Posts Tagged ‘ SHOT Show ’
Umarex is working on seriously expanding their quality airsoft line, and that’s a good thing for players who actually want quality replicas. This year at SHOT Show, Umarex had a couple of new items displayed that they will be releasing this year, as well as some of their newest Elite Force airsoft guns. Elite Force is Umarex’s premium airsoft line, and is about to be enhanced with two unique new AEGs. Read more
While the first few days of the SHOT Show were fairly quiet for KWA in terms of new releases, they saved a stunner for the end of the week. KWA’s other products on display at the shot show are items we’re exited about, but had seen or heard of before. These included the KWA Sphinx SDP Compact, the Magpul PTS Mega Arms LM4, and the Magpul PTS ACR GBB, which will use the KWA LM4 system. However, on Friday, KWA announced that they had secured an exclusive worldwide license to produce LWRC International airsoft rifles and training platforms.
Magpul Industries is one of the most recognized names in the firearm industry, especially for a company that doesn’t even sell guns. What Magpul does sell is a number of extremely well designed, affordable firearm parts and accessories. Every year, Magpul announces a number of new products, all of which are well designed and ideal for a specific purpose. This year, in addition to updates to the AR parts series, Magpul released their first MOE AK accessory, the MOE AK Grip. Read more
Condor Outdoor is one of the more common names when it comes to tactical gear because they produce quality gear at an extremely affordable price. Every single year Condor comes out with a number of products that are well designed for a variety of different applications. Condor has a number of products that are made in the US, and this year they are expanding their US made line of gear. Read more
Action Sport Games, one of the premier European airsoft distributors, was at the 2013 SHOT Show displaying their upcoming US product line. The announcement that ASG will be distributing in the US brings a number of exclusively licensed airsoft items to our domestic airsoft market. Among these are the famed LMT, a number of B&T items, and some unique replicas including the CZ Scorpion.
Action Sport Games just recently moved into their US distribution center, and is expecting to be shipping within a month or so. Airsoft Outlet NW is excited to be carrying a number of new items, which should be available soon. Read more
G&G had a number of interesting new items at the 2013 SHOT Show. Some, like the GK5C, we knew were in the works. Others, like the M1 Garand and the new optics, were more of a surprise. G&G also confirmed some upcoming projects, but you can see the details on each product below. Read more
KWA is one of the biggest names in airsoft right now, and one of the leaders in developing airsoft guns as robust, realistic training tools. At the 2013 SHOT Show, KWA put the focus on the Professional Training series of pistols and rifles.
In the past few months, KWA has been racing to get the long awaited KRISS Vector Gas Blowback SMG to retailers’ shelves. They did make their Christmas deadline, but there are a number of other existing projects that are still in production. As KWA continues to release product, they’ll work on expanding their product line. At this show, KWA was demonstrating the newly released KRISS Vector, but they did have one new model to announce. Read more
Spartan Imports is one of the bigger airsoft players at SHOT Show, and often brings a number of new products to the show. This year, they had a slate of products delivered for the show, but some of them were unavailable for display. A couple of Tango Down rifles in 20 inch DMR and 7 inch PDW configurations were not yet approved for licensed release, so I was unable to provide photos of those. However, there were still a couple of unique surprises in store.
The first thing Spartan Imports showed me was a new Smith & Wesson M&P 9mm Compact airsoft pistol. This is fully licensed, and bears the complete S&W trademarks. A metal slide and barrel give this GBB replica a nice feel, especially in conjunction with M&P ergonomics. A lot of people have been looking for a compact or subcompact gas blowback airsoft pistol for use in concealed carry training. This pistol is ideal for that, as it’s size is fairly similar to a number of compact handguns, and the realistic function facilitates accurate training. Read more
Highly-anticipated automatic electric Airsoft gun Magpul PTS PDR will be released late this summer.
Unlike some companies that push a product out and then fix small issues later, Magpul PTS is working hard to release a refined, reliable product on the first release. Although this creates a refined product, Airsofters everywhere anxiously await the release of this automatic electric gun. Even with the extra development time, the Magpul PTS PDR is still on time for a scheduled release late this summer. This is great news for players that are rabidly anticipating the PDR, since it should be available soon. Read more
Real Sword has been silent for the past few months, but it’s obvious that they’ve been busy. Just last week they announced that they will be attending the IWA & Outdoor Classics show, and on the list of products they will be displaying is their new M4A1 and M16A3 models. We’ve been looking forward to these ever since we saw the partially completed models at SHOT Show 2012.
