Pistol or revolver... in BB form!

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I know, I know... its a BB gun... kinda a toy sure.

Just got to thinking man I would like to plink backwoods camping with a .22 handgun... cant... highly illegal!!!!

So I got to thinking of my childhood days and my buddy with a bb handgun. Googled it up and found a lot of very good replica pistols in the BB form for $100 a pop.

Does anyone have one or can recommend one for fun? Maybe even for cheap practice? What would you recommend? Cheers!
 
Umarex Baretta 92SF is a good quality build and fun to plink as long as you're not looking for the same range/accuracy as your powder-burning Baretta. Weight and dimensions are very similar though the Umarex is just a tad heavier and a little thicker...won't quite fit in the Baretta holster. About $200 taxes in.
 
Get a pellet gun of some form. The round BB's are less than stellar for accuracy. And while it's still fun to pop away it's even more fun if you can actually hit what you aim at with some degree of regularity.

Since I'm not allowed to own a Walther PPK when I tripped over a BB version for $40 I picked it up to try. 3 inch groups at 7 yards hardly filled me with glee. As a result it's never had another CO2 cylinder put into it. I still take it out occasionally and dream a little though.....
 
BCRider said:
Get a pellet gun of some form. The round BB's are less than stellar for accuracy. And while it's still fun to pop away it's even more fun if you can actually hit what you aim at with some degree of regularity.

Since I'm not allowed to own a Walther PPK when I tripped over a BB version for $40 I picked it up to try. 3 inch groups at 7 yards hardly filled me with glee. As a result it's never had another CO2 cylinder put into it. I still take it out occasionally and dream a little though.....
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Pellet pistols seem to be less popular for some reason... why? There is less of a variety...
 
Niebour kid had a umarex ppk knockoff I was playing with. Has an utterly horrible double action trigger bit if you pull work it just right it has no problem hitting a 1" stone at 10-15 yards. Seems pretty well built and accuracy is Defiantly there.
 
Pre-PAL I bought a Umarex M&P9 and P226 clone. The M&P9 is basically for children. Plastic everything, weight is unrealistic. The P226 clone is licenced by SIG has full blowback operation, loaded with CO2 canister and BBs its about as heavy as my real PPQ. The blowback uses up some gas to reciprocate the slide but gives the impression of recoil. Both helped me with trigger techniques and both were cheap (especially relative the their real versions). I haven't used them in quite a while because nothing beats real powder bang recoil etc. When I get a couple friends together in the bush I will probably bring them out to do some tac courses like NutnFancy does but within the legalities we're allowed in Canada.
Rigging up with my real 12ga, real Tavor and P226 bb will be a lot of fun.
 
K-Roc said:
Pellet pistols seem to be less popular for some reason... why? There is less of a variety...
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That's very true. And mostly they are single shot guns that don't look much at all like cartridge guns. But if you want to hit what you aim at pellet pistols give that to you. Pellet guns use rifled barrels where BB guns are smooth bore. With premium BB's I would not be surprised to see a gain in accuracy. And certainly the bottle I bought for my Umarex PPK were the basic Canadian Tire swill. So I'm not surprised at my results. But even with primo BB's I was obviously not going to attain a level of accuracy that would match even a basic pellet gun though.

I did fix and try a friend's "S&W 586" pellet revolver. It actually had pretty decent accuracy. It's only a 6 shot but it's one option that is able to deliver something closer to proper handgun accuracy.
 
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i picked up one of these a couple years back to patrol my back yard and save my garbage cans from the evil that is Crow's.
really nice pellet gun.
only thing is ill load a CO2 into it, take 3 shots at a crow, put the gun away then a year later take it out again and the CO2 is empty, so put in a new one and repeat.

what i need to get is one of those old Crossman crack pistols that shoot the pellets with air.
now that would be fun for sitting around the fire and plinking empties!
(3 pumps..... bah, lets do 20 pumps and see what happens! come on we have all done that!)

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These are two that get frequent use around here, an old Crosman Mk I in .22 cal, and a newer Crosman C41 BB repeater. The Mark I is probably one of the best air pistols I've owned, it devastates pests and pop cans. The C41, well, it scares pop cans. Its fun to shoot and I bought it because it looks kinda like a P38.

 
This is called a pistol, so it should fit the thread. Closest thing I will ever own to an Uzi! This one is a LOT of fun, but if you find spare mags, buy em. The CO2 cartridge goes in the mag, and is good for maybe one reload before its dead. The price you pay for shooting a classic! Its not the most accurate airgun but its definitely cool. Blowback "recoil" is hard on the fuel economy.

If you Google it, there is supposedly an easy mod you can do where the gun is made select fire, and the safety has three positions. Its supposedly a matter of removing the material that blocks the 3rd position. They say its awesome when you do this. They also say the C02 consumption is cut to one mag per cartridge. I dunno though, just what I read.

Its got cool factor though, it is constructed of stamped steel and plastic, and dis-assembles easily. Heavy little sucker.



 
deadman said:
This is called a pistol, so it should fit the thread. Closest thing I will ever own to an Uzi! This one is a LOT of fun, but if you find spare mags, buy em. The CO2 cartridge goes in the mag, and is good for maybe one reload before its dead. The price you pay for shooting a classic! Its not the most accurate airgun but its definitely cool. Blowback "recoil" is hard on the fuel economy.

If you Google it, there is supposedly an easy mod you can do where the gun is made select fire, and the safety has three positions. Its supposedly a matter of removing the material that blocks the 3rd position. They say its awesome when you do this. They also say the C02 consumption is cut to one mag per cartridge. I dunno though, just what I read.

Its got cool factor though, it is constructed of stamped steel and plastic, and dis-assembles easily. Heavy little sucker.



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Oh I like this!
 
I like the S&W M&P. These guys have pretty decent prices too and they sell spare mags.

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I've owned this 22 pellet gun for a few years now. 3 pumps is good for most basement length practise. 10 pumps gives you some serious thumping power.
Mine's been upgraded with a steel breech and LPA mim rear sights. Very accurate too….
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Had a Crossman revolver that held 10 pellets...accuracy at 10 yards good enough to stay in a toony sized circle, C02 cartridge lasts about 60 shots before bullet drop was evident ...not too bad,was dumb enough to sell it. My daisy M93A bb can't keep up with that.
CG
 
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