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jim
Modelgun Perfectionist
Number of posts : 988
Location / Country : Hong Kong / Sydney, Australia
Registration date : 2008-09-07
 | Subject: Tanaka M1 Carbine Repro (Metal)  Tue Jan 25, 2011 7:24 am | |
| Came as a pleasant surprise - Tanaka decided to release metal M1 Carbine again very soon (hopefully Feb~Mar) - from their old CMC molds but this time with improved mechanism for better firing action...and comes with American Walnut woodstock/oiler/sling belt - shall be ￥65,000 more or less... | |
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Cerwyn
Cerwyn (Site Admin)
Number of posts : 11075
Age : 65
Location / Country : North Wales
Registration date : 2008-07-20
| | Subject: Re: Tanaka M1 Carbine Repro (Metal) Tue Jan 25, 2011 11:46 am | |
| This should be worth waiting for, sounds like Tanaka are putting a lot of effort into getting this carbine looking and performing well
65000 JPY is just about £500 Sterling
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Cerwyn
Hobby collector of Replica model guns and Militaria.
also member of Living History Reenactment Groups.
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smootik
Modelgun Perfectionist
Number of posts : 1823
Location / Country : Poland
Registration date : 2009-03-03
| | Subject: Re: Tanaka M1 Carbine Repro (Metal) Tue Jan 25, 2011 1:01 pm | |
| Price is still decent for a large, metal rifle model like this one. It will be "a bit" more after shipping&taxes of course.
I'm glad there is a new release :-) | |
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jim
Modelgun Perfectionist
Number of posts : 988
Location / Country : Hong Kong / Sydney, Australia
Registration date : 2008-09-07
| | Subject: Re: Tanaka M1 Carbine Repro (Metal) Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:26 am | |
| Tanaka is carrying on with their "evo" theme - making their guns a bit more stronger & firing better  ...finger-cross for this one to be released by March (I got both old & new type CMC M2 Carbine and even a fragile Marushin GBB M2 BUT never a semi-auto M1 Carbine). | |
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jim
Modelgun Perfectionist
Number of posts : 988
Location / Country : Hong Kong / Sydney, Australia
Registration date : 2008-09-07
| | Subject: Re: Tanaka M1 Carbine Repro (Metal) Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:09 am | |
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jim
Modelgun Perfectionist
Number of posts : 988
Location / Country : Hong Kong / Sydney, Australia
Registration date : 2008-09-07
| | Subject: Re: Tanaka M1 Carbine Repro (Metal) Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:40 am | |
| What we didn't get from previous versions:   2 Markings stamped on the walnut stock - believed to be some US Army stamps... Then what I mean by badly made cocking handle -  It seems both CMC & early Tanaka did a better job... The cocking - the new rotating bolt requires you some strength to pull the bolt back: so I don't buy what Tanaka claims this time the firing action will be smoother than previous versions (the bolt much harder to pull than the CMC)...but I'll cock it more to see if it will somehow loosen up... | |
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DOC
Modelgun Perfectionist
Number of posts : 234
Location / Country : Not so Great Britain
Registration date : 2008-09-07
| | Subject: Re: Tanaka M1 Carbine Repro (Metal) Tue Mar 01, 2011 4:33 pm | |
| CMC did already have the rotating bolt type although the straight bolt was more common.
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jim
Modelgun Perfectionist
Number of posts : 988
Location / Country : Hong Kong / Sydney, Australia
Registration date : 2008-09-07
| | Subject: Re: Tanaka M1 Carbine Repro (Metal) Wed Mar 02, 2011 3:23 am | |
| Yes I got both early & late type CMC M2 Carbine as well and CMC's rotating bolt isn't as stiff as this Tanaka  ... Also it is the bad surface finish (buffing) of the cocking handle which looks like crap metal that got me (the image couldn't show it clear enough)... M2 shall be on the way... | |
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