LAND WARRIOR
Scott Allen has been
writing reviews for Airsoft
Action since the start, so
we thought we’d ask him
about his business, Land
Warrior Airsoft.
Over to you, Scott…
080
January 2012
AIRSOFT
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and Warrior is now a well-known
company in the UK, although
much younger than many of its
competitors. We set out to provide
the absolute best service we could
without cutting corners and it has been a long
road with numerous changes along the way.
It’s close to five years since we opened and the
one thing we do know for sure is that the next
five years are going to be even better!
It all started, what seems so very long ago,
buying in the up and coming Chinese brands
which changed the airsoft market by making
it more accessible to an ever-growing UK
audience. Selling airsoft guns was relatively
simple at the time. The only requirement in the
pre-VCRA era was that customers must be
over 18. Less than a year after we opened the
VCRA came in to effect and overnight the UK
airsoft industry was, in effect, knee-capped.
We stuck to our guns, tightened our belts and
kept on going. Within four months we needed a
warehouse and found our first humble premises
to open a shop front. Though small and running
on a shoestring budget, we kept investing and
building.
Slowly we turned heads with a reputation
that offered a one-stop shop of no-nonsense
purchasing. We weren’t always the cheapest
but we were reliable and straight up. We were
the first retailer to offer free downgrades to
rifles, meaning customers could trust their
purchase would be skirmish-ready out of the
box (when many Chinese clones were pumping
out 420fps) with a 12 month warranty.
Fast forward a couple of years and while
on a trip to Hong Kong we were introduced to
G&P The company was keen for us to stock
.
its rifles and accessories. This was a turning