DONGSAN
KTW RANGE
OVERVIEW
Dongsan is a new name to UK airsoft, so we asked
Ratty to give us an overview of its KTW range.
W
hen a large package
arrived in my office,
I rubbed my hands
together with
anticipation as to
what it could be. Seeing that it had
come from Blaze Publishing, a smile
spread across my face – I knew then it
was a load of rifles to review. I opened
up the parcel and saw ‘Dongsan,
product of Korea’ written on the first
box. My initial response (and that of
several others in the office that day),
was ‘Who?’ Korean airsoft guns –
who’d have thought it?
Getting everything out of the box, I
was presented with a range of airsoft
shotguns, rifles and even a pistol,
spanning a 200-year time period. From
a replica of George Washington’s flint
lock pistol, through to Winchester
lever actions, Vietnam-era rifles and
shotguns up to the modern day.
‘Wow!’ I thought, ‘There’s something
here for everyone’.
So, rather than going into each
model massively in depth, what
follows is a general overview on the
build quality and how well each one
functions. All testing was done using
Blaster Devil 0.20g BB’s, and readings
taken from a Madbull V2 chronograph.
Here we go…
George Washington’s
Flint Lock
On first inspection this pistol is very well-presented
and comes with a simple instruction manual that is in
surprisingly good English. Constructed out of wood effect plastic with bronze
effect barrel – but with metal work markings – it weighs in at 738g. The hammer and
frizzen are metal and both need to be cocked to be able to fire. Loading is simple enough
and the magazine holds 12 BBs. There is a safety selector located to the rear of the hammer which was
occasionally difficult to engage. It has adjustable hop-up which makes this a skirmishable pistol. On test I
was achieving results of between 180-220fps. For those of you that are looking for something different, or are
playing a pirate-themed skirmish, this is ideal for you. It certainly put a huge smile on my face!
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October 2011