armoury CYMA 132S
ELECTRIC PISTOL BOOGALOO
AFTER ASKING THE AA TEAM WHY AEPS ARE SEEN AS THE POOR RELATION OF THE FAMILY, STEVE T GETS HIS BLUFF CALLED WITH A CHALLENGE TO REVIEW ONE...
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set the cat amongst the pigeons at AA Towers recently, when I suggested that Automatic Electric Pistols (AEP) are the poor relation to their Gas BlowBack (GBB) counterparts. I’d never had an inclination to own one, based on universal comments from other players about their disappointing performance. But others on the team quickly set me straight, with reports that many airsofters have seen good results from ever-so-slightly modding their AEPs to run LiPo batteries, with a decent boost to performance. After a couple of disappointing outings with GBB pistols in the depths of winter this year, I was interested to find out more. Then TaiwanGun gave me the chance to review CYMA’s new AEP, the CM.132S MOSFET Edition that comes ready to run with LiPos from the factory.
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I don’t know about you but the first thing I do when I get a new pistol - after checking it’s clear of ammo - is rack the slide. Of course, you can’t do that here, so the next best thing would be to cock the hammer. It’s clearly not moulded into either the slide or frame and easily moves under your thumb, so why not? Yeah - don’t do that! Now it just flaps and clacks about. There’s no instruction manual to warn you in advance and
a flappy hammer is a bit embarrassing in anyone’s book. There’s a small spring at the base of the hammer that you can use something like a jeweler’s screwdriver to poke back under the frame so it doesn’t happen again - just be sure to tell anyone not to move it before you hand the 132S to them and be prepared in advance to take the jokes on the chin. Even though this moving part makes is easier to seat the non-functional slide, it would have been smarter to lock the hammer in place - or even mould it as part of the frame - to avoid the problem entirely.
SLIDE IT IN
CYMA’s 132S comes in a cardboard box and a foam insert with cutouts for the pistol itself, a speedloader and charger as well as two - yes, TWO - LiPos that are included. That means that right out of the box, you can have one on charge while the other keeps you in the game. Did we say LiPos? As standard on an AEP? Why, yes we did - and that’s one of the main selling points for this M9A3-inspired model. Despite the tight space for batteries, fitting them is a straightforward affair. Simply depress the “slide release” to remove the whole thing slightly forwards and mostly up to reveal the concealed wiring within. Insert one of the
“FOR ITS RELATIVELY BUDGET PRICE, THE MOSTLY PLASTIC 132S IS ACTUALLY QUITE SOLIDLY BUILT, WITH LESS CREAKING THAN YOU MIGHT EXPECT. THE RAIL UNDER THE BARREL WILL HAPPILY TAKE STANDARD LIGHTS AND LASERS, ALBEIT WITH A TOUCH MORE SIDE-TO-SIDE MOVEMENT THAN WE’D LIKE.” 12
MAY 2020
