TECHNICAL CLARENCE LAI PROJECT DESIGN - CLPD
WE’RE LUCKILY NO STRANGERS WHEN IT COMES TO WORKING DIRECTLY WITH SOME OF THE VERY BEST IN THE GLOBAL AIRSOFT INDUSTRY, AND TO SAY THAT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CLARENCE LAI IS A CLOSE ONE WOULD BE A DEFINITE UNDERSTATEMENT! AS HIS NEW UPGRADE PARTS HIT THE MARKET FULLY WE’LL BE REPORTING ON THEM IN FULL, AND JIMMY KICKS OFF THIS COVERAGE WITH AN IN-DEPTH OVERVIEW.
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o you like your pistols with or without spice? Recently I have been given an opportunity and it’s an opportunity which I am truly blessed to have. I’ve been lucky enough to have been sent a selection of “Clarence Lai Project Design” parts that have been designed for competition shooters but are equally at home in the hands of any skirmisher or milsim-er and it has been my job to test said parts and let you the readers know all about just how good they are! Sucks to be me, right? I’ve worked with some big brands to date but for me being able to work directly with Clarence really is an achievement. When it comes to pistols I believe this guy to be one of the best and I am not alone on that opinion. Some of you will remember the name “Airsoft Surgeon” but recently there have been a few changes; I’m not going to go into the politics of it all to be honest, but now he operates under a new name which is CL PROJECT DESIGN. CL PROJECT DESIGN is the home of all and only genuine Clarence Lai products. Yes you read that correctly! Clarence Lai how very exciting, it is a true honour to work with Clarence and I aspire to be as
good as he. I’m slightly jealous of Stewbacca, one of my fellow AA contributors, as he lives in Taiwan where Clarence operates from, and Stu has met the man in person and worked on some of Clarence’s rifle projects. To learn more on Stu’s adventures please check out Issue 132 (available in Back Issues) as you can find the full low down on this and it is well worth a read. Clarence kindly shipped us over a nice collection of some of his latest creations and I have to say these have made a massive difference to all the pistols that I have fitted them to. It soon became apparent as to why he is still known as the “Airsoft Surgeon”. We got parts for Hi Capas/1911, Dan Wesson 715, Chiappa Rhino and the CZ Shadow 2, a veritable selection or springs, hop rubbers, mag feed lips, nozzles and the like!
PROPERLY PREPPED
I already had at my disposal a Hi Capa but we needed the revolver and the Shadow in order to test; having some great contacts in the industry I managed to acquire them for a very good price which was mighty
“THE HOP RUBBER OVER THE STOCK RUBBER GAVE AMAZING RESULTS SENDING BBS OUT TO AROUND 70M WITH ACCURACY, AND FOR TESTING I USED CLPD BUSHIDO BBS (OF COURSE I DID!), THE 0.30G, AND IT HANDLED THAT WEIGHT COMFORTABLY. GIGGLE FACTOR 12 SEEING BBS DISAPPEAR OFF INTO THE DISTANCE!” 58
FEBRUARY 2022
