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ICS CQB M4 Composite Body Review

Quad — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:03:12 +0000

Presented By: Introduction In this review from Fox Airsoft, we test the ICS M4 CQB Sportline. ICS is a well-established airsoft company with many years of experience producing high quality airsoft guns. *ICS CQB Composite Body Company Overview ICS began their business in 1983 manufacturing toy air guns and gas pistols. [...]

Madbull X Factor Piston Review

Casey Meraz — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:56:34 +0000

Madbull X Factor Piston Review Introduction In this review from Fox Airsoft, we test the new Madbull X Factor Piston02. The X Factor Piston incorporates a number of unique and desirable features. [...]

Madbull Ultimate Spring Guide Review

Casey Meraz — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:36:50 +0000

Madbull Ultimate Spring Guide Review Introduction In this review from Fox Airsoft, we test the new Madbull Ultimate Spring Guide Version 2. This is a brand new product from Madbull and incorporates several unique and desirable features, but before we get into that, let’s first just go over what a spring guide does and why [...]

Tightbore Barrel Comparison

Casey Meraz — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:29:28 +0000

Tightbore Barrel Comparison Introduction An easy and popular way to make a gun more accurate is to install a tightbore barrel. We have already seen in the Madbull barrel and bucking review that a tightbore barrel improves both accuracy and velocity, but there are several different manufacturers that offer tightbore barrels and each of [...]

BB Comparison Review

Casey Meraz — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:43:46 +0000

BB Comparison Review Introduction As airsoft players we are deluged with huge numbers of bb manufacturers offering a huge variation of size and weight bb for almost any conceivable purpose. Nearly every bb manufacturer throws words on the packaging like high precision, high performance, super accurate, high polished and seamless. In this review, we tested [...]

BB Comparison Review

Casey Meraz — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 23:20:15 +0000

BB Comparison Review

Airsoft Gun Upgrade Guide

Casey Meraz — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:36:48 +0000

Upgrade Guide At some point everyone wants to get a little more performance out of their airsoft gun. The question then becomes what parts, exactly, should I get. The market is awash with upgrades and some are more effective than others. The intent of this guide is to provide some insight into what upgrades are [...]

Airsoft Hop-Up Nub Review

Casey Meraz — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 03:41:32 +0000

Introduction At the Fox Airsoft Store, we carry a variety of hop-up nubs, and we decided to test them against each other to see if there really is any performance gain from replacing this small and inexpensive component. We didn’t test every product on the market, but it is our hope that we have a [...]

Madbull Bucking & Barrel Review

Casey Meraz — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:48:00 +0000

Madbull Bucking & Barrel Review In this review from Fox Airsoft, we test two recent developments from Madbull. The first is the Blue hop bucking; the second is the 6.03 diameter tight bore barrel. They were tested in order, first installing the hop bucking, and then installing the tight bore barrel. The hop bucking is [...]

Effects of Altitude on Velocity

Casey Meraz — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:38:00 +0000

Effects of Altitude on Velocity Introduction Have you ever wondered how the altitude affects your FPS when traveling to national airsoft events? Check out the following review from Fox Airsoft. Fox Airsoft is based in Colorado and as a result, variations in altitude might be more important than in many other parts of the country. [...]