armoury
G&G PIRANHA MK1 GBB
A PISTOL
WITH BITE!!
ALTHOUGH “AIRSOFT REPLICA MILITARY MODELS” ARE STILL AMONGST THE MOST POPULAR
AEGS AND GBBS THAT WE ALL BUY, IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE NEW DESIGNS HITTING THE
MARKET, CONCEPTS DRAWN UP BY AIRSOFT MANUFACTURERS THEMSELVES. BILL HAS BEEN
LIVING WITH THE NEW G&G ARMAMENT PIRANHA MK1 GBB PISTOL FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS
NOW AND THIS IS HIS VERDICT ON THIS UNIQUE PISTOL DESIGN.
I
don’t know about you but I’ve certainly been spending
more time than usual with my handgun collection in the
past weeks! Even while you’re stuck at home, if you have
a back garden or yard where it’s safe to shoot, then a pistol
is the ideal thing. You only need about 20-30 feet, your
eyepro, some BBs and gas, and some targets set into a solid
backstop, and you’re good to go!
I do have neighbours but they’re all used to seeing me
“out back” with AEGs and GBBs, as I’ve taken time to
speak with them and “educate” them that what they see
me shooting are “6mm BB replicas”. In fact, my immediate
neighbour, Steve, whilst 100% NOT an airsofter now
regularly sticks his head over the fence to ask me “So what
model is that?” - and I’ve invited him to come and have a
go when we’re able to “mingle” once again!
Now I know that everyone reading this may not be as
lucky as I to have a range at home, but even if you can’t
shoot, you can still be running draw and manipulation drills
and especially in a small space it’s actually far easier to do
this with a pistol than even a carbine. I find (and this is a
somewhat guilty admission) that I spend far longer working
on my “long drills” than I do for my handgun skills, but
then I am of the “old skool” that feels if you need to go
for your “secondary” then something has gone seriously
wrong!
I’ve actually been enjoying spending more time with
my GBB handguns and although I have my favourites,
it’s always nice to try something new isn’t it? A couple of
months back, when I paid my last visit prior to lockdown
to the NUPROL office near London, I was lucky enough to
secure a test and evaluation sample of the new Piranha
Mk1 GBB pistol that, as G&G distributor for the UK, they
had receieved for the product launch. As I posted recently
on the Airsoft Action website, this model is soon to be with
retailers and therefore available to everyone!
“I FIND (AND THIS IS A SOMEWHAT GUILTY ADMISSION) THAT I SPEND FAR LONGER
WORKING ON MY “LONG DRILLS” THAN I DO FOR MY HANDGUN SKILLS, BUT THEN I
AM OF THE “OLD SKOOL” THAT FEELS IF YOU NEED TO GO FOR YOUR “SECONDARY”
THEN SOMETHING HAS GONE SERIOUSLY WRONG!”
12
JUNE 2020