TECHNICAL M4 SOPMOD BUILD
THE BIRTH OF THE BLOCKS PART II
In Partnership with NUPROL and Military1st
THE AR AND “M4” STYLE OF AEG HAS PROVED TO BE THE “PRIMARY” CHOICE OF AIRSOFT PLAYERS AROUND THE GLOBE, AND INDEED IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE RANGE OF VIRTUALLY ANY MANUFACTURER OUT THERE IT’S GOING TO BE THE AR-STYLE THAT IS DOMINANT! BILL CONTINUES WITH HIS JOURNEY TO RECREATE, WITH THE HELP OF OUR FRIENDS AT NUPROL AND MILITARY1ST, A BLOCK 1 M4 SOPMOD, A MOD 0 CQBR, AND NOW THE KIT TO GO WITH IT!
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do love a build project; in fact when I was a kid I wanted to be a gunsmith but my family talked me out of it as “there’s no money in guns”… hah, if only I knew then what I know now! Here I am, the older and wiser (I hope!) me and what do I do for a living? I build, shoot and write about guns and gear both real and replica, and although I’ll never be a
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millionaire, I LOVE what I do! The “BLOCKS” project so far has been a really interesting one, but when I sat back to think about it I realised that what I was doing was essentially recreating the platforms and loadout that I used when I was at the very height of my playing days! Once I’d set the wheels in motion to create a passable BLOCK 1
