armoury ARCHWICK USW CARBINE CHASSIS
IS IT REAL - OR IS IT ARCHWICK? HAVING “BOOTS ON THE GROUND” IN NUMEROUS COUNTRIES MEANS AIRSOFT ACTION CAN PROPERLY SUPPORT OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD. “STEWBACCA” REPORTS FROM TAIWAN, WHERE HE HAS BEEN IN ALMOST DAILY CONTACT WITH THE GUYS AT ARCHWICK AS THEY PUSH AHEAD WITH THEIR LATEST PRODUCTS.
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aving spent time getting to know Nelson online before MOA 2020 and during the show itself, and with Archwick’s facility being a short distance away from my own abode in New Taipei City, it’s been very easy to work more closely with Archwick on a near daily basis. Before I head to work I chat with them about their products, see how they work and what their design ethos and company ideals and goals are. There will be a more in-depth article in Airsoft Action once I’ve seen the full gamete of their in-progress product line come to fruition, such as their much-awaited GHK based Colt Canada L119A2 GBBR. Currently their facility being abound by the first batch of their also anticipated ASG sub licensed, B&T authorised and marked Glock USW Carbine Chassis Kit. As a result of Nelson and Ray being busy pioneering a whole plethora of products you will already be aware of (and some you won’t be for some time), as well as balancing family life and the operational requirements of their rapidly growing business, there’s one thing they are both very short of - time to actually 74
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get out and play airsoft anymore! Thankfully, I still spend a lot of time training weekly in Action Air/ Airsoft IPSC, as well as skirmishing most Sundays if I’m not doing any shooting competitions. Thus, our interests once again aligned quite nicely and the gents were all too happy to let me get hands on with their prototype Glock USW carbine chassis kit - with a Marui Glock 17 replica already fitted and ready to rock. Initially, I took it to a Tuesday night session at Team SPPT’s Action Air training, to measure my own performance in terms of a standard pistol run versus the use of the carbine kit, both off hand using the replica ACRO red dot at arm’s length, as well as with the stock deployed - and there was definitely a noticeable improvement in my runs in terms of aiming and transitioning between targets. I allowed my teammates to have a blast with it and feedback was very positive in terms of the form, function and fun factor. Even at the full length of the training area around 15m - it was near impossible to miss with the setup.
