Page 74 - Airsoft Action Issue 126 June 2021

INSIDE AIRSOFT
NUPROL
most importantly,
affordable Airsoft
goods to players.
“We’ve established some
great relationships with our
factories and manufacturing
partners to ensure that everything
is produced to a high standard.
Development, by its nature, requires
communication. There is a constant flow of
ideas and information between ourselves,
our in-house R&D teams and our factories, with
all parties challenging one another on improving
efficiency, quality and most of all – the player’s
experience. Considering the new technologies and
materials becoming available to Airsoft manufacturers
the future is bright, with many new and exciting
Airsoft concepts on the horizon.”
Designing and manufacturing cool new concepts
for the airsoft market is all well and good, but
completely pointless if you cannot get these goods to
the players you’ve designed them for. That’s where a
man like Danny comes in. Danny has been with the
company since its inception and has a lot of first-hand
experience in being a part of the airsoft community
growth in the last ten years. I asked him how the
journey has been and where he sees the industry
heading…
“The Airsoft industry has experienced a great deal
of growth over the last 10 years. We’ve seen the
player base increase with newcomers transitioning
from both paintball, as well as some bedroom
warriors (the FPS video game community), all welcome
additions to our beloved sport. At the top end,
established Airsoft manufacturers are continuing to
develop their product listings with new, innovative
concepts, providing the players with more choice
than they’ve ever had. This expansion at both the
top and bottom of the industry is helping retailers
and site owners maintain and grow their customer
base. Obviously COVID-19 has been a challenge
for almost every business in every industry – Airsoft
being no different. The disruption caused by the virus
has affected global supply chains, raw materials and
component part production. These issues are starting
to resolve themselves with incoming orders now
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arriving
with an
improved
frequency. This “new
dawn” is backed up by
the opening of Shops
and Game Sites leaving us feeling very buoyant for
the future of the Airsoft.”
NUPROL HAVE YOUR SIX!
The NUPROL brand covers a lot of products. You may
think of them from their early days supplying gas
and accessories under the WE Europe name but their
listings have increased immensely over recent years.
Consumables are covered by their popular NUPROL
Airsoft Gas, a wide range of RZR BBs and NP POWER
batteries with NiMh, LiPo and newer LiFe and Li-Ion
types available.
As far as replicas are concerned, NUPROL supply a
range of AEGs under the DELTA (AR15) and ROMEO
(AK) series names. These AEGs all feature reinforced
V2 gearboxes, Full Steel Tooth Pistons as well as a
Micro-Switch Trigger System. In a world where lots
of manufacturers are installing ETU systems to their
AEGs, it’s great to see NUPROL continuing to use the
“analogue” system we’ve mentioned before, a system
still favoured by many players.
Their replica offerings continue with their spring-
based RIFs, the SIERRA Shotgun series and TANGO
Sniper series. Both the SIERRA and TANGO series
replicas offer a great deal of fun at a good price,
excellent for those wanting to try their hand at CQB
or long-distance target shooting.
NUPROL are also the team behind the successful,
yet relatively young RAVEN brand of GBB Pistols. In
the short time that RAVEN has been on the market
(just three years) they can now be found in Airsoft
stores across Europe. I asked NUPROL what the
mission goal was with RAVEN and how they’re doing
achieving this three years later. Tom told me:
“The initial concept for RAVEN was to provide