Japan Arms Collection

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Japan Arms Collection was one of the early pioneers of the airsoft industry. This era of guns is commonly referred to as classic airsoft. In the beginning they worked in conjunction with the Asahi Firearms company, but ultimately branched out to make many of their own products.

JAC had a long and illustious career, making many types of guns. Their "Battle Master" system appeared in many guns such as the M3A1 Grease Gun, AR-18, L2A3 Sterling, FN FAL L1A1, and UZI. The JAC Uzi DX was once considered the gold standard of skirmish worthy airsoft guns and many still exist today. JAC's later years saw the developement of guns such as the M1A1 Thompson, and the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) which sells for upwards of $2000 and is considered to be one of the finest pieces of model gun craftmanship ever designed. A complete list of JAC airsoft guns is as follows:

-Battlemaster
-M3A1 Grease Gun
-Sterling L2A3
-FN FAL L1A1 (Standard and Deluxe Grade)
-Armalite AR-18 rifle
-IMI UZI (Standard and Deluxe Grade)
-IMI Micro UZI
-IMI λ UZI (Nu UZI)
-Ingram MAC-10 (Standard and MAXIMUM Grade)
-M60E1 General Purpose Machine Gun
-M16A1: Available in the following grades: Export, Normal, Heavyweight, DX, and Limited (only 1000 Limited models made)
-M16A1 Vietnam type: Available in the following grades: Normal, DX, and Limited (only 1000 Limited models made)
-M16A2: Available in the following grades: Heavyweight, DX, and Limited (only 1000 Limited models made)
-M16A2 Carbine: Available in the following grades: Heavyweight, DX, and Limited (only 1000 Limited models made)
-M653 "Barnes" Carbine: Available in the following grades: Export (but known as Standard M653 Standard), Normal, DX, and Limited (only 1000 Limited models made)
-XM177E1: Available in the following grades: Normal, DX
-XM177E2: Available in the following grades: Normal, DX, and Limited (only 1000 Limited models made)
-AR-15A2 rifle: Only available in Heavyweight grade
-AR-15A2 Delta HBAR Sporter: Only available in Heavyweight grade
-Heckler & Koch MP5A3
-Heckler & Koch MP5A4
-Heckler & Koch MP5A5
-Heckler & Koch MP5SD5
-Heckler & Koch MP5SD6
-Steyr AUG A1 Military
-Steyr AUG A1 P Carbine
-Steyr AUG A1 SMG
-M1A1 Thompson (limited edition of only 500 made)
-Browning BAR M1918A1 (limited edition of only 250 made)
-Browning BAR M1918A2 (limited edition of only 250 made)
-FN Browning High Power M1935 Military model
-FN Browning Hi-Power MK.3 black model
-FN Browning Hi-Power MK.3 half-silver model
-FN Browning Hi-Power MK.3 stainless model
-FN Browning Hi-Power MK.3 Novak sight type model
-FN Browning Hi-Power MK.3 Target-1 model
-FN Browning Hi-Power MK.3 Target-2 model

Additionally, the following model variants were available on a special order basis through Frontline, JAC's inhouse custom shop:
-MP5 Series: MP5SD4, MP5SD3, MP5SD2, MP5A2
-AR-18 Series: Carbine, SMG
-UZI Series: Carbine, Sniper Carbine
-M16 Series: M655 Barnes, M633, M733, M648, M748, M635 9mm SMG