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GEARBOX
HAVING PROBLEMS WITH YOUR
GEARBOX? MIKE B CAN HELP!
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COMPETITION
WIN AN M4 MOE CQB!
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RIFLE REVIEW
RATTY GETS TO GRIPS WITH
SOCOM’S CHEYTAC M200
YOUNG GUNS
WHY DO WE PLAY AIRSOFT?
SWAT URBAN
RON M GEARS UP FOR SOME
SERIOUS CQB GAMING
GUCCISOFT
CHEAP STUFF WORKS – SO
WHY BUY EXPENSIVE?
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LIPO UPGRADES
THE INS-AND-OUTS OF
RUNNING BIGGER LIPOS
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KIT REVIEW: WEBBING
DANNY P CHECKS OUT THREE
DIFFERENT PLCE SOLUTIONS
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MEDIA REVIEW
ALEX WHARTON TRAVERSES
GOTHAM CITY IN BATMAN
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BOOKSHOP
OUR SELECTION OF BOOKS
HANDPICKED FOR THE
AIRSOFT BOOKWORM
W
ow – what a month! I’ve had some busy months before but
January 2012 is way up there with the busiest!
Of course, it was completely dominated by that small
gathering of Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Tradespeeps,
known as The SHOT Show in Las Vegas which, as you will
see from my write-up on page 20, was, well, very large indeed! I was simply
staggered at the sheer scale of the Show and just how many exhibitors there
were. But something happened at the Show that wasn’t very well reported,
something that might just be the tip of a very important iceberg.
The Jag Precision/Echo 1 USA booth was shut down and their personnel
escorted from the show. Why? Because Cybergun S.A. and FN Herstal had
gained temporary restraining orders, alleging Patent Infringement by Jag
Precision/Echo 1 USA – the first being filed in Texas on 10 January and the
second in Nevada on the opening day of the SHOT Show, 17 January.
Extreme indeed but, as it turns out, we could well see the same sort of
thing happening here. It is my understanding that at least one UK distributor
is looking very closely at companies who are selling copies of their product,
after receiving a number of ‘faulty’ items back for repair or replacement – their
owners not being aware they had brought copies had sent them in ‘under
warranty’.
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