Tokyo Marui M92f Phrobis “Dolphin” kit identification

[JimFromHorsham]

Good Morning , here is a pretty old custom Tokyo Marui M92f military , it’s fitted with a pretty rare (I think?) Dolphin conversion kit , very unique and gives the pistol full auto capability , I’ve seen references to a Marushin or Maruzen version of the Dolphin but can’t find any reference to a TM kit , can anyone help ? 

Ive added a pic alongside a more modern TM Military with Guarder conversion kit ,

Some old school reading links ,

https://arniesairsoft.co.uk/justpistols/dolphin_real.htm

a nine ball conversion kit ( which mine isn’t )

https://www.rainbow8.com/collections/m9-m92f-series/products/nine-ball-dolphin-fs-conversion-kit-tanio-koba-x-laylax-collaboration-for-marui-m92f-gbb

Marushin , 

http://plugfirecapgunsuk.com/PhotoAlbumsPro/USN_M9_Dolphin/#/0

i may well just be acting like a blind man with my searches but any help appreciated , 

thank you  

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[novioman]

Hi Jim,

Is the other Beretta with the Guarder kit part of the collection as well, think that may be the one I saw marked up as having a steel kit fitted.

Regards

Doug. 

 

[JimFromHorsham]

Hi Jim,

Is the other Beretta with the Guarder kit part of the collection as well, think that may be the one I saw marked up as having a steel kit fitted.

Regards

Doug. 

hi Doug , no , the guarder kit is one I built myself  

 

[novioman]

Maybe the one I saw has sold then, it was definitely marked up as a steel kit, and Dan got a magnet to check and it wasn’t steel, but it was a nice pistol, should have bought it there & then. 

 

[JimFromHorsham]

Maybe the one I saw has sold then, it was definitely marked up as a steel kit, and Dan got a magnet to check and it wasn’t steel, but it was a nice pistol, should have bought it there & then. 

the one you saw was a Beretta 92 elite , guarder kit on a TM base .

 

[novioman]

Ah o.k, that’s sold I guess. 

 

[emilianoksa]

I thought Guarder only made kits for the original TM 92f  - the one with the fixed hop.

Did you manage to fit such a kit to the more recent Gen 2 Marui M9?

Or am I mistaken?

 

[JimFromHorsham]

I thought Guarder only made kits for the original TM 92f  - the one with the fixed hop.

Did you manage to fit such a kit to the more recent Gen 2 Marui M9?

Or am I mistaken?

They do and I’m not sure I said any different ? Apologies if it came across that way .

The guarder kit I built was onto an M92f Military , I bought pistol and kit at the same time in 2020 , it is a fixed hop model , although with .25s it gives a very nice straight flight path for what I’d call typical (stock internal ) pistol ranges anyway .

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My point of “more modern” was that the dolphin kit is at a guess over a decade old ,probably closer to 15yrs , but I honestly have no idea and the donor 92f military that was put into it was the same age . 

Hope that makes some sense

 

[emilianoksa]

Thanks very much for clearing that up for me.

I have often thought of buying one of the earlier TM Beretta 92s, as opposed to the later M9A1 and M9 models, simply because there was a metal kit for it.

Was it a pain to install the Guarder kit? I imagine the bbu would have had to be filed to get it to fit the Guarder slide. Anything else I should be aware of?

 

[JimFromHorsham]

Thanks very much for clearing that up for me.

I have often thought of buying one of the earlier TM Beretta 92s, as opposed to the later M9A1 and M9 models, simply because there was a metal kit for it.

Was it a pain to install the Guarder kit? I imagine the bbu would have had to be filed to get it to fit the Guarder slide. Anything else I should be aware of?

if I can do it then I’m sure you’d be fine ,it wasn’t a pain at all , I’ve done a few kits over the years and like all things just get everything you need or want to do in advance and have it all laid out , just work your way through it methodically . A good quality tool kit of micro drivers , parallel punches , needle files etc is worth its weight in gold with these type of projects , trying to make do with “almost fitting” tools usually ends in disaster , have the phone handy for photos as you go also helps for re-assembly . 

 

[emilianoksa]

Thanks again Jim.