It is a rainy day with little to do before work, so I thought I would post a six month update and give my results and opinions on my Tokyo Marui P226.
I detest unboxing videos because its fifteen minutes of sometimes shaky footage of someone showing me something I can find out myself when I open my own box. I would much prefer the advice of someone who has lived with something for years and knows all its faults and shortcomings. That is why when I go to the hardware store and I need some help, I look for the oldest guy around.
Well, I've lived with the Tokyo Mauri P226 for a little while now and I thought I would share some of my experience with it. While shooting one day I noticed slop in the slide so I field stripped it and to my horror saw that I ether ham-fisted my installation of the locking block screw, or stress from the action striped it, ether way I had a very expensive paperweight.
With a quick run to the local hobby shop (after two big box stores) I found a tap and die small enough to suit my needs. On the sales clerk and fellow airsofters advice I switched from a 2.5mm metric to a 2.75mm, 4-40 standard screw.
It is difficult to see from my low resolution phone camera but the threading is coarser and gives much better bite into the soft aluminum frame, with a little Loctite its fixed for good.
With the locking block tightened down again I immediately shrunk my shot grouping. 30 shots (2 magazines) from 25 feet, free standing. I shot cold and didn't doctor my results. My point of aim is quite high so I cannot see what I hit, I have to muzzle over my target a bit, so hitting dimes is a challenge, but bench rested I think I would have it within a two inch group at that range. It shoots dead strait.
It's a combat pistol and not a race gun and for that role it is perfect. This one is a safe queen, I'm too rough with the equipment I field and I would hate to destroy such an expensive gun (I should have gotten at least one KJW to beat to death) I am just happy I got it back together and it is ticking away again.
The last two photos are a teaser of another build I'm currently working on.
