G&P/MAGPUL
PTS M4 MOE
SPECIAL EDITIONS
I
can hear a load of you groaning
already and deep sighs around the UK
as you think: “Oh great! More M4s!”
Hang on a moment though – there’s
more to this than meets the eye.
When you get three big businesses in
the airsoft community, working together to
produce a bit of kit, that’s surely a sign airsoft
as a whole is moving in the right direction.
In the last issue I reviewed the Beta
Project/Magpul PTS Tactical AK (which I
was rather taken with). As a collaboration
between the twi it worked really well. But
perhaps that was just the start of it.
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March 2012
So who is involved with these two rifles
and why are they special? Edgar Brothers has
worked closely with G&P and Magpul PTS
and commissioned these two editions. With
a limited build of just 50 units of each rifle
they fall into the brackets of useable airsoft
AEGs as well as collectors’ pieces.
More than 10 years ago Tokyo Marui
launched two special limited edition models:
the AK47 Spetsnaz (not the Beta Spetsnaz
model) and the MP5A4 Navy. At the time,
neither cost much more than other Tokyo
Marui AEGs, but after the production run
had finished they started going up in value.
The MP5A4 Navy was overshadowed by the
AK47 Spetsnaz, the price of which eventually
exceeded £500. I am not saying that these
two models will do the same – the airsoft
world is a different place these days – but
with just 50 units you can’t help thinking it
could be a possibility.
The guns: an overview
M4 MOE CQB
G&P M4s have always been well-made
and solid bits of kit. Available in a variety of
different lengths, styles and markings I was
expecting something that would exceed the