At the end of August, I built a display piece for the Irish Airsoft Association’s (of which I am technical adviser) PR tent at the annual Salute Military Show here in Dublin consisting of an AEG M4 with the body cut down and one side of the gearbox removed so as to expose the internal workings.
This greatly helped in explaining to people new to airsoft how an AEG operates and also allayed a lot of people’s fears of airsoft guns, in particular the myths relating to them being able to fire a live round or having complex workings capable of firing a projectile which could do harm. Once people saw the relatively simple internals, they had a much better understanding of their operation.
The original AEG for this display piece was donated to us by Eirsoft.ie and after seeing the finished result, the owner, Tony, asked me would I create another one for display in the shop. Finally got around to finishing it last weekend and brought it down to the shop yesterday for installation. Here’s some pics of it installed; (Apologies for the poor quality pictures, they were taken on a camera phone)
M4 counter display in Eirsoft
M4 counter display in Eirsoft
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