First thing: Thank you VERY MUCH to GZ22 and HIGUsan for the images of the manual, posted many moons ago, and to Cerwyn for your efforts to keep the info available.
Sorry for the lengthy post; I'm covering a lot of ground in one "swell foop."
I just acquired one of these models from an eBay seller. I am super happy to have it for my prop inventory.
Before I go too far, I will ask the question of "How can I obtain the shells?" Any thoughts are welcome! I'll continue to research the forum in the meantime, but given the age of related posts I would appreciate any updates.
It is largely in excellent condition, with the exception of two things:
It is screaming for oil and cleaning, so thanks to the images, I have a decent idea of how to go about slicking the new baby back to snuff.
UNDISCLOSED/HIDDEN damage- somebody
felt that the 18" or so barrel was too long and tried to chop it about two more inches back from the muzzle. Luckily MGC made the barrels with a full length metal rib down the center, as they do.
This stopped the butcher in their tracks, although I have a couple of nice cuts that will need attention. The blast-them-all-to-heck seller
covered the cut with a few wrappings of friction tape, and then covered most of that with orange tape to meet the eBay requirements. I will be having a word with them about this. They are new sellers, as far as I can tell- they have sold a few other MGC replicas in recent weeks including an AMT AutoMag that I am sad that I missed. They may play the "I dunno bout dese things" game with me, but I'm not buying such a blatant cover job.
Not that I have a huge demand for it or the AutoMag in the props business, but my niche is to offer 'oddball' weapons that other prop houses don't and that just might catch somebody's eye sometime. In the meantime, I have some very cool items to admire and play around with.
- S. Thomas wrote:
- I'm trying to figure out how this model actually works and I was hoping someone could tell me. From the photos that I have seen it appears that there's no chamber because there's something (the detonator I assume) in the breech that would prevent a shell from entering the breech. Am I correct in assuming this? Is the "bolt" actually just there to hide the shell and does the hammer actually hit the shell directly? I'm just guessing here. Also how does ejection work because there doesn't appear to be any type of extractor in the bolt. I'm just curious about these pump action model guns and it'll be great to find out more info.
In short, you have pretty much guessed the mystery.
Regarding the chamber, as you have observed, there is an center plug (not sure if it's part of the anvil) suspended in a tube in the chamber, held in place by four spars (which I suspect are the true anvils), but these elements are very close to the chamber mouth.
The mystery is solved by my own examination and viewing the exceptional video linked in this post by 808Kameleon:
https://mp40modelguns.forumotion.net/t2784-mgc-remington-m31-rs2-riot-shotgun?highlight=remingtonThe shotgun shell itself does not load into the "chamber" like a normal real steel weapon. Instead, the "bolt" is hollow and "telescopes" around the shell until it seats and the business end of the shell (loaded with the caps) is resting against the anvil.
Here are a couple of photos that may provide some clarity. I'll try to get a shot of the hollow 'bolt' later.
And here are a couple of shots of the damage wrought by an unthinking individual.
I will smooth out the sawed edges and then fill in the cuts with epoxy and some paint- I think the repair will make that section even stronger than it was from the factory.
The last photo is lousy, but I include just for fun - the very sexy stamping on the shoulder stock spar.
Tue Sep 11, 2012 11:28 am
