BIG BADDA HI CAPA!
Airsoft Action|December 2020
IT SEEMS LIKE MANY FOLK OUT THERE ARE IN A HUGE RUSH TO REPORT ON NEW MODELS LITERALLY THE MOMENT AN IMAGE APPEARS ONLINE BUT AT AIRSOFT ACTION THAT’S NOT OUR WAY, AS WE BELIEVE A MORE CONSIDERED APPROACH, BASED ON THOROUGH TESTING AND FULL EVALUATION, WILL GIVE EVERYONE FAR BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THEY MIGHT BE BUYING THAN SIMPLY TELLING YOU “WHAT’S IN THE BOX AND ON THE WEB”! THE NEW R604 GBB PISTOL HAS BEEN WITH US FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, SO NOW’S THE TIME FOR BILL TO TELL YOU WHAT WE THINK!
BIG BADDA HI CAPA!

It’s weird, isn’t it? I try not to view the reports of others when it comes to an AEG of GBB model that I have under evaluation as I feel that this might bias what I have to say, and as most of the “good reviewers” I know tend to find the same things I do with any new model, the “consensus of assent” comes into effect too and can sometimes blow the smallest of things out of all proportion!

As a reader of Airsoft Action, and a potential purchaser of what we review, I personally believe that you deserve better than that, as pulling information from a wiki or website and “making out it were your own” ultimately tells a story, and not necessarily a good one. I’m a firm believer of trawling for information both online and in my personal “hard copy library” of old books, but that’s in support of a story… it’s not, and never will be “The Story”.

Consensus is a good thing for you but not for me; if I spot a problem I want to ensure that’s it’s something simple to deal with - and no amount of positive or negative “reinforcement” is going to change that. Therefore, I take time to fully test the models that I have under evaluation, range testing thoroughly and ensuring that each and every model gets used hard before I comment.

Why do I tell you all this you may wonder? Truth is, I’ve already seen some “reviews” on the latest model from Army Armament (ARMY), the R604 and it seems like a lot of folk are rather missing the point of this super, hand-filling GBB pistol…

I’m led to believe by Army Armament - and I quote verbatim - that:

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