TOKYO MARUI AIR SOFT
The Marui
soft-air company, also known as Tokyo Marui, thanks to its
wholesalers, has arrived to all the world markets.
Tokyo Marui
products stand out by its detail and accuracy, that have done that the
airsoft guns appearing in numerous films and that their name is on the
credits.
Toyio Marui
created the first automatic electric gun (AEG), known as FAMAS F1,
and it was the responsible of the system HopUp invention.
Marui
has made a wide range of automatic electric guns, as well as automatic
electric pistols (AEP). It also has been responsible of another big progress
in soft-air. Although, due to the Japanese law, Tokyo Marui
only is using plastics receptors ABS (Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) that
have put it in a adjusted competition with CA and ICS, because
of the fact that this companies of airsoft guns aren’t under any
restriction.
Thanks to an
important work together with a big inversion, Tokyo Marui airsoft
guns have a longer time life than other of its competitors This reliability
is obtained due to one of the best development platform.
Marui
is the most important manufacturer of soft-air in the world, and it is seen
as a example of maker of airsoft guns. All the rest of products of the
market adapt themselves to Marui.
The catalogue of
Tokyo Marui products is qualified of the following manner:
Automatic Electric
Guns (AEG):
Tokyo Marui was the first company that produced soft-air guns which
work only with electric motors. The body of the airsoft automatic guns of
Tokyo Marui is made with ABS plastic, due to the Japanese law, but also
it has metallic parts. The internal gearbox is actioned by the recargable
batteries.
The stock gearbox
switch on 0.2g BBS near to 280 feets (85.34 meters) per second, aproximately
between 0.8 and 1 J. of cinetic energy.
This Tokyo
Marui box may be modified performance by aftermarket parts, but Japanese
law limits the power to 0.98 J.
An example:
MP5K:
This soft-air weapon of Tokyo Marui was introduced in 1976. It is a
short gun, practically the smallest of the MP5 series. It characterized
itself by the lack of shoulder
stock, the
replacement of the MP5's handguard with a vertical foregrip, and the
weapon's overall reduced size.
In spite of MP5K is much smaller than
MP5, it keep up almost all features of MP5. however MP5K has a decreased
effective range, but anyway it obtains to be up 50 metres.
Sighting is done through adjustable
diopter iron sights, or using any optical sights compatible with the HK
claw mount system.
The MP5K used
the roller-locked delayed blowback system. This system sistema
delays the weapon’s recoil until after the bullet is fired, increasing
accuary when firing in simiautomatic mode.
The gun has usually a
SEF trigger group (safe, single shot, full-auto).
The MP5K of
Tokyo Marui accepts the most of the accessories of the rest of MP5s.
Its small size and
low weigh allow MP5K to be easily to concealed under clothes, in a car, or
in a suitcase, and allow for hichg mobility even in crowds.
MP5K
of
Tokyo Marui
is
the smallest of all the guns of the electric automatic series
MP5K,
in
spite of it, accepts the most of the accesories of all them.
It has been deigned a
special handbag and suitcase, not only to carry the gun on them, but in
addition to shot from them. Both have a hole for the weapon's muzzle. The
suitcase has a secundary trigger in the handle, but when using the bag, the
operator must stick their hand inside and fire the weapon as they would
normally.
Furthermore, thanks
to its small size, the MP5K and its dervate are very used by law
eforcement agencies, VIP protection and counter-terrorist units and
paramilitary forces all aver the world. The weapon is used by some members
of the protection detail of the United States Secret Service who are tasked
with the protection of the president and first family, the vice president
and second family, and visiting foreign heads of state.
Automatic Electric
Pistols:
These Tokyo Marui pistols work with recargable batteries of 7.2 V.
These pistols are more reliable than gas pistols in conditions of cold
weather. Their kinetic energy output is about 0.4-0.6J per BB. The magazines
are as wide as normal magazines, but they are relatively thin.
An example:
Glock 18:
This Tokyo Marui handgun has a fire selector switch on its slide that
enables it to fire in semi-automatic or fully automatic modes. Rotating the
switch toward the bottom of the frame allows for fully automatic fire, while
rotating it to the top switches the gun to semi-automatic.
It weighs only 620
grams and measures 18.6 cm. in total (11.4 cm. are of the barrel). It is of
calibre 9 mm. Luger Parabellum and depending of the munition can fire
between 1,100 and 1,300 bullets per minute.

The
pistol Glock 18 manufactured by Tokyo Marui has
different firing modes: semiautomatic or automatic, and fires between 1,100
y 1,300 bullets by minute.
Shotgun:
Tokyo Marui makes several replicas that are powered by compressing a
spring. Tokyo Marui shotguns fire three bullets at a time.
An example:
SPAS 12:
This soft-air shotgun was designed by Marui during the 1970’s decade
as semiautomatic militar gun and also as shotgun of the security forces. Its
producction began in october 1979.
SPAS 12
can function on two modes. The first is automatic or semiautomatic.
The butt is locked forward and a gas system serves to load the next round
without further effort from the operator. In this setting, Tokyo Marui
gun can be shoot around 4 bullets per second, one round per trigger pull.
The second setting
is pump-action, where the gun must be manually pumped back and forth
after every shot to eject the spent shell and load a new round from the
internal magazine. This is required to reliably fire low pressure ammunition
such as tear gas round or less letal bean bags.
Switching between
firing modes is done by pressing button under the foregrip, and sliding the
foregrip slightly forwards or backwards until it clicks into position.

The
Tokyo Marui SPAS 12 shotgun has the pump action setting
where the gun is charged pumping back and forth after every shot to eject
the spent shell and load a new round from the internal magazine.
SPAS 12
of Marui also has a characteristic aditional magazine that, when is
actives, avoid the charge of a new bullet from the internal magazine when
the charger is open. It allows to the operator of the Tokyo Marui
soft-air, to charge a specialized bullet in the magazine without to go first
to the principal magazine.
It can be
incorporated tatctical tactical flashlights and laser sights. Some versions
of the shotgun SPAS 12 come with a magazine for 5 bullets instead of
8 usual bullets.
Tokyo Marui
accessories:
The series of accesories of soft-air has a wide range of accessories:
grenade launchers, silencers, chargers, supports for double charger, guides
and rings for viewfinder, ammunition…

Grenade launcher M-16 A4/A2 R.I.S. |

Silencer M16/STEYR/AK/H&K/P90 |

Charger M16/190 BB |

Ring for viewfinder |

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