Silverback has published information about a heavily limited series of their SRS-A1 rifles. The rifles in this series, which were limited to one hundred individually numbered copies, will be distinguished by a significantly reduced mass.
The full name of the series is the SRS-A1 Lightweight Edition. The thumbnail and photo below show the SRS-A1 Covert 16" rifle, which was the reference point for the Lightweight series.
Many elements have been lightened. Below is a comparison of weight of the standard and "light" parts.
Stock
standard: 1067 g, lightweight: 534 g. Weight reduction: 533 g (50%)
External barrel
standard: 392 g, lightweight: 206 g. Weight reduction: 186 g (47%)
Magazine
standard (steel): 203 g, lightweight (aluminum): 106 g. Weight reduction: 97 g (48%)
Spring guide
standard: 96 g, lightweight (teflon): 33 g. Weight reduction: 63 g (65%)
End of the bolt handle (knob)
standard: 58 g, lightweight: 20 g. Weight reduction: 38 g (66%)
Trigger mechanism
standard: 77 g, lightweight: 53 g. Weight reduction: 24 g (31%)
Front
standard (Covert 16 "): 136 g, lightweight (MLOK 18"): 113 g. Weight reduction: 23 g (17%)
Together
SRS-A1 Covert 16" with the magazine: 3360 g, SRS-A1 Lighweight: 2355 g.
Weight reduction: 1005 g (30%).
The following video from the Silverback's channel presents the assembly process of the replica, step by step:
For the record - SRS-A1 rifles were recognized by the international airsoft community as the best sniper rifle replicas in the recently concluded 9th Airsoft Players' Choice Awards made by the Popularairsoft portal.
Release date: March 2019.
Price: 6290,- HKD (around 800 USD).
