coherence between it and perhaps an SPR or SR-16. After all the Armalite series of weapons are the most popular, and with the Private Parts (it is a Real Steal part too you know) magazine conversion, it saves BadgerOne valuable coin.
I did consider fitting a G&P 4x scope (inc rail) to it, but that kind of removes the benefit of having a short light close quarters weapon. The bigger handguard was added in preference to a full stock (which I would prefer), but again would defeat the point of having an 'up close and personal' weapon.
Tomorrow I will invite you into the next level of this thought process. The H&K G36.
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