Tanio Koba's new release... 1911 Open Round Modelgun

Tanio Koba 1911 "Open Rounds" modelgun

Tanio Koba released a video preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m03BQjCxwMI&eurl=http://www.airsoftnews.eu/news.php

Bloody hell ,i've got to get me one of those!!!,they look like they work really well and the ejection is brill ,any idea as to when they are going to be released?

Kickback

Well the video makes it look ok but, ugh, I hate those open style cartridges. The MAC10 and VP70 would always gunk up and jam after about 5 shots. Maybe they've got a cleaner burning cap now.

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any idea as to when they are going to be released?

It's always hard to translate japanese sites, but as far as I can tell, it says something like:
"Release schedule: February 15th 2009", so that would mean it's already released in Japan. Not sure though, as there are several more kanji behind the date, don't know what they mean.

http://www.taniokoba.co.jp/gm7_0811.html

I recently converted my MGC MAC11 to Open Rounds which are, by far, superior to c.p. rounds thanks to there being no 5mm o-ring to split or peel off every shot.

It fires MUCH better BUT one magazine of 30 renders the Det pin and chamber that dirty the second mag'full is a stop-start effort as rounds stick and fail to eject.

7 rounds in the Colt could give you 4 mag'fulls without a problem though

It DOES look good doesn't it!

Refer to https://mp40modelguns.forumotion.net/modelgun-news-f3/tanio-koba-colt-1911-open-rounds-firing-model-t1333.htm for the original thread.

yes this is a great looking model and i was going to get one but have a look at the price just over 36000yen which makes it nearly £300 thats a lot of money for a plastic model, of course like any true modelgunner i am still tempted

£300 Bloody Hell...

As good as it looks, is it likely to be significantly better than c.p. cartridge models though I'd expect a far superior and more robust model for that sort of price compared to other HW plastic models that break too easily.

£300, the exhange rates really have hit our hobby hard haven't they

Folks,

Yes, it is on sale, however, I heard first lot of 300 has been sold already (whole seller sales basis).

I've fired this model, here is pros and cons:

Pros:
great looking, more modern 1911
easy to load the caps
easy to clean the rounds
fires great, you can do serial fire as in the vid
the rounds fly at least 3-4m

Cons:
more frequent chamber clearing than CP-HW rounds
Need to replace det-pin rubber in every 100 shots or so
expensive

I got one, but had already sold to somebody so that could not give you detailed photo...

Shaz