armoury
ICS CXP-ARK
trigger travel distance, increase the rate of fire and
greatly enhance responsiveness.
BBS ON TARGET!
It’s obvious, straight out of the box, that enormous
thought and attention to detail has gone into the
CXP-ARK and this shows on the range!
Through the chrono the ARK came in at 0.92
Joule/315fps, which is obviously perfectly site friendly,
on the my usual RZR .20g BBs. Once I was happy with
the initial reading, I reset the hop and upped to .25g
RZRs and the accuracy was great, sending the BBs
consistently to target at the extent of the 30m range.
I did also try the ARK at greater distances and it was
quite happily sending a .25g out to 75m with a deadflat
trajectory.
After running through the supplied 540 BB “Tactical
Hi Cap” (ICS also offer the same windowed polymer
magazine style in a 30/50 BB “realcap” mag with
a follower) a couple of times, the ARK was able to
achieve a nice tight group and switching to full-auto
delivered a line of BBs super-quick. The magazines
fed perfectly and are a totally unique design, plus
(contrary to what some “chairborne rangers” online
have said) they do fit in other brand AKs and indeed
I had no problem with feeding from other AK mags I
own into the AEG. In fact, I have to say that the ARK
looks properly mean with AK-12 mags!
Overall, the ICS CXP-ARK is one hell of a package!
It’s beautifully put together and finished, the parts,
although bang-up-to- the-moment with current
technology, are completely bombproof and it shoots
really, REALLY well. ICS have delivered a top-of-theline
“tacticool” AK that looks brilliant, with everything
you need to get in the game in the box and if you
want my opinion, I feel very strongly that even
Mikhail himself would look on this model with his full
approval!
My sincere thanks go to ICS Airsoft for kindly
providing an early test model and please do be sure
to visit www.icsbb.com to check out the other models
from the brand and much, much more! I understand
that both colour models should be landing with your
favourite ICS retailer in Quarter 4 of 2020, so keep
any eye on their updates for more information on
this! AA
“ONCE I WAS HAPPY WITH THE INITIAL READING, I RESET THE HOP AND
UPPED TO .25G RZRS AND THE ACCURACY WAS GREAT, SENDING THE BBS
CONSISTENTLY TO TARGET AT THE EXTENT OF THE 30M RANGE. I DID ALSO TRY
THE ARK AT GREATER DISTANCES AND IT WAS QUITE HAPPILY SENDING A .25G
OUT TO 75M WITH A DEAD-FLAT TRAJECTORY.”
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