Post-Traumatic Shopping

After an entire week of mourning in HK for the totally unworthy deaths - for me the better way to heal the wounds is to get out for more guns ...









"Worsk" is wrong - should be either "Worse" or "Worst" (nothing got to do with the quality though)...

This is the "Browning Version" - last time the Colt marking version only 100 pcs made and this time only 50 pcs made...maybe last time the Japanese customers already had enough with the Colt version so this time finally some left-overs for our mini HK market...extremely expensive though as the exchange rate now is $9.00 -> ￥100

Also I got Tanaka's Colt Python 4" HW last weekend - not as good as Kokusai's HW version I reckon (but dimension wise Tanaka is more realistic)...

Hard to believe that they can't spell their own Company's name right ...

Well those things can happen and it does not really bother me. Your model looks great and I am sure it is a rare one too. Love the Colt markings.

Nice one! I oogled this model in the past and put it on my "wanted" list, but it will have to wait for the next shopping spree ;-)

Please do a review!

Do you know if CAW made any modifications to this model, compared with MGC?

Something like "movable" dummy trigger safety on the back of the grip - other features such as the rounds remain in old MGC style (i.e. not "real-sized" rounds)...

Also this is in HW - reckon MGC only made these in ABS along the way...

Jim,

You know what?
Kokusai Python is made based on Diamondback scale. Stupid engineer from Kokusai scaled wrong gun.....impossible...

I think a scale wise, Tanaka would be lot more realistic.

S

shazhib wrote:

You know what?
Kokusai Python is made based on Diamondback scale.

That's a good one :-D

Jim, so MGC model does not have a moveable grip safety at all? And CAW one is just dummy? Interesting, I hoped for more realism here. In theory it's very similar to 1911 that they did correctly.

If memory serves me right the old ABS Marushin M1910 had a working grip safety. I would miss that feature.

shazhib wrote:

Jim,

You know what?
Kokusai Python is made based on Diamondback scale. Stupid engineer from Kokusai scaled wrong gun.....impossible...

I think a scale wise, Tanaka would be lot more realistic.

S

Tks Man ! No wonder why I always feel Kokusai's Python is somewhat slightly smaller to hold (also the size of the cylinder as well)...

Tanaka guns usually with more realistic dimensions but material wise they aren't as good as Kokusai (take the HW version for example - I like Kokusai's FedHW more)...

smootik wrote:

...so MGC model does not have a moveable grip safety at all? And CAW one is just dummy?

Not too sure about the MGC version - but what I can say is when it was still on sale back in the early 90s it only cost ￥4,800 - a very cheap modelgun indeed (at that time the new Beretta M9 = ￥16,500): to reduce production cost I strongly believe MGC skipped as many details as possible...

MadMike wrote:

If memory serves me right the old ABS Marushin M1910 had a working grip safety. I would miss that feature.

Even the recent release of those repro dummy Browning M1910 still retain the functional trigger safety feature (ironically the gun itself modified to dummy version ).

A pic for better understanding (keep in mind both are dummies):

Thanks for pictures, they show it clearly
Your comment about price driving simplicity of design is very interesting, I was not aware that this was such a cheap model at the time of release.

Jim,

Back in those days, MGC models were meant to build for better firing, rather than a detail. CAW's grip safety moves, but that's it. It does not function as safety.

S

Thanks for the affirmation ...talking about MGC guns: although their Tommy Gun's in metal I can't hardly feel the realism in it (the same for the Beretta M9 - the barrel's locking block is completely different to the real thing but it does fire better than Marushin's)...M1 Carbine as well...

I wish CAW can somehow convert their .32's trigger safety as functional - after all this is one of the most symbolic features of Colt's semi-auto pistols...