Sabre Rattlin'!

Brands seem to come and go in the airsoft industry but some just keep plugging away with releases of new and interesting models when you least expect it! Jerry noone returns to a brand he holds dear by getting his mitts on the very latest “ar” model from vega force company.

AH, VFC! VEGA FORCE COMPANY (VFC) are no newcomers to the world of airsoft replicas, but I have to admit that with all the aggressive marketing going on courtesy of a number of the “mainline” brands, they are often a company that somehow falls to the wayside. In reality though, VFC have always been there, quietly beavering away in the background, creating airsoft replicas that are actually real “diamonds” when you get to know and use them.

Some years ago (late 2004, early 2005 or so…) I was in search of a new AEG; to this point I’d been pretty much strictly a Tokyo Marui/Classic Army kind of guy and I really fancied something different to a “SOPMOD M4” for my US loadout.Delta Force replaced its M4s with the HK416 in 2004, after tests revealed that the piston operating system significantly reduced malfunctions while increasing the life of parts, so it was a bit of a “no brainer” to go looking for that model, but at the time finding a “416” straight out of the box was a real problem. Sure, there were expensive conversion kits out there (with more to come from the likes of GB Tech and HurricanE) but those cost almost as much as a donor M4.

With the exchange rate at the time you were looking iro £900+ for a decent donor and the kit when shipping came into the equation!