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A few months ago I wanted to try a blowback air pistol, but had always considered 4.5mm steel bbs horrible, dangerous things, and the few pellet versions available didn't function like true semi-autos.
So I began to consider an airsoft pistol. I didn't like the idea of spending money on a gun that would be paint sprayed, so when I came across the Armorer Works guns, I decided to buy the one with the blue slide and red barrel. At least it had been produced that way at the factory,and although it looked like a pimp's gun I found it strangely appealing.
In any case I would only be shooting it at home and on the indoor airgun range I'm a member of. And I'm colour blind anyway, so it didn't look so bad to me.
And that is how I got into airsoft. I enjoyed shooting it so much I decided to go full airsoft and start skirmishing.
Now a lot of people say this is not a true custom gun, but just a tarted up WE, with internals that are nothing special and will soon need replacing. Maybe so. However, it has a good feel, and is accurate by bb standards, and opinions are, after all, like ....holes as they say. However I haven't yet had the nerve to take it to a skirmish, and would eventually like to play with something less conspicuous - a Glock 17, Walther PPQ or CZ P09 Duty.
So what should I do with my blue and red gun:
1 Play with it as is? Sticks and stones....
2 Keep it and just use it at home? Bit of a waste.
3 Sand off the blue and repaint the slide? I'd probably make a mess of it.
4 Have this done professionally by somewhere like Liquid Steel Designs? Expensive.
5. Cover the slide in camo tape? Any recommendations?
6 Try to flog it for £80 (I paid 140 for it and it has had little use) and put the money towards another pistol? Would still have to shell at 29-40 quid for another gun. I'd also have to sell the Nuprol polymer holster I bought for it, and have never used, for about twopence halfpenny.
What would you do?
So I began to consider an airsoft pistol. I didn't like the idea of spending money on a gun that would be paint sprayed, so when I came across the Armorer Works guns, I decided to buy the one with the blue slide and red barrel. At least it had been produced that way at the factory,and although it looked like a pimp's gun I found it strangely appealing.
In any case I would only be shooting it at home and on the indoor airgun range I'm a member of. And I'm colour blind anyway, so it didn't look so bad to me.And that is how I got into airsoft. I enjoyed shooting it so much I decided to go full airsoft and start skirmishing.
Now a lot of people say this is not a true custom gun, but just a tarted up WE, with internals that are nothing special and will soon need replacing. Maybe so. However, it has a good feel, and is accurate by bb standards, and opinions are, after all, like ....holes as they say. However I haven't yet had the nerve to take it to a skirmish, and would eventually like to play with something less conspicuous - a Glock 17, Walther PPQ or CZ P09 Duty.
So what should I do with my blue and red gun:
1 Play with it as is? Sticks and stones....
2 Keep it and just use it at home? Bit of a waste.
3 Sand off the blue and repaint the slide? I'd probably make a mess of it.
4 Have this done professionally by somewhere like Liquid Steel Designs? Expensive.
5. Cover the slide in camo tape? Any recommendations?
6 Try to flog it for £80 (I paid 140 for it and it has had little use) and put the money towards another pistol? Would still have to shell at 29-40 quid for another gun. I'd also have to sell the Nuprol polymer holster I bought for it, and have never used, for about twopence halfpenny.
What would you do?
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