Interesting upcoming airsoft stuff

Been getting myself updated with all the upcoming airsoft stuff this last few days. Of interest to me are:

KSC Colt M4A1 gas blowback rifle
First up, I found a video of the upcoming gas blowback rifle:

It seems like it’s not very loud (unlike their MP7A1) and recoil seems decent even on HFC134a (which is the only legal gas in Japan). Traditionally, KSC doesn’t use metal for their products. The MP7A1 PDW though, did have quite a bit of metal in it, so the M4A1 might get the same treatment.

G&P Magpul PTS PMAG for WA M4 gas blowback rifle series
G&P has partnered up with Magpul to come up with the gas version of the Magpul PMAG. These will have a 39 BB capacity.

Unfortunately, G&P couldn’t replicate the material used to make the real PMAG, that is, impact-modified, long fiber reinforced polymer. In this case, it’s made of metal. Which also means, unlike the real PMAG, it can’t be dropped and generally abused till kingdom come and still be able to shoot well. Which would have been the whole point for me to get these, besides the unique look. Still… 39 BBs might mean there’ll be less cooldown compared to the standard’s 50 BB rounds.

Upcoming Tokyo-Marui gas blowback pistols
Seems like Tokyo-Marui has all of these gas blowback pistols in development: Beretta Px4 Storm, Smith and Wesson M&P, Springfield Armory XDm and Heckler & Koch HK45.

These are all very interesting in their own way and being Tokyo-Marui, they will be very skirmishable right out of the box.

Tokyo-Marui Colt 45 extended magazine
Now THIS I am very much looking forward to. It’s based on the real steel version which ups the magazine capacity to (if memory serves) 10 rounds (vs. 7).

Definitely getting one once it’s on the market. My Tokyo-Marui MEU(SOC) pistol is my default sidearm. The standard magazine takes 26 BBs. This extended one will take 40! There’s no need to carry additional magazines anymore and it just looks bad ass! I hope it’s more efficient than the standard magazine though.

GHK Heckler & Koch G36K gas blowback rifle
Finally, a non-M4 gas blowback rifle is in the works from GHK. Looks very good:

Just hope it’s better than their previous offerings. As I’ve learned, when it comes to gas blowback automatic weapons, it pays to do a ton of research before plonking your money in one.