CheapAssAirsoftGuns

I bought this gun because it has the heft and bulk of the BAR but I couldn’t afford the Browning at the time so I went down the CA25 road.

First thing is that this is a heavyweight gun in all senses of the word. It inspires confidence and a certain amount of respect among the bad guys. You can fire it from the hip in a sustained advance and it really will generate shock and awe.

As a heavy wieght you really need an M249 sling to carry the weight and this will push up the cost by requiring a front sling swivel which can either be the rail attached version or the bipod attached type. I made a mistake and bought an M16 sling swivel which did not fit and of course now I have to buy an M16 so as not to waste the swivel! You’ll understand my predicament.

The full version complete with silencer is visually awesome but the silencer on mine was problematical and eventually I removed it, anyone want to buy an anal intruder? On analysis what was happening was that the hop was not set properly (see more later) and as a result rounds fired tore out the foam rubber lining of the silencer and blocked the barrel. Because there was no clack clack clack of dry firing as the rounds were backing up into the gun I was unaware and missed out on some juicy targets. Solution take off the silencer and you are left with the match version which in my own opinion looks pretty cool!

The hop if left to itself will drift out of true and will need to be watched. A solution is to unscrew the hop adjustment wheel and put a small piece of insulation tape underneath it before screwing it back on, this will keep it rigid.

The Author, G Man

My gun chrono’d at 310 fps out of the box. I left it at that because I’ve got other guns that fire at more than that and it falls within most site limits. A friend told me that an air nozzle modification (replacement) would push the fps up to 350 as the particular gun I bought had been downgraded a little for the UK market.

The rate of fire is phenomenal. My favourite local site has a 600 round ammo limit … you can be through that in less than a minute. Best go for short bursts and conserve ammo. Other guns I own with a slower rate of fire can sometimes be more ‘game friendly’ although not so effective in a fast moving situation or when you want to lay down plenty of fire in a short period.

What about CQB? Well there are better guns about with a shorter radius of turn but if you want to intimidate the enemy then there aren’t many better than the CA25.

The gun is a flat top with rail mounts to which you can attach accessories or you can put the rail covers supplied on. If you leave the top empty the gun does look more brutal and to be frank at airsoft ranges an optical sight is of little advantage if not totally counterproductive. There are flip up sights front and back.

The receiver has the proper markings and I checked the real gun web-site (SR25) to see that the gun was a good facsimile, it is. You can check out the weight of the real steel and the appearance of the variants on the web just punch Knights SR25 into your search engine.

Briefly the gun is a sniper weapon which fires a large caliber bullet the advantage of which is that the bullet travels further with more accuracy and stopping power than a standard round. Actually the airsoft version is next to useless on single shot and has let me down a few times in this respect.

What’s the conclusion? well the gun has got its faults and foibles but overall it rocks! It can deliver sustained accurate and effective fire onto a small area. On the debit side the magazines empty pretty damn quickly and single shot sniping isn’t its forte but if you want to intimidate people this is your gun!

Article and photos by G Man