LAND WARRIOR Scott Allen has been writing reviews for Airsoft Action since the start, so we thought we’d ask him about his business, Land Warrior Airsoft. Over to you, Scott…
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January 2012
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and Warrior is now a well-known company in the UK, although much younger than many of its competitors. We set out to provide the absolute best service we could without cutting corners and it has been a long road with numerous changes along the way. It’s close to five years since we opened and the one thing we do know for sure is that the next five years are going to be even better! It all started, what seems so very long ago, buying in the up and coming Chinese brands which changed the airsoft market by making it more accessible to an ever-growing UK audience. Selling airsoft guns was relatively simple at the time. The only requirement in the pre-VCRA era was that customers must be over 18. Less than a year after we opened the VCRA came in to effect and overnight the UK airsoft industry was, in effect, knee-capped. We stuck to our guns, tightened our belts and kept on going. Within four months we needed a warehouse and found our first humble premises to open a shop front. Though small and running
on a shoestring budget, we kept investing and building. Slowly we turned heads with a reputation that offered a one-stop shop of no-nonsense purchasing. We weren’t always the cheapest but we were reliable and straight up. We were the first retailer to offer free downgrades to rifles, meaning customers could trust their purchase would be skirmish-ready out of the box (when many Chinese clones were pumping out 420fps) with a 12 month warranty. Fast forward a couple of years and while on a trip to Hong Kong we were introduced to G&P. The company was keen for us to stock its rifles and accessories. This was a turning