Air Pistols

Blowback means it will function similar to a semi-auto pistol when shot, except no shell will fly out.
I would take the blowback but i must go with the first one because it has a higher FPS.

Also i re-read your post and get one that shoots pellets, much better than bb's.

Anyone else notice that he says he likes the 2nd one because it has blowback..then asks what blowback is?

my experience with crossman lately has sucked.  their quality has gone way down.

how much you willing to spend?  ill link to a gun i have that i absolutly love but its just a bit pricy.  no more expensive than many paintball guns ive seen here.

http://www.airgundepot.com/colt-airpistols-1911nickel.html

ohh NVM price reduced alot since i last looked them up.

8 shot cylinder style clip, ambi. safty switch, the look and feel of the colt 1911A1.

now for those questions.

1: blowback is when the whole slide of the gun moves back like a real gun does.  honestly its a waste of gas and requires way too much TLC to keep it working right.i have a walter PPK blowback pistol and had to file the clip that holds it back so it would reset itself after each shot.

2: if those are the 2 your set on id say #1 simply because i dont recomend blowback on a pistol like those.

3: unless your picky over things like that 350 and 430 FPS wont make much of a difference.

4: find some old deck planks or any boards about 3/4 inch thick and make a box big enough to hold the target on the outside edges.  that way if you decide to use a bb gun instead of a pellet gun it will also trap the bb's for use again.

5: bb's are more accurate than some pellets but in general a pellet will be much more accurate.

carl_the_sniper wrote: I don't know about that gun, the laws on replica firearms are kinda sketchy here. I read that blowback replicates the recoil of a real handgun, is this true?

The slide will rack back but nothing can really duplicate the feel of a true gun.

carl_the_sniper wrote: I don't know about that gun, the laws on replica firearms are kinda sketchy here.

You can get that colt here.

Imo if you want an air pistol and your looking at crossman. Look at the 2240. Bolt action .22 and fires at 400+ fps. Add a longer barrel (from a 2289 ) and your at 495+ FPS(Don't tell the gov ) or the barrel from the 2260 and you can get a new hammer spring and fire at close to 625 fps.

Can also hook it up to a paintball C02 tank instead of 12 grams

the 22XX series crossman airguns are like the Ruger 10/22 of the airgun world. Easy to get parts for. Simple. effective.




Edited by 636andy636. - 26 September 2007 at 6:17pm

Andy: don't you nneed a firearms license for a .22 no matter how slow it shoots?

Tallen: In canada, it is a lot harder to get a pistol than in the US. Most people don't even bother with it.

The thing is that any real firearms store is at least 30 mins away from me.

Meaning that I would prefer to buy something that I could buy ammo for at canadian tire.

karll wrote: benjamin sheridan is my brand. i would check out a few other companies before settling on one.

sheridan is the same thing as crosman, only fancier, like what Lexus is to Toyota.

Gamo makes some high quality stuff.  They make some pretty nice handguns as well.

Also, this handgun is only $70

http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleit emid=840007&t=11082005 

edit: And you should buy it from there.  That's where i work.  No discounts, though.


Edited by Styro Folme - 26 September 2007 at 7:19pm