Derya 9mm thoughts and observations
Ok. First off, let's just remember that this is a pump action gun and not a semi auto so let's stop #####ibg about what the government has done to centrefire semis. With that out of the way, here are some observations after putting only a few mags of ammo down the pipe.
I'm not really into tactical style guns, but I do have a couple (Derya TM22 as well as this new Derya model in the 12 inch barrel tactical look).
First impressions:
It has a decent bit of weight to it right out of the box and is not as plasticy as I thought it would be. I was concerned that it would be a little more like a GSG16.
I bought this with fairly low expectations, but wanted another plinker with a little more snap than 22LR, while keeping the ammo cost low. In my opinion it really delivers. It comes with polymer flip up iron sight and the front site pin is a very nice, sharp pointed pin. The rear peep site has two different apertures , and there is also a notch site carved into the top of the smaller aperture ring.
Having cycled the action without firing it and without snap caps I was really concerned that it was going to be too sticky. I was pleasantly surprised to feel how it cycles much better as you're firing. Maybe the action is just loosening up after having a few rounds through it.
Too early for me to say if you could expect much accuracy out of it , I was just shooting off hand at twenty five yards today and I had quite a case of the wobbles. All I can say for now is that it makes the steel targets go ping and it punches holes in paper.
Having never loaded Glock style mags before, I was UNpleasantly surprised at how difficult these are to load after the third round. The gun comes with two magazines made by Derya and they are the only nine millimetre magazines that I have , so i'm using them for now. Needless to say that I will be buying some kind of speed loader to save wear and tear on my fingers.
The pump action ran smoother than I really expected it to, and the trigger exceeded my expectations as well. It's pretty good. A little bit of takeup and a little bit of creep , but consistently goes bang when you expect it to. I really enjoyed my brief shooting session with it because you really stay in contact with the gun while using the pump action.
That's about it for now. If you hate manual action guns, you'll hate this one. If all you want to do is shoot semi-auto as fast as you possibly can, you'll also hate this one. However, if you have reasonable expectations for the dollars you are spending on this type of gun and you enjoy cycling your action manually, it's a pretty fun piece of equipment. I'll post more after I've shot more.
Shoot safe, everybody.
Ok. First off, let's just remember that this is a pump action gun and not a semi auto so let's stop #####ibg about what the government has done to centrefire semis. With that out of the way, here are some observations after putting only a few mags of ammo down the pipe.
I'm not really into tactical style guns, but I do have a couple (Derya TM22 as well as this new Derya model in the 12 inch barrel tactical look).
First impressions:
It has a decent bit of weight to it right out of the box and is not as plasticy as I thought it would be. I was concerned that it would be a little more like a GSG16.
I bought this with fairly low expectations, but wanted another plinker with a little more snap than 22LR, while keeping the ammo cost low. In my opinion it really delivers. It comes with polymer flip up iron sight and the front site pin is a very nice, sharp pointed pin. The rear peep site has two different apertures , and there is also a notch site carved into the top of the smaller aperture ring.
Having cycled the action without firing it and without snap caps I was really concerned that it was going to be too sticky. I was pleasantly surprised to feel how it cycles much better as you're firing. Maybe the action is just loosening up after having a few rounds through it.
Too early for me to say if you could expect much accuracy out of it , I was just shooting off hand at twenty five yards today and I had quite a case of the wobbles. All I can say for now is that it makes the steel targets go ping and it punches holes in paper.
Having never loaded Glock style mags before, I was UNpleasantly surprised at how difficult these are to load after the third round. The gun comes with two magazines made by Derya and they are the only nine millimetre magazines that I have , so i'm using them for now. Needless to say that I will be buying some kind of speed loader to save wear and tear on my fingers.
The pump action ran smoother than I really expected it to, and the trigger exceeded my expectations as well. It's pretty good. A little bit of takeup and a little bit of creep , but consistently goes bang when you expect it to. I really enjoyed my brief shooting session with it because you really stay in contact with the gun while using the pump action.
That's about it for now. If you hate manual action guns, you'll hate this one. If all you want to do is shoot semi-auto as fast as you possibly can, you'll also hate this one. However, if you have reasonable expectations for the dollars you are spending on this type of gun and you enjoy cycling your action manually, it's a pretty fun piece of equipment. I'll post more after I've shot more.
Shoot safe, everybody.
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