THE ARMOURY
upper and lower receiver and outer barrel
are made of CNCed steel. The handguards
and crane stock are both made of heavy duty
ABS and help give it a solid, robust feel.
The Celcius logo is laser engraved on
the receiver (which I know will not be to
everyone’s taste) along with the weapon’s
unique serial number, as well as safety
selector markings. The pistol grip fits nicely in
the hand because the motor is much slimmer
than in a normal AEG. So the overall feel is of
a very robust piece of kit – you could easily
be mistaken for carrying the real version.
Internally, the polished stainless steel
barrel is 6.00mm dead so I would definitely
only use high quality BBs in this rifle. Its
barrel length is 374mm. The CTW I had for
this review came fitted with a standard
cylinder and spring. Like on the Systema
PTW these are quick and simple to change to
raise or lower the power to the right level.
The magazine is basically a direct copy
of the Systema PTW magazine. Both are
the same size and weight (if loaded with
30 rounds of 5.56mm) as the real version.
It says 120-BB capacity but once I got to
about 100-odd it got hard to load up any
more. Then again, that is pretty much the
same on all mid-cap mags, no matter what
make. I used both Celcius’ own magazines
as well as couple of Systema mags I had
borrowed. Both fitted fine and neither had
any feed issues to report. On test I also used
a Vanaras Polymer magazine, which fitted
in and fed smoothly (not quite as smooth
Inside the lower receiver, showing
exposed part of the gearbox and ECU
as either the Celcius or Systema versions
admittedly, but I doubt that will put many
people off using them considering they’re
much cheaper and lighter).
The CTW is set up to run on 11.1v Lipo
batteries. I received two for testing, both
Celcius branded. The first one, an 11.1v
1200mAh 20C, is for use with the standard
cylinder/spring set up. The other was a much
larger 11.1v 2400mAh
20C battery for use with the
upgrade M130 spring set up.
Fitting the battery couldn’t have
been simpler: just pop the two clips on
the butt plate of the crane stock to expose
the large Tamiya connector. Slide a battery
into the stock, hook up the connectors and
replace the stock. Ready to rock and roll!
Something else I really like is the little
blue LED inside the receiver that appears
when switching the safety selector from
safe to either semi- or full-auto. This is on
constantly while your battery has enough
charge to power the weapon. When your
battery starts to run low the light starts to
flash so you can stop firing and complete a
quick battery change, thus preventing any
possible damage to the gun or battery. It
will also flash, when attaching the battery,
if it is low on power.
I’ve bored you enough with the
overview, so what’s it like to use? First
things first: I thought I had better chrono
it, just to make sure that it was within the
site limit. Out of the box, using Madbull
Precision Grade 0.2g BBs, this MX2 was
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STTS is the exclusive UK and Ireland distributor and importer of Celcius products. STTS
assures me that it is keeping a good stock of spares and accessories, in terms of both range
and quantity. The boss even told me that Systema owners are already asking for Celcius
replacement motors, as well as Celcius 120-BB Hi Speed magazines.
The company is offering the Celcius cylinder/springs upgrade as a set, which will
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