Western Arms Shibuya Custom CDP

[Tommlux9]

I was sitting in my living room watching "Tales of the Gun" marathon this afternoon when all of the sudden the UPS man stopes in front of my house. I instantly grin and start to diabolically giggle I meet him at the door of his truck he hands me a good sized box from Wolverine Tactical Supply (Thanks Mike ;D) I take it inside and in less than half a second I have in my hands my new sidearm a Western Arms Shibuya Custom CDP

WOW!!!!!! this thing is amazing. I look it over with my watchful eye and the only and I mean the ONLY inperfection I can find is a small (about 1mm) dimple on the rear sight to the left of the notch. Mikes pic does not do this thing justice it has the most flawless nickle plating i have ever seen, the plastic grips look so much like walnut it is amazing, the checkering is crisp and clean, and the gun is quite heavy (1.8lbs) and most of the weight is in the gun not the magizine.

So how does it shoot? Well I was a little worried that it would be less than par because it is a single stack 1911 but after one magazine I was very impressed it had better blowback and power than my buddies Tac-Master probably because of the "Magna" blowback system. I was even more impressed at how many rounds it could go through per gas charge. I think I shot off 3 magazines of 16 rounds each all on one charge it was sweet. The rounds were a little high so I need to know how to take it down so I can adjust the hop-up if anyone knows how please post a short explaination.

Overall, I think I got what I paid for this is the nicest airsoft sidearm I have ever seen and could not be more happy with its preformance and styling. I can't weight to show the busness end of this pistol to you guys at my first skirmish at the end of the summer. ;D

Here is a reveiw with some pics of it being compared to the "real steel" Kimber CDP

scaairsoft.airsoftretreat.com/reviews/review_CDP.html

[omegasniper]

ah better than my tac-master,but not better than a wa idpa replica,they look sweetastic!!!

[Minky]

Oooooh, you're a lucky bastige to have that sweet gun!

I can tell you how to adjust your hop, but I would suggest trying a heavier weight BB before you go messing with WA's funky hop-up design. I'm still trying to get mine adjusted right, and I've had the gun for nearly 3 months; I wish I would have never screwed with the hop-up! Anyway, if you feel prepared to deal with the annoyance that is the WA hop-up....read on.

First of all, even though the manual is in Japanese, there are enough pictures to figure out how to take apart the gun and adjust the hop-up, so refer to them if I confuse you. OK.... look at the left side of the slide (left side of the gun while aiming it that is), and you should notice two notches. The one towards the front of the slide is the catch for the slide release that locks the slide back; the second, smaller notch is the one we're interested in. Pull the slide back just far enough so that the second notch is lined up over the slide release. Now hold the slide in this position and push the slide release out of the frame, pushing on it from the right side of the gun with a pencil or something. I usually use one of the allen wrenches that came with the gun, only becuase it's also needed for adjusting the hop.

Once you push the slide release all the way out of the frame, you should be able to pull the entire slide forward off the frame. Flip the slide over and look at the bottom of the chamber area. You should notice a hole which leads up (down? ). Use one of the allen keys that came with the gun to turn the screw inside this hole. By now you should be noticing why I hate the WA hop-up design.... Not only does it require you to take apart your gun everytime you want to make a slight adjustment, but it is also the most back-asswards way of applying hop to a BB that I can think of. If you take a second to look down your barrel with a flashlight shining into the chamber, you'll notice there's a small peice of rubber on the top of the barrel. This part never moves, instead the screw that you turn from underneath moves up and down at the bottom of the barrel, pushing the BBs up into contact with the stationary rubber...... tis crazy I tell you, just plain crazy.

If I'm remembering correctly, you turn the hop-up screw clockwise to increase hop-up.... or is it the other way around, since the hop-up is funky and backwards? Either way, I'll tell you one last time that I would only mess with it as a last resort. BEWARE!



Of course.... I just now happened to wonder if this model even has adjustable hop-up.... knowing my luck it doesn't and I just wasted 5 minutes of my life typing. Oh well, I needed a reason to vent my hate of the WA hop-up design anyway, so thanks! ;D

[Tommlux9]

Minkey, Thanks man I owe you one I kept trying to take it apart like my dads kimber (only a slight defference) and yes it does have adjustable hop-up but after your warnings im not shure i want to mess with it