FEATURE HIGHS AND LOWS
AIRSOFT HIGHS AND LOWS...
SITTING AT HOME PONDERING WHAT SUBJECT TO COVER IN THE NEXT ISSUE OF AIRSOFT ACTION, FRENCHIE’S THOUGHTS TURNED TO THE ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE HE GOT INTO AIRSOFT, BOTH GOOD AND NOT SO GOOD.
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here have now been eleven years of Airsoft Action and the question was asked around the (virtual) office about airsofting highs and lows during that period. We had to limit this to airsoft, otherwise we would literally be here for ever! Somewhat to my surprise a lot of the responses concerned gear rather than experiences, but we have a bit of both to offer. Unless I decide otherwise (mainly for the sheer cringe factor) all names have been changed to protect the innocent!
TEE-HEE!
I’ll own this one, because I loved it! Picture the scene... I was leading a team at a big game arranged by A.N. Other Airsoft magazine. By some foolish skulduggery I was handed into the tender care of the opposition. I think this was done because my team was caning theirs, but whatever. I was slipped a grenade, which I proceeded to use but which sadly did not send me back to my own respawn. Instead I was handed over to a couple of lovely lads in a small room and all my gear was removed and piled on the floor. Outside the battle raged and there was a full-on running skirmish happening as my teammates performed a flanking move. This proved too fascinating to ignore
for my captors who both stood at the window offering comments and commentary. Unfortunately for them they also offered me easy access to the rubber knife one of them had stuck on the back of his vest. Gently I slipped it out of its resting place and kindly I stabbed them both. I then grabbed my kit and checking my pistol, wandered out into the enemy’s stronghold. Since they were under constant attack it’s fair to say they weren’t paying too much attention to what was happening in their midst, so I wandered lonely as a cloud, shooting anyone that got in my way. I’d like to say I made a clean getaway but eventually someone twigged and shot me! That’s fine, because now I get to go and respawn. Job done. The lesson? Never wear a knife on your shoulder and turn your back on a prisoner!
KIT LOWS
One manufacturer came up with almost boring regularity: Celcius. Now, I have never owned any of their guns but I have worked on one of their AKs with considerable assistance from one of their techs. Even then, I couldn’t get it to work consistently, so it’s fair to say I wasn’t impressed, especially as they are bloody expensive. The biggest problem Celsius seem to have is that they are copying and
“...MY CAPTORS WHO BOTH STOOD AT THE WINDOW OFFERING COMMENTS AND COMMENTARY. UNFORTUNATELY FOR THEM THEY ALSO OFFERED ME EASY ACCESS TO THE RUBBER KNIFE ONE OF THEM HAD STUCK ON THE BACK OF HIS VEST. GENTLY I SLIPPED IT OUT OF ITS RESTING PLACE AND KINDLY I STABBED THEM BOTH.” 34
MAY 2020
