RELOADED A&K WINCHESTER 1892
STILL SHOWDOWN READY!
SEVEN YEARS AGO BILL TREATED HIMSELF TO ONE OF THE ORIGINAL A&K WINCHESTER LEVER ACTION RIFLES, AND IT TRULY FUELLED ALL OF HIS DREAMS OF AIRSOFT ON THE “WIDE OPEN RANGE”; HE NOW RETURNS TO THIS WESTERN CLASSIC TO GIVE HIS OVERVIEW ON HOW IT HAS PERFORMED… AND CONTINUES TO PERFORM TO THIS DAY!
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ver the many years I’ve been playing I’ve had the pleasure of trying most forms of airsoft, but one that I STILL want to give a go is “6mm Wild West”; sadly my fight with “The Big C” over the last few years has put a bit of a dent in my airsoft adventures, but now I’m thankfully in recovery mode it’s time to look again to the future! Our old mate Josh and his great crew at Gunman Airsoft run regular western themed games under the “Flying Lead” banner, and from what I’ve heard, and seen in post-game pictures, they are very, very good. There are some excellent airsoft “Western” revolvers out there from manufacturers like Hartford, Tanaka, Marushin, and now King Arms which have been, and are, superb; manufacturers like KTW and Marushin
have built Winchester and Randall rifles they have traditionally been very expensive, and in many cases didn’t perform very well from what I’ve been told. And of course if you want a sawn-off double-barrelled shotgun… they are out there! I have been lucky enough to shoot real Winchester lever action rifles and “clones”, most recently a lovely Uberti “1873” chambered in .45 Colt, and they are a part of the western “legend”. I really wanted to put together a “cowboy” airsoft loadout so a Winchester was high on my list of priorities, along with a brace of Single Action Army (SAA) revolvers; the rifle I now have and have loved for some time, but the pistols sadly still elude me. I spoke to a number of the guys involved in the “Cowboy Airsoft” scene way back
“I HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO SHOOT REAL WINCHESTER LEVER ACTION RIFLES AND “CLONES”, MOST RECENTLY A LOVELY UBERTI “1873” CHAMBERED IN .45 COLT, AND THEY ARE A PART OF THE WESTERN “LEGEND”. I REALLY WANTED TO PUT TOGETHER A “COWBOY” AIRSOFT LOADOUT SO A WINCHESTER WAS HIGH ON MY LIST OF PRIORITIES” 40
JUNE 2022
