dog green 1 Posted October 5, 2016 Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 Have seen lots of lovely pictures of people's Tanaka pistols. Are they worth the price tag they demand or is it just paying for the name. Link to post Share on other sites
Horsem4n Posted October 5, 2016 Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 They are the only ones that make revolvers the way they do. The best revolvers for scrimmageing possible, with 2 draw backs. They have plastic frames and barrels, making the bigger ones a bit flexy (really, just a little bit). But you definitely don't want to accidentally do a slide on the side one is holstered. But surviving prone in a chest or crossdraw holster should be fine. Metal kits exist, but are expensive and sometimes hard to find. The only other downside is measly FPS, but due to trying to stay under Japanese government radar. The Pegasus system is capable of putting out 400fps in a sub 5" barrel. But they come OOTB shooting 250 or less with green gas. They can be modified to gain the fps back, but you'll have to do it yourself. Because of the lack of, high quality, scrimmage focused revolvers on the market, tanakas are still a great option. Link to post Share on other sites
dog green 1 Posted October 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 Wow, never realised they were plastic. Looking at the pics I would never have guessed. Link to post Share on other sites
renegadecow Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Plain or heavyweight models aren't overly expensive. It's the Jupiter finished ones which make you feel like a hapless pleb, but from what I was told the finish is fragile so isn't recommended for actually skirmishing with. Link to post Share on other sites
Marc.RG1 Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 I might be wrong here but on most Tanana revolvers the cartridges can't be removed, that's what it's been like on the ones I have seen and the reason I don't like them very much. ATB Marc Link to post Share on other sites
wolfgeorge Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 No the Pegasus sustem has the gas reservoir in the cylinder so the shell are just decoratives ,You could remove the shell in the older Cassiopea .. And in one more version I can't remember its name ATM.Inthe cassiopea you had to fill each shell with the gas and one bb and the other ( the one I don't remember how the system was called) the gas was store in the grip and you put a bb ber shell.Wolf Link to post Share on other sites
paranoiddroid Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 Isn't Cassiopeia effectively oop because of the conversion issue? Link to post Share on other sites
Horsem4n Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 There was no conversion issue. It was a reaction to having the bb and propellant inside the cartridge. Something about Japanese law having that as the minimum description of a convertible firearm even if the gun still couldn't be converted. Needless knee jerk reaction. Ended up costing us the cassiopeia revolvers, the shotguns, and even more muzzle velocity from the Pegasus revolvers. Link to post Share on other sites
renegadecow Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 Japan Sword and Firearms Act only stipulates that pressure bearing parts on handguns (barrel, cylinder, slide) be non-metallic. Having both projectile and propellant in the same package didn't violate anything legally, but when police responded to an investigation over what they read online (speculation that it may possibly be converted), Tanaka voluntarily recalled them and killed the whole line. edit: and nerfed their PEGASUS line because reasons Link to post Share on other sites
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