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LCT AK BABY & TX BABY
to the side . In close quarters this compactness makes it extremely effective whilst you ’ re navigating gloomy corridors and compounds . Unlike the “ NATO ” troops , I and my fellow “ militia mates ” will often get into character , firing from the hip and even with the stock collapsed , so it came as no surprise to me when I saw two REALLY short AK “ pistols ” in the LCT range and , after a brief period of being out of stock , they ’ re back and oh baby , are they cool little numbers !
LCT Airsoft , as we know , make some superb airsoft replicas and their extensive range of “ Soviet ” rifles , carbines , SMGs and now support guns , has to be seen to be believed . LCT AEGs are made from a mix of steel , wood and aluminium ; they are extremely well finished with a hard wearing coating that is more resistant to wear and tear than normal airsoft AKs , with excellent and realistic colour matching . Internally things are equally as good ; there ’ s a tried and tested V3 gearbox , a ribbed aluminium cylinder , aluminium cylinder head with double O-ring , a plastic nozzle with O-ring , polycarbonate piston with steel teeth , an aluminium piston head , and a precision hop chamber . This sounds all very well and in actual fact it is , as these components will give you great performance straight from the box .
What makes the “ AK Baby ” so interesting for me though , is that it ’ s very close in look to the movie firearm used by Art Malik in the 1994 film “ True Lies ”. “ Salim Abu Aziz ” can often be seen using a custom shortened , stockless AK with two magazines taped together “ guerilla-style ” as his primary weapon . It hooded SU front sight , as well as other parts from the Norinco Type 56 and the AKMS . Given then that this shortened AK would have used the 7.62 × 39mm M43 intermediate rifle cartridge , it does beg the question of how it would actually worked , given the problems it would have encountered in cycling ; with no muzzle booster ” the gas pressure must have been a real issue . I ’ ve spoken to a number of “ AK friends ” around the world about this and it ’ s seriously left us scratching our heads !
That aside though , the LCT is a corking lookalike of the “ movie gun ”. It ’ s of full steel construction with a 35mm CCW steel flash-hider , a shortened 110mm real wood handguard and a polymer AK74 tactical pistol grip , which offers a rugged surface and finger groove design for maximum grip retention . There ’ s an AKM style adjustable rear sight , whilst the front sight is distinctly SU and on the left side of the receiver is a mount for an optics rail . Metal front and rear sling points mean it can be used with single , two , or three tactical slings - as there ’ s no stock at all on the “ Baby ”, it screams out to me for a singlepoint .
Having created a super “ movie ” replica , I would have thought that LCT would have called it quits but the “ TX Baby ” model proves to me that there must also be some pretty serious CQB players working for the company . Taking the original “ Baby ” as a donor , LCT seriously up the ante by dropping the wood and the AKM style flash-hider and replacing them with an absolutely beautiful 155mm metal quad rail appears to have had the barrel professionally shortened to compact status and clearly uses the and a chunky spiked muzzle brake . All the other features remain the same but these slight , far from subtle changes , turn the “ TX Baby ” into a serious CQB monster ! Both AEGs come with a steel 600 BB High Capacity magazine , although for the “ TX ” model I would change this out to a “ Bakelite ” ’ 74 version , or even one of the “ tacticool ” variants , to bring the look fully up to date .
“ HAVING CREATED A SUPER |
“ MOVIE ” REPLICA , I WOULD |
HAVE THOUGHT THAT LCT WOULD |
HAVE CALLED IT QUITS BUT |
THE “ TX BABY ” MODEL PROVES TO ME |
THAT THERE MUST ALSO BE SOME |
PRETTY SERIOUS CQB PLAYERS WORKING |
FOR THE COMPANY .” |
22 MARCH 2021