armoury
G&G PRK-9
G&G INNOVATION
ATION
+ AK STYLE =
PCC PERFECTION
THE 9MM CARBINE AEG HAS BEEN ALL THE RAGE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WITH NUMEROUS AIRSOFT
MANUFACTURERS ENTERING THE FRAY BOTH WITH LICENCED REPLICAS AND MORE ESOTERIC DESIGNS OF THEIR OWN
CREATION. BILL HAS BEEN WATCHING THE ROLLOUT OF A NEW FAMILY OF “PISTOL CALIBRE CARBINES” FROM G&G
ARMAMENT FOR A WHILE NOW AND FINALLY GETS HANDS ON WITH THE ALL-NEW PRK-9!
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sually I’m a bit of a stickler when it comes to airsoft
guns, and whilst I’m certainly not all about the “Mil”
look I do tend to veer towards AEGs and GBBs that
have at least some basis in reality! However, at the risk of
contradicting myself, I also have an insanely soft spot for
manufacturers that go their own sweet way in terms of
new designs, and unique directions, and I have to say that
G&G Armament are certainly at the forefront of this.
Whilst they do create some fabulous “Mil” and, indeed,
competition rifles and carbines, they’re also unafraid of
going in their own direction and I have to say that this
appeals to me greatly. The new “PRK” family shows just
how much fun a manufacturer can have when they take
off the blinkers and decide to create something all of their
own!
Regular readers of AA will also know that I have
something of a “Kalshnikov obsession” and my personal
collection is quite extensive these days, with everything
from a totally classic AK-47 up to and including the AK-12.
If pushed, I would have to say that my personal favourites
are still the classic AKM and AKMS variants as they are so
versatile in airsoft form, covering off conflicts from the Cold
War up to the present day, so you might well expect me to
take one look at the G&G PRK-9 and immediately dismiss it.
In this you’d be very, VERY wrong!
Basically, of the three PRK-9 models that are being
released as I write (some retailers already have them on
pre-order!) two are essentially what, in the real US-firearms
world, would be described as “pistols”. The basic PRK-
9 resembles an MP5K if you squint a bit - and that’s no
bad thing; with no stock of any description the PRK-9 is
definitely in “pistol” territory. Whilst the PRK-9 L gives you
a “pistol calibre” full-length rifle, it’s the PRK-9 RTS with a
side-folding buffer-tube stock that got my attention right
from the very first moment I started seeing it as shows.
COOLNESS INSIDE AND OUT!
Essentially the PRK-9 and PRK-9 RTS are the same, short (13
inch/330mm) and sweet AK-style members of the family
and both come with the same features. Internally you have
a metal gearbox and gearset, 8mm bearings and a fully
programmable Mosfet that gives you semi/full auto/3-round
burst functions. You also get the tried and tested G&G ETU,
but the hop-up unit is the first-in-the market rotary hop-up
chamber for the VIII gearbox, which I’ll come back to later.
Externally is where things, at least for me, get really
“…IT FEATURES A FAL-STYLE LOCKING SYSTEM THAT HOLDS A BUFFER TUBE WITH
POLYMER SLIDING STOCK (THE STOCK DESIGN IS ONE OF G&GS OWN, AND IS VERY,
VERY GOOD!) FIRMLY AND SOLIDLY OPEN OR CLOSED, MEANING YOU CAN SHOULDER
AND AIM PROPERLY, RATHER THAN JUST SPRAYING AND PRAYING!”
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MAY 2020