Shadow Op type 96 by UTG

Facts about the real steel!

The UTG type 96 is a replica of the Accuracy International AW (Arctic Warfare). The AW is a bolt action sniper rifle. There are many versions of the AW, the most known however is most likely the AWP (Arctic Warfare Police) which is known from a lot of games, such as Counter Strike. The list is long, so i wont name them all. The AW series was first introduced during the cold war in Great Britain as the L96A1, which is used in Call of Duty Black Ops. For more information about the real steel visit AI on AW or Wikipedia on the AW.

Facts about the airsoft version!

The type 96 is basically a clone of the brand maruzen's version of it, so it is compatible with a lot of upgrades from several huge airsoft selling stores. As the real version it is a bolt action rifle. The type 96 is spring operated and the spring is cocked by pulling the bolt back.


Upgrades:
Barrel - For this particular airsoft, the barrel length is 499 mm, and the price for a quality 6.01 mm ranges from $80 for EDGI's version (Barrel for use with PDI hop-up, Barrel for use with the stock hop-up) to the state of the art $160 PDI 6.01 inner barrel :)
Hop-up - PDI hop-up is probably the best out there, but remember; if you buy the PDI inner barrel and the PDI hop up, you will need a hop-up bucking.
Spring - You have to choose spring based on the rest of your upgrades, if you upgrade your spring, but not your trigger, the stock trigger will most likely break ;(
Cylinder - Any cylinder from Evike that they say is compatible will work, and  if you want the best of the best you should get PDI cylinder set ;) Remember that the parts of the cylinder are: Cylinder, cylinder head, piston, spring, spring guide ;)
Trigger - "zero" trigger from king arms, probably one of the best triggers you can get ;)


Astetichs - There are alot of upgrades, if you are extreme you can even get hands on a light weight duraluminium receiver, but the thing most of you are focused on is probably a silencer! I recommend you get this silencer adapter for your type 96, and any silencer of your choice ;)

Out of the box specs:
Out of the box this gun shoots pretty precise with some hop-up tuning, and scope adjustment, however; when i use this gun stock i dont feel like i have that big upperhand on range... It's usable as a sniper, but i highly recommend upgrading it if you have the money and time ;) The gun is made of metal, except for the stock ofcourse, the trigger, the back plate and the cheek rest, the magazine is also made of metal. You can attach a bipod and a scope, I recommend attaching a scope, the bipod is almost only handy if you are shooting for training on targets ;) The magazine capacity is 30 rounds. If you buy this gun it will come with a sling and a speed loader, the speed loader is OK, but the sling is very poor quality (DO NOT use the sling in other words).

FPS stock: 450ish

Here are some pictures of the gun, i will only show you the black, but it is availabile in OD, black and ACU:

All these pictures are from Evike.com.

~ The Airsoft Blogger