It’s been a GREAT month at AAHQ, and motivation is high as we come out of the annual, international PLAYERS CHOICE AWARDS having regained the title for BEST MAGAZINE PRINT OR DIGITAL in 2024, and we’d firstly like to thank everyone that voted for us! As you may understand we’re therefore very excited to bring you our first issue post-award, and what a mix of airsoft loveliness we have for you this month! We kick off as Stewbacca looks at our cover model this time, the new T91 GBBR from VFC, and what a banger this looks to be! Talking of bangs, Bill follows up as he gets hands on the APS “STRE ..read more

Wow! What week it’s been! ISSUE 161 is now in final prep for uploading over the weekend so it’s good to go for MONDAY, and there’s a little bit of airsoft-something in it that we hope will please you, no matter what your flavour of airsoft may be, no matter where you may be in this big old 6mm world that we share! With the majority of the gruntwork done Bill tells us that “tomorrow bright and early I’m off to EXCEL in London to check out the annual SALUTE game show! There’ll be a lot to see there from what I can make out from the show guide, but what I’m really interested in is the ultra-mode ..read more

We were extremely pleased to hear during the PLAYERS CHOICE AWARD ceremony online last weekend that a very good friend of ours had also got an award, and not only that but Chris and his crew over at www.airsoftmilsimnews.com also entered the awards “HALL OF FAME” for retaining their award for BEST BLOG (ENGLISH LANGUAGE) for five years in a row… well done Chris, from all of us to all of you! And it’s not surprising when you see the sheer quality of what AMNB produce, and this share of their post on the PTS BRONZE FAST FTC & MICRO MOUNT just goes to illustrate what we mean! Chris says “As ..read more

VIPER TACTICAL have been evolving their range over the last few years in quite an impressive way, with new designs, evolution of old lines and massively improving their material and construction methods. Continuing his short reports on how specific kit performed “in the wild” during his latest trip Bill now gives his opinion on the VIPER TECHNICAL MID LAYER TOP! “It would seem that the TECHNICAL MID LAYER TOP has been with me forever given that it’s already had so much wear in some very disparate environments, but thus far whatever I’ve subjected it to it has proved its worth in no uncertain ..read more

If you’re aiming for a proper, full-on “UKSF” impression then only one primary platform is really going to do the trick right now, and that’s an L119A2! Thankfully this storied carbine is finally appearing as a reasonable AEG replica at sensible prices and the latest manufacturer to jump on it is DOUBLE BELL! Picked up from iWholesales recently we’ve been hammering the DOUBLE BELL “119” and at 680/760mm long and weighing in at 2520g “bare bones” the 041 is an AEG that most of us could run with all day long, and its compact form means that it’s easy to manipulate even in tight CQB-spaces. The ..read more

If you’re aiming for a proper, full-on “UKSF” impression then only one primary platform is really going to do the trick right now, and that’s an L119A2! Thankfully this storied carbine is finally appearing as a reasonable AEG replica at sensible prices and the latest manufacturer to jump on it is DOUBLE BELL! Picked up from iWholesales recently we’ve been hammering the DOUBLE BELL “119” and at 680/760mm long and weighing in at 2520g “bare bones” the 041 is an AEG that most of us could run with all day long, and its compact form means that it’s easy to manipulate even in tight CQB-spaces. The ..read more

Another week kicks into gear and spirits are high at AAHQ following our win in the PLAYERS CHOICE AWARDS over the weekend for BEST AIRSOFT MAGAZINE! And we’re equally excited to finally have in hand what appears to be the final part of the puzzle when it comes to the rollout of the EMG-enthused NOVESKE N4 GBBR story in the form of the DOUBLE EAGLE TAKE that brings this platform most firmly into the reach of even the most cash-strapped player! As regulars here will know we’ve followed this story by looking at each iteration of the N4 as they’ve appeared, and now, thanks to our mates at iWholes ..read more

So, it’s official! We’re very proud to announce that AIRSOFT ACTION has regained the title for BEST AIRSOFT MAGAZINE PRINT OR DIGITAL in the annual POPULAR AIRSOFT PLAYERS CHOICE AWARDS! A huge thank you to all of the AA Crew for their hard work this year, to all of our trusted industry partners that support us so well, to the POPULAR AIRSOFT team for the award and of course the very biggest THANK YOU to all of you out there that voted for us! A well done to all the other nominees and we know you’ll be chasing us hard again in the coming year, but we’ll endeavour to keep up the highest of sta ..read more

It’s been a bit of a blistering week back at AAHQ as we kick back into gear after our Easter Break and website maintenance with new AEGs and GBBs coming in for review and evaluation, meeting attended, plans made, and the new issue well underway! And of course the week is far from over as Saturday is the day when we all finally find out the results of the annual POPULAR AIRSOFT 14th PLAYERS CHOICE AWARDS that will stream live on YOUTUBE starting at 11:00 AM BST! Having been nominated this year (thanks you one and all for voting for us!) we’re hoping for what we Brits call a “result”, but we’re ..read more

A busy day yesterday (hence posting this today) as we had our regular meeting with our mates at iWHOLESALES to set up the schedule following IWA to make sure that we had all their new airsoft models lined up and ready for review just as soon as they land here in the UK! One thing that Bill and Jase saw in Germany and got hands-on with was the APS STRIKER-12 ROTARY SHOTGUN, a historical model that Bill immediately fell in love with; he told us… “The APS STRIKER-12 is a really fun airsoft model and I think that APS have really hit on something that will delight airsofters that either have an in ..read more