Jerry Noone is always interested in looking at unique groups that exist within our great, wide world of airsoft. This month he speaks to Chris P, the creator of the “Steyr Aug (airsoft) owners group” page on facebook.
ALL OF US HAVE OUR favourite model of RIF, often dependant on what our personal loadout dictates and this is most certainly true if you are going to “geek out” and go after a very specific “look”. Unique RIF models do tend to generate “fans” and even “fan clubs” as the “EVO” group has proved!
One model of RIF that often gets overlooked for some reason is the Steyr AUG. The AUG (“Armee Universal Gewehr” or “Universal Army Rifle”) was adopted by the Austrian Army in 1977, and since its inception has gained great popularity, being adopted by the armed forces of Australia, Austria, New Zealand, Oman, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Ireland and others. It was also widely purchased by various security and law enforcement agencies worldwide and has proved to be a popular model for both TV and movie use; in fact I’ve just gone through my annual pre-Christmas viewing of “Die Hard” and of course it even features there!
Several years ago my good friend Rob and I went through the process of looking at airsoft AUGs from a whole group of manufacturers and, in general, found that they were all first rate IFs in terms of accuracy, performance, and build quality. Back in Issue 73 of Airsoft Action I took a good look at the ASG model and really liked it but at the end of the day, I’m not an AUG user.
You might wonder what happens to sample RIFs that come through to the magazine for review and the truth of the matter is that the large majority of them are returned to the supplier once we’ve had a good look. Sometimes though the manufacturer or supplier says to us “just keep it” and those models go either to long-term testing, or get used for a charity fund-raiser or competition prize and no, seeing as you ask, we don’t get to keep them!
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SETTING THE SCENE: SETS AND PROPS
WITH THE FIRST âOPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENTâ OF HIS MISSILE LAUNCH SYSTEM NOW WELL AND TRULY UNDER HIS BELT, JAMES TURNS TO THE MORE GENERALISED USE OF âSET AND PROPSâ. THIS IS WHERE IMAGINATION MEETS REALITY, AS HE EMBARKS ON A NEW SERIES OF ARTICLES INVESTIGATING HOW THE CORRECT USE OF âSCENE SETTINGâ CAN TURN A GOOD AIRSOFT GAME INTO AN AWESOME ONE!
PRACTICAL MAGIC
IN THE FIRST PART OF YET ANOTHER NEW SERIES, JON âPOSHâ MILLS HAS STARTED HIS JOURNEY INTO ALL THINGS âPRACTICALâ AS HE DOCUMENTS HIS FIRST STEPS INTO A WHOLE NEW WORLD OF AIRSOFT AND, ALONG WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE AA CREW, TAKES A STEP BACK TO âPROJECT PRECISIONâ AND SEES HOW TRUE âAIRSOFT MULTIGUNâ IS BEING LOOKED AT WITH FRESH EYES!
THE CAGE: GLOVES
AS WITH EVERY INSTALMENT OF THE CAGE, WEâRE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR GOOD KIT; NOT SIMPLY GEAR THATâS 100% FIT FOR PURPOSE BUT EQUIPMENT THATâS GOING TO GIVE YOU GOOD SERVICE AND GREAT VALUE FOR MONEY! THIS TIME THE AA LEGION TAKE A LOOK AT GLOVES, WHAT THEYâVE WORN IN THE PAST AND WHAT THEYâRE WEARING NOW, SO YOU CAN REALLY GET âHANDS ONâ IN ANY SITUATION! AS USUAL, BILL LEADS OFFâŠ
DIRECT ACTION: 2021 UPDATES!
ACTION IN POLAND. AS ALWAYS THOUGH, BILL HAS BEEN KEEPING A VERY CLOSE EYE ON THEIR LATEST DEVELOPMENTS AND INNOVATIONS FOR THE TRUE TACTICAL USER! WITH SOME GREAT NEW MODELS AVAILABLE HE BRINGS IN AN UPDATE OF KIT THAT HEâS ALREADY TRIED AND TESTED EXTENSIVELY!
VORSK: DIARY UPDATE
SINCE THE âVORSK PROJECTâ STARTED, BILL HAS BEEN KEEPING DETAILED NOTES AND A RUNNING TALLY ON THE EXISTING MODELS TO SEE HOW THEY PERFORM OVER TIME AND ALTHOUGH SOME STILL HAVENâT YET SEEN A GAME DUE TO THE RESTRICTIONS WE HAVE ALL FACED, HE CONTINUES TO GIVE ALL THE MODELS, INCLUDING THE LATEST RELEASES, A VERY HARD TIME ON THE RANGE IN HIS WEEKLY SESSIONS!
OPFOR OPERATOR
DURING HIS TIME PLAYING AIRSOFT, BILL HAS FOUND HIMSELF ON ALL MANNER OF TEAMS AND EVERY SINGLE ONE HAS HAD ITS OWN PARTICULAR PLUS AND MINUS POINTS, BUT HE DOES SAY THAT IT HASBEEN THE TIME THAT HEâS SPENT PLAYING OPPOSING FORCE, OR OPFOR, WHERE HEâS ENJOYED HIMSELF THE MOST. FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS, HE FINALLY STARTS TO LOOK AT OPFOR âMAIN FORCEâ!
THE NEED FOR SPEED: PART I
ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT SEEM THAT WE ARE ALL CONSTANTLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE âLATEST AND BESTESTâ INNOVATIONS THAT WILL MAKE OUR AEGS AND GBBS UTTER DEVASTATORS AND BRINGERS OF DOOM, IN PART 1 OF A TWO-PART FEATURE, BOYCIE TAKES A LOOK BACK AT WHERE WEâVE COME FROM AND HOW WE CAN USE THE SIMPLEST OF âFIXESâ TO OUR BEST ADVANTAGE!
RELOADED CZECH MATE
AAâS âMAN IN TAIWANâ, STEWBACCA, TAKES A LOOK BACK AT HOW AND WHY HE ENDED UP USING A KJ WORKS CZ75 SHADOW 2 FOR HIS ACTION AIR EXPLOITS.
SOMETIMES SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
FRENCHIE HAS WRITTEN ABOUT MULTITOOLS ON MORE THAN A FEW OCCASIONS IN AIRSOFT ACTION AND THIS MONTH HEâS GOING TO ADD TO THAT GROWING PILE, BY TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT ONE OF HIS FAVOURITES.
âA SHOOTER NEEDS ONLY ONE RIFLE!â ...SAID NO AIRSOFTER âŠEVER!
NO MATTER WHAT TYPE OF PLATFORM IT IS, ALL OF US AT AIRSOFT ACTION ARE GENUINELY DELIGHTED TO SEE SOMETHING THATâS JUST A BIT DIFFERENT AND IN A DEPARTURE FROM HIS USUAL PREFERENCE OF AIRSOFT RIFS, BOYCIE TAKES A LONG, HARD LOOK AT THE STEYR SCOUT BOLT ACTION RIFLE THATâS COME TO MARKET COURTESY OF ACTIONSPORTGAMES (ASG).
