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Me in my Russian Tiger BDUs |
At the moment it's all taking up a large amount of space and gathering dust in my 'man cave' - space I would rather use for other hobbies. I have been putting off the inevitable 'clear out' of this largely redundant collection owing to a serious case of denial that that phase of my hobby-life is now over.
Left: The glory days at South Yorkshire Airsoft with my, then, newly purchased CYMA AKM. This was pre-UKARA and I bought this on the site stall...Those were the days!
That said I had always said I would keep two AEGs and one loadout 'just in case' - as I have had several friends who have kindly said I would be welome to join them if I ever felt the urge to have an outing for old time sake.
But beside this I have always felt I have some unfinished business. I had several gun-based projects that I put a lot of time and effort into that were still far from completion and that just niggled me (a mild case of OCD maybe)! And chief among these was my AK-105 upgrade plans.
The two AEGs that I decided to hang on to are my VFC AKS74U and my Kalash AK-105. Not because they were the best airsoft guns I have ever had (top honours must go to my JG H&K G3A1 and my first CYMA AK-74) but because they are the most fun. These are the sort of AEGs that put a smile on your face in the field.
So, while organising my airsoft kit clear-out I am at the same time going to be spending some time customising my AK-105 to get it the way I want it.
One of the plus points about not being into airsoft to the degree I was a few years ago is that I am now not so precious about having my AKs 'stock' (i.e. unmodified). My days of being an avid fan of the 'Red Alliance' forum - with all the annul self-righteousness about not using 'Western' accessories on my Eastern Block replica guns - are over and I am not so disinclined to a bit of 'tacticool' now.
To that ends I will be sparking off a series of blog entries about customising my AK-105 and as a teaser I give you this snap of some of this month's purchases...
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Modern Russian 'tactical' components - a replica Zenitco folding stock for the AK-100/AK-74 series and a real steel DTK 'Coyote' flash hider by Tactika Tula. |
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