'The Pot Factory' Review
run by Gunman - by Alex 'Buddy' Holly

Great friend of the blog Alex from Team Alpha Wolf visited the 'Pot Factory' recently and gives us his take on this new CQB site based in the North West by Gunman who have unusually ventured further North!

Alex writes....

I was fortunate enough to win a competition to have a free game at 'The Old Pot Factory', a CQB site run by Gunman Airsoft. Dragging along fellow Alpha Wolf member Sir Ste, we went along to our first game at this site.

Based in Manchester (nr Newton Heath); this totally indoor site is a multi-level timber and brick building with four staircases, three large rooms and sixteen smaller rooms. A central area is overlooked from another floor and surrounded by three corridors which allow for plenty of flanking and stealth tactics, giving players the option to not get bogged down if out gunned in a certain area. The building is old and has taken some abuse before being cleaned up by site boss Tony. This has left many holes knocked through walls which mean extra caution is needed to avoid getting unexpectedly shot from another room.

Pictures courtesy Google & Gunman

Tony’s efforts to make this an enjoyable site are self evident in everything from restricting potential dangerous floor hazards to sandbag bunkers and even building an access tunnel to allow sneaky players to crawl into enemy lines - a lot of thought and effort has gone into this site and it shows. The building is very dark and I would recommend any player to go equipped with at least one torch and a RIF that is suited to small environments such as a pistol, shotgun or smaller compact AEG. Remember this IS CQB!

If you fancy some room clearing fun as a change to the standard woodland roaming skirmishes then get yourself booked in to play at this exciting & challenging site.

Thanks to Tony and his marshals for the day and thanks to Keith from No Nonsense Airsoft for the tickets.

Pictures courtesy ABH

Game fees:
25 Pounds With own kit
45 Pounds For a Rental Gun, Spare magazine, 600 rounds of ammo, camouflage uniform, and pouches, webbing, or tac vest to suit weapon.

Pyro:
Due to the severe fire risk , chemical (strike type pyro) can NOT be used on site.
BFGS can be used (.22 or 9mm blank only)
Gas pop grenades are also fine.

The Address: The Old Pot Factory
Old Church St., Newton Heath, M40 2JE