TECHNICAL ICS CHALLENGER UPGRADES
IC-YES PLEASE!
WE HAD A LOOK AT THE BLE CHALLENGER GBB PISTOL FROM ICS SOME TIME AGO NOW, AND IT WAS A MODEL THAT REALLY SHOWED THEIR INTENTIONS TO DRIVE FORWARD THEIR HANDGUN RANGE INTO THE NEXT GENERATION! TIME MOVES ON, AND THAT PROGRAM HAS ALSO MOVED FORWARDS, SO JIMMY HAS A GO AT FITTING SOME ADDITIONAL PARTS TO THE BASE MODEL TO SEE IF THIS FURTHER ENHANCES WHAT WAS ALREADY A SOLID AND MORE-THAN-SERVICEABLE HAND CANNON!
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I got the opportunity to get hold of said pistol and I will admit at first I was a tad “meh” about it as It looked just like the Korth pistol and seemed
was the very lovely Vulture GBB if you don’t remember that means you probably never saw it feature, so please do visit the back issues section and familiarise yourself with that article, although Bill’s conclusion in short was: “I believe that the BLE Vulture is ICS’ “coming of age” pistol model, one that gives a firm nod to the best developments in the “real world” whilst providing the very best of that “ICS flair” in design and airsoft gas performance. It strikes me as a pistol that 1911 fans will most certainly want in their collection but one which they will rely on and use regularly, and that makes it another winner for ICS, and this time a winner totally on its own merit!”
to be very similar in design, utilizing the same recoil system, the same grip and lower frame along with the same single stack 17BB magazine, but after a fashion I discovered that while it
ou may well remember back in issue 127 that Bill had the pleasure of testing a new release from ICS. That new release
“I DIDN’T REALISE AT THE TIME THAT ICS HAD MADE A 2ND EDITION OF THE VULTURE, BUT THIS ONE WAS BY FAR FOR ME THE BETTER OF THE TWO, AND LOOKED SO MUCH BETTER, AND I CAN LAY CLAIM THAT THE “TACTICAL” VERSION DOES IN FACT PERFORM TO ANOTHER LEVEL TO THAT OF THE STANDARD VULTURE. ” 66
MARCH 2022
