Arthurian Airsoft Excalibur ‘Mordred’

[druid799]

A brief background to the gun ,
Arthurian Airsoft are a VERY new uk based Airsoft gun supplier that started in business late last yr , it appears to be run by S’ofters for S’ofters from the gumph I’ve read about it .

The guns they sell are apparently Specna OEM guns but ‘tweeked’ to there spec , works been done on the gearbox , different inner barrel and there are external differences from the ‘stock’ Specna range . So I've been lusting after one basically since I first saw them , the particular model I liked was called the ‘Mordred’ in sandstone (also available in black) but not seen any reviews on them as there so new , any hoo I decided to take a chance and bite the bullet and get one sans reviews .

first impressions;

when it arrived next day delivery from (redacted to keep zero happy !) first impression was lust ! it’s a gorgeous looking gun rapidly followed by “F**k me its heavy !” weighs a bloody ton BUT it does feel absolutely solid and bombproof.

externally it comes with what appears to be an angry gun mk16 M-lok rail , a cranestock , set of KAC style BUIS and a nice little QD suppressor that fits on a scar type flash hider , in the box theres also a 300 hi-cap .

One touch I do like about it is when you rack the bolt to adjust the hop the cover stays back until you press the bolt release , a nice touch so you DON’T need three hands to set the hop ! ♂️.

Out of the box it was doing a very consistent 331-333fps .

whats it like to use ?;

stuck a couple of mids through it in the back garden on arrival , first thought ? Lovely crisp sound to it and nice rate of fire and it feels quite ‘pointable’ moves around fast when held right .

Had it’s first gameday yesterday at black ops Bristol’s Portishead site (a compact little woodland dulux/airsoft site) due to the recent up and down weather the undergrowth has literally exploded in to life ! But that’s fine with me as I love ‘sneaky sneaky’ single shot from cover style game play , max consistent ranges your looking at were around the 30-35mtr due to the heavy cover . BUT from the very first pull of the trigger I had absolutely no trouble what so ever tagging my targets (actually got a kill with the very first pull of the trigger ! blue player 20’ish mtr’s out single shot ! if it wasn’t for the fact I drove 1.30hr to get there and had a car full of team mates I mite have packed up and gone home I had that big a grin on my mush from it ! )As the day went on I could definitely see the range creeping out further and further as the hop was settling in and was having the tiniest of adjustments to it , by end of day I was easily tagging the blues out to the 30mtr mark (couldn’t see much further due the dense cover) and hitting them very near where I was aiming ( using a 1-4 short dot) Battery was a 750mah 9.9v LiFe and was feeding it .25’s , and as I’m a predominantly single shot type player (but not averse to burst fire if it’s warranted, non hit taking anyone?) there was zero effect on rates of fire due to the batt being a relatively small capacity one and a very full days play with it .

Pros;

the look of it , it is a lovely looking gun and I’m a great believer in no matter how good a gun is if you don’t like it’s looks it just won’t perform for you , considering it’s a ‘stock’ gun you can most definitely tell it’s had some work done to it , it just feels and sounds crisp when using it , has nice sharp trigger pull no creep or softness to it , the hop cover locking back to adjust the hop .

Cons;

I’m still in the ‘honeymoon’ period but genuinely can’t think of any bar the weight (but it’s nice and compact and I actually like to use heavier guns)

conclusion;

Am I glad I bought it ? 100% yes ! would I buy another ? If yesterday was anything to go by I’d again say yes most definitely again , am actually looking at the rest of the range to see what catches my eye .

at the moment they only have AR type platforms but have said there planing to expand the range of models .

As a side note I was running Battleaxe 150rd P-mag mids I bought specifically for it and a review of them will follow .

cheers Druid .

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[ForkTailedDevil]

Just to clarify the rail is a copy of the Remington RAHG rail for the HK 416 (which this is, it's not an M4 in case anybody is thinking of putting another rail on it as M4 rails wont fit a 416 upper). The rail also isnt an MLOK, it just has rail sections you can screw on.

[druid799]

Was aware base gun is a 416 but not the actual rail system there’s nothing anywhere on there specs about what rail they used (hence I said I thought it was the mk 16) so thanks for the correction . Cheers bud .