Air pistols

[sauer]

air pistols....

never really dabbled apart from a cp88 co2 catridge thing

not being "up" on them whats recommended for a springer pistol for plinking in garden say .?


paul

 

[Rake Aboot]

Any, they are all very low power.
I’d buy an old Tempest. Lovely things.

 

[Dragonfly Ordnance]

I’ve got a HW45 in .22 I’ve had for years, a lot of fun! They can be a challenge to shoot well though.

They’re not a cheap option new these days either.

 

[Rake Aboot]

Just go all in

Steyr LP2 Air Pistol

www.edinkillie.co.uk

 

[Smellydog]

Recently bought a hw40.
Brilliant little thing. Excellent trigger and recoiless. Very accurate.

 

[Heym SR20]

Any, they are all very low power.
I’d buy an old Tempest. Lovely things.

Even nicer are the earlier Webly Senior, Mk1 and 2s.

Some of the CO2 replicas are good fun as well. I had a play with a luger type that includes a full operating toggle lock.

 

[Jagged77]

The HW40 is lovely but the Beeman P17 version is a carbon copy, half the price and shoots just as well apparently (not that the HW40 is all that expensive) - these are single stroke pneumatics rather than springers though.

I’ve always wanted a HW45 and don’t think you’d go wrong with one. Then you’ve got various Hatsan, SMK and Milbro models to choose from. The Hatsan looks a bit like the old BSA Scorpion and the reviews look good.

 

[Smellydog]

I had a hw45 for a while in 177 and was not impressed. Especially when I took it apart because I really struggled to shoot it.
The piston seal was not a lipped seal affair common to their other airguns but a simple flat plastic disc that was not even a snug fit in the cylinder. It also had sealing issues at the breech.
The one I bought wasn't a patch on the first ones made.

 

[cjm1066]

Game compact or HW40 for accuracy.

Older Webleys for nostalgia.

CO2 BB guns are appealing but only short range plinkers.

 

[Jamouk]

Bsa scorpion
Bsa 240 magnum
Wembley nemesis

All bring back some memories !

 

[Heym SR20]

Or


Or one of each.

But an older Webley over barrel air pistol will give decades of fun, but even the new Tempests are still good.

 

[Ruby Tuesday 2]

I bought a Wembley premier that some chap took to the gun shop and wanted £15 for it and the shop refused, bought it from him in the car park as he left .

 

[Jagged77]

If you can find a Diana Mod 5 then I’d recommend, these are lovely pistols (10 metre one handed)

 

[One on top of two]

Pistol 6m and 10m match shooting is my Dirty secret .

With Pistol shooting there are no excuses , love it .

My 10m match FWB P8X

 

[Smellydog]

You can always spot a football fan when they start talking about Webley pistols .

 

[Mike L]

I have a HW45 for garden plinking…… very relaxing.

 

[rooster]

Beeman P17

 

[BryanDC]

Any, they are all very low power.
I’d buy an old Tempest. Lovely things.

I would second this. I regret getting rid of mine before I moved here.

 

[Scarpa]

I second the HW45. I had a standard .22 about 25 years ago, I even took a rabbit with it at under 8m using a rested position in dense long grass. I now have a .177 silver star version, lovely to shoot and again doing over 5 ft/lbs when tested.

 

[Demetrius]

I killed a rat with this last summer.......177 CO2 with 5 shot magazine. MV 490fps.
About 4 metres distance, one shot fired off a bag.

D.