AKRIVA Airsoft

AKRIVA Airsoft is a young gas blowback brand that lists Hong Kong as its home and sets out to recreate historic Chinese service rifles for players and collectors. Its first line is the T56 series, gas blowback versions of the Type 56 family that include the fixed-stock T56, the folding-stock T56-1 and an SR variant with a spike bayonet, finished with wood-coloured furniture and dark metal. The brand makes its own gas magazines for the series and backs owners with a printed manual in English and Chinese, plus a video playlist that covers loading BBs, the accessories in the box and how to strip a magazine shell. In Asia the rifles are sold through two Taiwanese airsoft retailers, Hwasan Toy and BCS Airsoft, both named on its distributor page, and the team shares builds and shipping news on Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Where to buy

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3 shops in 2 countries

• Airsoft DirectHull, Kingston upon Hull
• HHwasan ToyChiayi
• BBCS AirsoftTaiwan