“It is not only better than most GBB systems, it is the best system I have ever used, hands down, without a shadow of a doubt.” VIEWS FROM THE COMMUNITY Willie, a player at Airsoft Edinburgh said: “ The Vector has an impressive out-ofthe-box performance and solid build quality. It has positive controls and is very accurate in equal measure. Personally, I really love the two-round burst and the trigger pull. Both left-handed and right-handed players can easily use it, as it has ambidextrous controls. It feels comfortable for me to shoulder; I was really surprised when I got two full magazines out of a single charge of gas, which bodes well for warmer weather... if it ever gets here.” Ricky Cairns, Head Marshal at Section 8 Airsoft commented: “ I was impressed by the build quality and overall finish on display here. It was minus-two degrees and the Vector fired consistently on semi, burst and full auto, while most player’s GBB pistols were dead from the cold! KWA have done a fantastic job, and if you are in the market for a GBB PDW, this is the one to get.”
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February 2013
Wherever possible polymer is used in the bodywork, ensuring that the gun is both tough and lightweight: always a priority for modern firearms. The days of heavy blocks of steel and wood are largely gone. Designed as a submachine gun (SMG), the Vector fires a pistol round, in this case the ever-popular 45 Automatic Colt Pistol or ACP (11.43mm x 23mm), which is the same round the 1911, UMP and M1A1 Thompson use. With both long and short magazines available, it holds either 13 or 30 rounds: a fair amount of lead. The 45 ACP is not a new round, considering the state-of-the-art design of the Vector. In fact, it is over 100 years old. One of the reasons this round was chosen, apart from its popularity, is that it gives one of the biggest punches and, in turn, more recoil than the 9mm round. KRISS wanted to prove that its system would handle any and every round, regardless of the recoil it generates. The guns were even spotted in films such as Resident Evil: Retribution and excellent remake of Total Recall, not to mention the ever-popular Call of Duty and Far Cry computer games.