Airsoft Action 05 - Jan 2012 | Page 51

WIN! WIN! WIN! WIN! WIN! THE ARMOURY LIKE WHAT YOU SEE? FLICK TO PAGE 29 FOR YOUR EXCLUSIVE CHANCE TO WIN A G&G PM5-A4 RTB! Charging the battery couldn’t be easier either, just use the supplied dock. Plug it in and check the charging lights, similar to modern power drill chargers. Each battery is an 11.1v LiPo that provides a rate of fire around 1,000 rounds per minute, which is quick but not insane. The batteries have a 1600mAh capacity which, considering it is a LiPo, will be plenty to last most game days. Plus if you’re particularly trigger-happy you have a second battery to fall back on – happy days! Firing from the box around 350fps with Blaster 0.20g BBs the power is consistent, and the hop keeps your shots nice and true. The MP5 design has been around for a long time, one of the oldest in airsoft if truth be told, but G&G has not only faithfully replicated the design, the company has made an outstanding airsoft rifle. Its patented pneumatic blow back system is functional, and not detrimental to the performance of the rifle in any way. Recently I had the chance to use a PM5 RTB in a game. The only thing “Everything that should be metal is metal, and it doesn’t appear to be your usual cheap lightweight cheese alloy either” that had been altered was the fitting of a Laylax 6.03 tightbore barrel. I can, hand on heart, say that I’ve only used a handful of rifles that shot as well as that rifle did. The player who owned it boasted that he was yet to use the fullauto as it was just so damned accurate. So, would I buy this rifle? Hmm… Tough one! I am a skirmisher through and through and have had many rifles that failed to impress me and were rapidly sold (just the thought of my old King Arms 556 is enough to bring me out in a cold sweat). For me a rifle must perform well without www.airsoftactionmagazine.com 051