62
YOUNG GUNS
JEZZ BLUME ON GROUND
ZERO’S LAST GAME OF 2011
65
BATTERIES: PART II
BARRY COLLINS EXPLAINS
WHY SIZE DOES MATTER
68
FIGHTING FIT
DON’T UNDERESTIMATE THE
IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING FIT
73
77
83
SKIRMISH BOOT CAMP
NIGE JOINS IN THE FESTIVE FUN
COLD WAR WARRIORS
THE US ARMY AIRBORNE 82ND
INSIDE AIRSOFT
BEHIND THE SCENES AT
AIRSOFT ARMOURY
87
TEAMWORK: SDM
EXPLAINING THE SQUAD
DESIGNATED MARKSMAN
94
MEDIA REVIEW
WHY ELDER SCROLLS V:
SKYRIM WILL DEVOUR YOUR
SPARE TIME
97
BOOKSHOP
OUR SELECTION OF BOOKS
HANDPICKED FOR THE AIRSOFT
BOOKWORM
W
elcome to the first issue of 2012 (yes I know it says
‘February’ on the cover but that’s just how magazine
publishing works!). Anyway, I trust you all had a fabulous
Xmas and New Year and the big fat fella brought you
everything you wanted (new gun, new boots, new camo…).
So, what has 2012 got in store for us? Well, if my diary is anything to go by it
is going to be one hell of a year for airsoft – and for Airsoft Action. Everything
kicks off with a trip to the SHOT Show in Las Vegas in January (yeah, I know, it’s
a dirty job…), then the British Shooting Show at the end of February, followed
by IWA in Nuremberg two weeks later!
We’ll be covering airsoft events and games in the UK and abroad and
continue bringing you site reviews from all over the country. We won’t be
forgetting kit either, with some pretty awesome exclusives already in the
pipeline, and some stuff we can’t tell you about yet (but I promise, when we
can you’ll be the first to know).
I understand that there may be one or two non-airsoft related events going on
in 2012, which is great – with millions of people glued to their tellies, the roads
will be clear for us to get to our own games. Tell you what though: when it’s all
over, wouldn’t the Olympic Park make a stunning airsoft site? How’d you fancy
assaulting that spiral tower alongside the Stadium? (Hmm… I wonder if we can
persuade Mr Sugar to get his chequebook out?)
…and with that thought, I’l