Hello friends,
Intro / Here I am with another review of a Wa Shan model gun, the M9 Dolphin silver version.
Before beginning, I have to say I was looking for a metal model gun pistol so Wa Shan is easily the choice. After thinking, and hesitation, I choose the M9.
I was a lucky man because I had the opportunity to choose between the black and the silver version of this model gun. I have already a Tanaka Black M9 so, naturally, I chose the silver.
Like you maybe know, this silver version is not an "all silver" version, there is some black parts, look at that :
Well, like you can see the mag, the mag catch, the slide stop, the trigger, the trigger bar, the hammer, etc are black parts. Some people like this kinf of "colour mix", not me........
Most people of this forum is beginning to know me and know I am a crazy sander, I think you have guessed the result
Before we show the result, I show you the gun before the work :
Well, as you can see, this model gun looks good, but we will talk later.
The great chance I have is, as usual, the Wa Shan metal is "crap", if the paint goes off, we can see a strange orange metal...Beurk !!! Imagine if I sand a part and I discover this colour, arrggg.
Fortunately, here, all the visible black parts were silver under paint, yes!!!....Except one....The hammer spring cap. Not important, it is not very visible.
Strange orange metal is always here, locking block, recoil spring guide and internal...
Let me introduce you to the final result :
The crazy sanderman has struck again!
I / The box
Let's go, here is the "beautiful" box that you receive. It's the same as the black except the little white round in the right top corner which means silver version.
The box contains the gun, a loading tool, a user's manual with only the diagram of gun and 6 carts.
I have a little fascicle with all han san toys models (I will put in instructions topic if you want, Cerwyn will tell me if it is possible).
II / The LookI prefer to show lots of pictures rather than talking, I will speak about some things after photos, so open your eyes :
okay, I cheated for the magazine, only the bottom is silver
Maybe I will sand all the top if I have courage.
You can see the finishing is very nice, there is no big defect. Just one thing that some people don't like is the barrel, very thin :
For me, no problem, I prefer a thin barrel as a blocked barrel or a plastic barrel.
I must speak about the finishing of this barrel. I think there is a "coat" of strange thing on it. It's difficult to describe and it will be easier with photos :
I have to say I only shoot about 10 carts and this barrel is already damaged. This is due to friction between barrel and slide.
Markings are good but not realistic, "PP" for "PB" for example.
(You can see on the trigger bar some very little black dot, the old black paint, they are too small to see it, it's only the close up)
Good weight.
The look of the mag is really simple, no number for carts, nothing on it :
This mag is not compatible with Marushin and Tanaka
III / Firing performanceI repeat, I have only shoot about 10 carts with this model gun (I spent my time to sand....) but like I has already see on this forum, this gun fires very well, better than my P220.
I used MGC P220 carts for firing, really better than the original carts.
This model can fire in semi or full auto.
To switch between semi/full, you just have to pull the selector and down the lever.
Semi
Full auto
(The red dot, for safety and selector, is missing on each side of slide)
I'm not really interested by the full auto mode, I will try one day to see the result.
Other side of the slide, you have a safety. No decocking here, the safety only avoid the firing pin hit the cart. Pull the hammer, switch down the safety, pull the trigger and the hammer moves but no ignition.
IV / OverallWell, it's time to conclude and to tell you what is my opinion. First, I really prefer this model in all silver but it's personal. Then, more I buy Wa Shan model , more I am happy. I think my first experience with the Glock was bad luck. This M9 is really a good model gun with nice firing performance and full metal.
But, as usual with Wa Shan, I always feel that the gun is not very solid, robust. It's the same thing with the P220. I don't know why but it's not the case with Japanese pistol or revolver, even they are in plastic.
Anyway, I'm still very happy to have this Wa Shan, another one which stays with me
Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:21 pm
...and you must be talking about me regarding somebody hating the thin barrel 
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) so generally Taiwanese toy gun owners and other toy gun shops tend to stay away from it...these disposable rounds only available at Wa Shan Special Shops...
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