Tag: 1980s
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Slings – What I use and why
For a while now I have wanted to do a short post about the slings that I primarily use. You might have noticed that I have a certain trend with slings on my replicas; two-point. There are a few reasons why I use two point slings. I have tried one-point and three-point slings as well…
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The M653 Ranger carbine
The third and final part of this three part series takes us back to the early 1980’s and especially Operation Urgent Fury, the invasion of Grenada in 1983. During this era, the Ranger companies can be seen wearing their OD green Jungle Fatigues, which they switched to around 1982. Before this change, they were using…
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The M723 Ranger carbine
We are not going in chronological order with these posts, as some of you might have noticed. There is no order in chaos, but that is beside the point here. This article is about the M723 carbine that I have, presented in the configuration as it was used by US Army Rangers during Operation Just…
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The 727 Ranger carbine replica
There are many names for the replica, as I usually refer my Airsoft tools-of-the-trade as, one of which I am going to discuss here. Usually I just refer this specific replica as the 727, but I have been noted on a few occasions that it never actually received a formal designation as the M727 carbine,…
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Review – Gun Heaven M92 Beretta airsoft replica
Sidearms are something that need to be considered as well when looking at old school kit. For the longest time, I was using the WE P226 replica for my impressions. That specific replica was mainly bought for the UKSF kit that I was working on a while back. Sadly, both the L119A1 and the P226…
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Late 1980s – early 1990s Ranger(ish) reconnaissance photoshoot
A while back I did a photoshoot with the theme of old school reconnaissance. Here are some of the images that came out that day.
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The Lawmaker – Berget BAVS launcher
I have made yet another video for the YouTube channel. This time I am talking a bit more about the LAW launcher that I use at Berget games. It is an inert LAW which has been fitted with the Berget Anti-Vehicle System, or BAVS. It is custom made by Berget Events and it functions really…
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M653 and M727 carbines
Earlier this week I uploaded a new video to my Youtube channel. On the video I am talking about my two AEGs that I have, the M653 and the M727. It is not an in depth video about the two different carbines but rather an overview of them. I do point out the most obvious…