On the first weekend of November I was invited by the team at Shield
Airsoft to attend their Krytac LMG Release/Open Range Day to test the new
Krytac LMG and experience some real steel shooting. The event took place over
the 7th and 8th of November at the Tunnel Target Sports
Centre in Charmouth, Dorset. The price for the day was £32 including all
activities if pre-booked or £36 on the day. During the weekend there was chance
to take part in a range of activities such as the 6 Stage Competition for
Airsoft Pistol and Rifle on the 40m range, a 3 Stage Introduction to 22 real
steel on the 25m range, LMG blast in the 100m range, a chance to play against
the newly formed Shield Airsoft team in the Tunnels and a blast on the scenario
simulator. There was also an FAC workshop and question time with firearms
officer, Bob Parkhouse.
So now you know about the venue, who are Shield? Shield are a firearms
and sights company that was established in 1982 by Jeremy White. They
specialize in military proven red dot sights and are the UK distributors of
Krytac (the new Airsoft venture of the Switzerland based firearms manufacturer,
KRISS group). They sponsor a team of 6 players who wanted to take Airsoft to
the next level by using real firearms techniques and tactics to reflect Shields
end goals within the Airsoft industry. Shield are family run business and it
was a pleasure to meet them during the event, they were friendly, welcoming and
easy to have a laugh with.
Let’s get down to the event itself, I started my weekend by putting
some rounds through the Trident LMG herself. My first impressions of the LMG
are very good. Despite being a support weapon, she is very light without
compromising on the quality of the internals, is aesthetically pleasing,
accurate with a great ROF and the semi auto function is a nice addition meaning
she can be used on semi only sites. You can either run the box mag provided or
M4 mags which during ops would be extremely useful. During the ‘Attack Team
Shield’ game we played in the tunnel, we came up against the LMG and it proved
to be a worthy adversary. Combined with the Shield CQS sight it’s accuracy
against us was quite something! We had a blast in the tunnel attacking and
defending the flag against team Shield! The Tunnel was full of gunfire, smokes
and bangs going off making the experience epic!
Although my favourite ‘Airsoft’ part of the weekend however was running
the 6 stage rifle competition in the 40m range. The competition stages were
lovingly built and put together by the Shield team especially for the weekend
and they did a fantastic job. The stages were a variety of scenarios that were
to be completed in the quickest time possible and ranged from room to room
breach and clear, car scenarios, stair clearance and other stages to battle it
out for a chance to win a Shield CQS sight! Now although I didn’t win the
sight, it was awesome to put the Krytac PDW, SPR and CRB through their paces on
the course!
Over the weekend I also got chance to have an introduction to real
steel shooting – by giving the 3 stage introduction to 22 shooting on the 25m
range a blast. We were given a safety brief by the instructors on the range as
real steel is obviously a lot different to shooting an Airsoft gun. I
absolutely loved every second of it – the sound and feel of the recoil of the
rifle really got my adrenaline pumping and left me wanting more. I was lucky
enough to get some pointers and tips on how to improve everything from my
accuracy to range times, which has really encouraged me to try take up
22 practical shooting!
Contact details:
Target Sports Centre
LTD
The Tunnel, Axminster
Road, Charmouth, Dorset, DT 6BY
01297560049
Shield Firearms &
Sights LTD
Bridport DT69DW
01297678233
www.shieldpsd.com
Photography: Peter Meade.
Photography: Peter Meade.
Hardwick, K. (2016). Krytac LMG Release. Airsoft Action. 57 (January), 46-47.
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