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oozlum
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PostSubject: MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante.   MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante. Icon_minitimeWed Jul 08, 2020 12:09 am

I’ve recently bought this kit - parts seem mostly there (may need a spring), but I was wondering if anyone could tell me more about the kit? How old is it, etc. I intend to build it, though it’s a far cry from built guns I have.  Very much lightweight ABS, some metal parts - I’ve attached some pictures.

Any info appreciated.

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PostSubject: Vigilante Kit   MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante. Icon_minitimeWed Jul 08, 2020 1:13 am

Hi,

I made this kit (and the 2 other variants) in the 1980's. The instructions for mine have a code printed on the bottom right hand corner of "1982.11" which I assume to be November 1982, which is about right for when I built mine. I got them from Beatties in Holborn for around £25 - £30 at the time; they never came with caps.

Andy

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PostSubject: Re: MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante.   MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante. Icon_minitimeWed Jul 08, 2020 9:35 am

Thanks Andy. The date, which I hadn’t spotted, on mine is 1982.3. I got this on eBay just now from a seller in Belgium for about £50. The caps came with it (a 50 cap box), and another model he sold (S&W 39) also had caps with it.

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PostSubject: Re: MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante.   MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante. Icon_minitimeTue Jul 14, 2020 9:41 am

That is a nice model and you got it for a good price. Altough not too rare in Japan, only few have made it to Europe over the years.

I like this Browning HiPower model altough it is a little light.

I'd say go and build it. If firing it with caps, make sure to clean and lube gun and cpas very well after using

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PostSubject: Re: MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante.   MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante. Icon_minitimeTue Jul 14, 2020 10:45 am

Thanks MadMike. LS Models seem to go for £70 - £100 so I thought this would be similar, but I guess I was fortunate. I do intend to build it, and it does look like it’ll need a lot of lube!

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PostSubject: Hi Power   MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante. Icon_minitimeTue Jul 14, 2020 5:19 pm

They do build well. Mine have lasted over 30 years, but never been fired... Although 2 of them did featuire in our Youth Theatre's production of "The Dumb Waiter"...

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PostSubject: Re: MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante.   MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante. Icon_minitimeWed Jul 15, 2020 4:27 pm

oozlum wrote:
Thanks Andy. The date, which I hadn’t spotted, on mine is 1982.3. I got this on eBay just now from a seller in Belgium for about £50. The caps came with it (a 50 cap box), and another model he sold (S&W 39) also had caps with it.
How did you get it on eBay? I thought that they had banned the sale of all guns and daggers.

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PostSubject: Re: MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante.   MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante. Icon_minitimeWed Jul 15, 2020 4:37 pm

I have some saved searches for cap guns and LS models and the like. LS models appear quite frequently, but very occasionally other oddities spring up. This was a Belgium based model seller, and I bid, and paid, on the assumption that there might be a problem, including with post. It all worked out, but I’d put it down to luck.
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PostSubject: Ebay items   MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante. Icon_minitimeWed Jul 15, 2020 5:18 pm

Not wanting to hijack the thread, but I did a search on Marushin kits on that auction site and there are a couple of MP40's (one references Clint Eastwood and "Where Eagles Dare") Very expensive...

But there are also a couple of oddities; 2 "Gundam" Rifles and at least one is a "PFC" kit.

B.

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PostSubject: Re: MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante.   MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante. Icon_minitimeWed Jul 15, 2020 8:46 pm

Not hijacking at all Smile I just did the same search - yep, those MP40s are expensive! I didn’t see the Gundam rifles.

Off topic also - I have a search for ‘airfix rifles’. I remember the airfix SLRs and Thompson from my childhood, and have idly entertained the idea of owning one, but the SLRs are always £300 - £500, and I’ve never seen a tommy gun.

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PostSubject: re Ebay   MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante. Icon_minitimeThu Jul 16, 2020 12:03 pm

This is what I found:
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Interesting, but not on my "list"

B.

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PostSubject: Re: MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante.   MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante. Icon_minitimeThu Jul 16, 2020 12:21 pm

That is interesting, though also not on my list. I wonder what carts it takes?
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PostSubject: Re: MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante.   MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante. Icon_minitimeFri Jul 17, 2020 5:04 pm

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PostSubject: Re: MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante.   MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante. Icon_minitimeFri Jul 17, 2020 5:31 pm

Thanks smootik!
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PostSubject: Re: MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante.   MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante. Icon_minitimeMon Sep 28, 2020 10:45 pm

I’ve just seen the other model kit that was offered on eBay when I bought this for sale on eBay (granted it may not be the exact same kit, but it was an M39, same box). Only £325. Maybe I could make a profit Smile

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/293758338685

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PostSubject: ebay link   MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante. Icon_minitimeTue Sep 29, 2020 1:16 pm

The link at the bottom of the ebay posting might be for the instructions I uploaded here a few years ago......

Yep it is, and very cheekily they have used my photo from the same post, in the advert. I might ask for commission......

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PostSubject: Re: MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante.   MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante. Icon_minitimeTue Sep 29, 2020 1:24 pm

Browning wrote:
The link at the bottom of the ebay posting might be for the instructions I uploaded here a few years ago......

Yep it is, and very cheekily they have used my photo from the same post, in the advert. I might ask for commission......

I hear you, mate!

Anyway thank you very much for the post of the manual, it has helped me a lot with my M 439 Marushin model.

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PostSubject: Re: MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante.   MARUSHIN Kit Browning Hi-Power Commercial vigilante. Icon_minitimeTue Sep 29, 2020 4:07 pm

MadMike wrote:


I hear you, mate!

Anyway thank you very much for the post of the manual, it has helped me a lot with my M 439 Marushin model.

No worries, glad I could be of help. Laughing
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