Tokyo Marui have a knack of surprising customers about their upcoming releases. Of all the airsoft companies their product announcements in major Japanese tradeshows is one of the most watch out for since you’ll never know what they will surprise us with. In the past three years, they never disappointed announcing one hit product after another.

Also, in recent years, they just made the airsoft shotgun category more exciting with the release of their gas shotgun series such as the M870 line and the Automatic Electric Shotgun (AES) series with the first being the AA-12 AES. And at the last the 55th Shizuoka Hobby Show held last May, they unveiled their 4th product in the gas shotgun series --- the Tokyo Marui KSG Gas Shotgun which they announced that it will be released in summer 2016.

There seems to be a slight delay, but if you have already saved up in getting one of these, it will definitely be released in September 2016. So just a little bit more patience needed and you’ll finally get to own the first airsoft KSG.

Now, for some things that you need to know about the Tokyo Marui KSG Gas Shotgun if you are hoping that it will have the exact functionality like the real KSG made by Kel-Tec. Whilst the company has taken pains to provide the it will look like the real KSG in terms of measurements and look (expect some inconspicuous  markings), they have not made the tube magazines like the real one as the real KSG has two tube magazines with each holding 7 12-gauge shells which the user will switch from one to another manually. In the Tokyo Marui airsoft KSG, they cannot have a 3 to 6-shot capability if they want to have a tube magazine function like the real thing as there is no space for their mechanism. They can actually do it, but then the airsoft player will be given a single-shot capability and that will defeat the shotgun concept as an airsoft shotgun will have to fire more BBs in one trigger pull.

There is still some space in where the Tube magazine will be and for the purpose of the Tokyo Marui KSG, it will serve as a spare shell holder so you can bring more of the shells to a game. As for loading the shell, it can be found at the stock area where the loading and ejection port is located. You can use the conventional 30-round Marui shotgun shells that are used in their other airsoft shotguns.

Just like the Marui M870 Tactical Gas Shotgun, the gas tank can be found in the stock. For selecting from 3 to 6 shots a vice versa, just open the cover the heat shield and you can find the selector switch. Furthermore, it comes with front and rear sights, top and bottom picatinny rails for mounting weapons accessories, and front and rear sling points.

For those waiting for an airsoft KSG, then Christmas will come early, and they better save up quickly as September 2016 is just a few weeks away. If you cannot wait for the fully-licensed Kel-Tech KSG Shotgun as announced by MadBull Airsoft in 2012 (they posted ann update that they are definitely going to release one), then Marui’s offering is definitely in your “must have” airsoft shopping list.