Number of posts : 155 Age : 57 Location / Country : UK Registration date : 2019-12-08
Subject: Help with older cart identification. Tue Dec 21, 2021 8:23 pm
Hi all.
Along with model guns I collect cartridges (inert, being in the UK). I picked up a varied collection today, and there were a few ‘dummies’ included. One of them struck me as being a possible candidate for a tanio action PPK that I have (with no carts). Lo and behold, it fits, cycles & ejects (I’ve not tried with a cap *edit and fires caps!). So I’m guessing it’s either the proper cart, or I’m just lucky.
The question then, for you knowledgeable folk:
Is this an example of the original cart (smallest in the pics)? And can anyone identify the other ‘dummies’?
claymore Modelgun Perfectionist
Number of posts : 1246 Age : 64 Location / Country : London Registration date : 2008-09-07
Subject: Re: Help with older cart identification. Sat Dec 25, 2021 1:40 pm
Not an easy one mate, i have some rounds that look like they should fire but i cannot figure out how and neither do our japanese contacts. i also have a number of odd rounds and i wonder if they were for early none fire models, like mgc revolvers.
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smootik Modelgun Perfectionist
Number of posts : 1823 Location / Country : Poland Registration date : 2009-03-03
Subject: Re: Help with older cart identification. Fri Jan 07, 2022 10:37 pm
The last one should be the original Tanio PPK cartridge, I have a similar one. It is a cap-firing (sound&sparks), but not blow-back (slide moves) cartridge. The middle ones seems to be of a similar cap-firing type. I do not recognize them from the photos I have - only seen dummyies with a rounded nose/no hole (for example MGC ones had a lead tip for "real" look) or cap-firing ones that are more cylindrical (top is flat, not rounded). probably from an early CMC revolver. Later thee cartridges changed to multi-piece design. Hopefully someone familiar with these in practice might be able to help more.