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Modelguns
Modelguns are Japanese replica or toy guns, which are usually made of zinc-alloy or plastic materials.
Most modelguns are designed to replicate the physical outlook and in full scale of the real gun counterpart. Some bear the authentic markings that make them look very realistic like real guns. Some are even made to copy the internal mechanisms and operate like real ones using tiny bit of gunpowder (the cap) to produce firing sound, spark and the operation, but strictly not able to shoot any projectile. There are very strict gun control laws in Japan to restrain the mechanisms and material of modelguns so that modelguns appeared in the Japanese market are safe and cannot be converted into something that can fire any live cartridge or projectile.
==History==
Modelguns were developed after the Second World War due to tight restrictions on firearm ownership in Japan. Civilians are forbidden by Japanese law to possess handguns, although in rare cases they may be permitted to possess live shotguns. As a result, the Japanese have developed a fascination for them. The first "modelguns" were developed in the late 1950s and were fairly crude approximations of actual firearms, with few operational features. Many of the first modelguns were imported cap guns from the United States, but were eventually replaced with indigenous designs. The first Japanese designed modelguns were released to market in 1962. At nearly the same time, MGC produced the Walther VP-2 and Hudson Industry produced the Mauser M1896 in 1962. Both were made with metal zinc alloy. They are now collector's sought after items.
The Japanese modelgun/airsoft inventor Tanio Kobayashi is considered by many Japanese to be the "father" of the modelgun, as Kobayashi's internal modelgun designs led to the modern version of the modelgun.
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