Nice AKs. I’m not the biggest fan of the AK family of guns, but I have a big soft spot for the Bizon.

Takes me back to the old days, playing Syphon Filter on the PS1. The good old BIZ-2. Good times, good times....I mean, that was second to Tasering dudes until they light on fire....

...oh Syphon Filter, where did you go wrong?

I’m happy it went to a good home! Thanks for your business, enjoy!

So this website feels a little off. I can’t quite put my finger on it. Maybe that it looks cheap, it behaves a little glitchy sometimes, but damn that selection of products. It feels like the Amazon of Airsoft in Asia.

I placed a small order under $100 to see how it went. I payed via PayPal, which converted my transaction to HKD. So $533HKD later my order was placed.  Shipping was $20 for a single 1lb item. Seemed a little steep, but international shipping tends to be crazy. The order seemed to just sit, which worried me a little. Order was placed Monday and finally shipped Friday.

Package was issued a tracking number for HK Post. It only updated once to “Package Transferred to destination carrier” and that was the status it retained for two weeks. The shipping method was not traceable via USPS which was weird, because in my experience it usually is. Finally a couple of days ago the Post Office put a sticker on my door saying they attempted a delivery. They never reattempted the delivery so I had to go pick it up in person.

I’m not sure exactly what the shipping service they used was, but I would say it was less than stellar.

Despite all that, the goods (once I actually got them) were well packed, boxed and bagged in a http://airsoft.tiger111hk.com/ branded bubble mailer, looking very professional. Package was unopened by customs.

Over all it was a satisfactory experience.
My major gripes are with HK Post and USPS this time around. I don’t know if it was the specific delivery service tiger111hk used but either way I still got it in the end.

http://airsoft.tiger111hk.com/

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He used to be pretty active on the Michigan Airsoft Facebook page. He seems to have disappeared from there. I don’t follow his YouTube, I’d just see his videos from time to time when he’d share them there.

I'm keeping my eye out for organized events at Hells this year. I'd like to get out and try them. My friends are old-school (like actual older dudes) who played paintball for years and Hell Survivors was evidently a staple for them. They have nothing but good things to say about the field itself. So we'll see, as long as there is a decent host, I'm looking forward to checking it out this year. 

I feel like its been months since I've seen anything from Alfonse? Did the guy fall off the face of the earth? Anyone know hime personally? Is he okay?

OMG. That’s so cool. I would love this kit.

I have some design ideas just from looking at it. The Nemesis uses a real steel style buffer tube similar to Ares  and I’m not sure that the gearbox would lend itself to being front wired very well with the FCU and micro switches (I’m not feeling brave about that at the moment LOL). I would want to find a way to run the wiring from the back to the top compartment. Perhaps by extending the rail rearward and having it meet up with a small receiver extension that threads into the buffer tube socket. Maybe a custom charging handle would be cool here too.

Damn. I think I might need to get into the 3D printer game now...yikes.

NECROPOST!!

So, to date, I’ve owned three (3) Avalons (gen1). They were all beautiful guns, but in the end the magazine compatibility issue is what bit me. It seemed like the only magazine that fed right was the QRS magazine that came with the gun. I was endlessly frustrated by this. I shimmed the mag wells, I even swapped out hop up units and still couldn’t get it perfect. This drove me to the brink of madness.

After seeing the impressive performance of the CA Scarab in the field, and being a wits end with VFC, on an incredibly enticing bundle offered by ASGI grabbed a Classic Army Nemesis HEX.

Oh my...I haven’t looked back.

I have since sold off all of the Avalon guns I had. I’ve also picked up several more CA Nemesis guns (including the 9mm version).

My only complaint so far is the paint job is subpar. VFC had a beautiful finish, King Arms has excellent finishes too. Classic Army scratches from just rubbing in my PC, I swear.

In recent days CA has released a MK18 Nemesis, and if someone is in the market for a MK18 build, I suggest looking at that beauty. From my experience so far, it may be one of the best out of the box MK18s for the price.

Also must mention that Marui’s recoil shock MK18 looks dope. I think it’s licensed to boot.

Also, also, I have no experience with Gen2 Avalons. I really hope they fixed the magazine issues.

Can’t go wrong with G&G. I’m just one of those sickos who has to have prototypical guns. I just can’t bring myself to buy a polymer replica (unless the real steel is polymer (and yes I know there are polymer AR patterned rifles)).

I am jealous of the thumb release for the mags though. I wish the X9 had the option.