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WE SEEM TO BE FOLLOWING A TREND THIS MONTH, IN RELATION TO NEW AND CUTTING-EDGE,
POLYMER-BODIED AEGS AND THE NEW GHOST FROM EVOLUTION AIRSOFT IS CERTAINLY WAY UP
THERE IN OUR ESTIMATIONS! HOOKING UP AGAIN TO GIVE A DOUBLE-EDGED OVERVIEW, BILL AND
BJORN GET TO GRIPS WITH THIS NEW FAMILY OF AEGS AND PUT THEM PROPERLY THROUGH THEIR
PACES!
virtually ALL AEGs were “plastic”, and many GBB
pistols were too, but that didn’t stop us heading
out to the woods every
weekend to lay
down a hail
of BBs on
our friends!
In many
ways we
have become spoilt
by the sheer diversity of platforms
on offer, and these days it seems to
be as much about what is inside our AEGs as it
is about how they look and feel.
Internals have come a LONG way since that first
t always hop-up unit was fitted in Japan many years ago, and
strikes since then we’ve seen a constant curve of innovation
Ime to give us AEGs that perform better, last for longer
as strange that so without spitting the dummy and offer us more choice
many airsofters look than a KFC bucket meal! As regular readers of AA will
at AEGs and insist it’s got know, there is an ongoing and serious debate even
to be “full metal or nothing” within the core crew as to whether this is a good or
when there are so many excellent bad thing, but the fact that we have CHOICE has to
AEG models out there benefitting be an overall positive… you make your choice of what
from super-strong and extremely suits you best and you roll with that.
durable high-standard polymer bodies! As I’ve The last year, however, has seen our individual
mentioned before, there’s an entire heap of evidence choice diminish generally in terms of our freedoms
from the world of real firearms to support the efficient but that doesn’t mean for a moment that airsoft
and efficacious use of polymers in overall weapon manufacturers have been sitting on their hands. Some
design and construction, so why on earth should this of them have been churning out the (REALLY!) good
be any different in the world of airsoft? stuff even though we, as players, have been relegated
The fact is that if the correct polymer is used it can to staring at screens for our entertainment. Amongst
actually provide real benefits, not just in strength and the manufacturers punching forward in adversity
durability but also in relation to weight saving! The is Evolution Airsoft and the guys in Italy have really
bottom line is that if you’re carrying less weight you moved things along at pace! Amongst their latest
can be faster on your feet and keep fatigue at bay batch (Oh yes, there’s MUCH more to come!) of
longer. If this wasn’t the case, then why would we releases is the GHOST family of AEGs and I’ve been
have the “light is right” mantra on the lips of the “hi giving the Ghost L EMR Carbontech some serious
speed, lo drag” fraternity? If you follow my logic, a abuse over the last couple of months!
lighter rifle or carbine reduces your overall load even
further, meaning that you can go harder and faster, A GHOST WITH SUBSTANCE!
for longer! The GHOST is a ground-breaking project for Evolution,
And the days of “plastic guns” being somehow as the AEGs have been entirely designed in Italy in
inferior in airsoft are WAY behind us, aren’t they? Gardone Valtrompia (the “firearms valley” that some
Please remember that when airsoft was in its infancy

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