Replica Air Pistols

[Ganderite]

A friend came home from the Sportsman Show with a CO2 1911.

The slide cycles with each shot. Looks just like a 1911 and trigger is not bad.

I see a similar one with a blowback slide cloning the MP9. Would this be a useful training gun for practising draw and hitting multiple targets? It would cost about $125

https://www.umarexusa.com/products/smith-wesson-m-p-40

 

[BCRider]

If it's shooting round ball "BB's" then don't count on it being worth a darn for accuracy. BB's are pretty much "minute of wall on the other side of the room". I bought a cheap Umarex Walther PPK just because I can't have a real one. Feels good in the hand and cycles with a satisfying kick of the slide. But 3 to 4" groups at about 15 feet is what it gave for accuracy. I still pull it down and play Walter Mitty with it now and then but I haven't bothered to buy another half dozen CO2 bulbs and still have well over half the BB's I got for it.

If you're working on your draw, sight and first shot and use a suitably close target and can set a timer for random start and it can read the CO2 pop I'd say it could be worth while. But other than that I'd rather have a rimfire version and just go to the range.

 

[nugunner]

Some of the UMAREX guns also fire pellets and have rifled barrels. I have the Beretta PX4 Storm and it's pretty accurate, though I only shot the real gun once and can't really remember how it compared.

I shoot an M&P9 for IDPA and I've thought about going with the pellet version for training. Even 9mm is a lot more expensive than C02 cartridges and pellets. However, since the pellet lacks recoil, I think it would only be useful for draw and initial target acquisition drills. It doesn't use anything like a standard magazine so you can't even do mag replacement drills, though some airsoft green gas guns have much more realistic mags. I have a 1911 but the magazine looks more like my M&P and not like the 1911 ones.

 

[ted_dent]

I had a 1911 clone that shot pellets back in the late 60's. Had similar weight and a functioning slide. Not very powerful or accurate but it was pretty neat at the time. Traded it in to Holman & Hickey in Toronto to pay part of the cost of a real gun. There are quite a few green gas (airsoft) guns these days that have movable slides. The metal ones approximate real firearms quite closely.

 

[IM_Lugger]

I had Umarex Beretta 92 and that sucker was accurate at 2 inch groups at 7 yards if I did my part. But it was a pellet shooter not BBs.

 

[Wildey]

I have an airsoft SVD replica...it is awesome and I love it. Real Sword SVD...absolutely the best SVD replica there is, all steel and wood, weighs as much as the real one.

 

[lavino]

Which would have the most realistic recoil feel though? I have a Taiwanese Glock Gen4 6mm bb co2 or green gas depends on mag used. Mine cycles like the real thing but the slide has close to no weight so the recoil is even less than shooting a 22lr so not realistic at all. The main weight is added in the mag instead.

Btw if you have iTarget or LASR and your airsoft has bottom front rail you can buy this:

https://www.amazon.ca/Laser-Ammo-SPDRKIT-Vibration-cartridge/dp/B01H5TH6SW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491165177&sr=8-1&keywords=laser+ammo The laser ammo works on your 9mm pistol as well. One stone kills two birds.

 

[BCRider]

Which would have the most realistic recoil feel though? I have a Taiwanese Glock Gen4 6mm bb co2 or green gas depends on mag used. Mine cycles like the real thing but the slide has close to no weight so the recoil is even less than shooting a 22lr so not realistic at all. The main weight is added in the mag instead.

Btw if you have iTarget or LASR and your airsoft has bottom front rail you can buy this:

https://www.amazon.ca/Laser-Ammo-SP...TF8&qid=1491165177&sr=8-1&keywords=laser+ammo The laser ammo works on your 9mm pistol as well. One stone kills two birds.

None of them have a matching recoil. The pellets or BB's are simply not heavy enough or being propelled fast enough. The are only good for draw and sight picture acquisition and the first trigger pull. After that the slide might move but it's nothing at all like a 9mm and never will be.

 

[p3kvic]

When I was waiting for my PAL I thought I was going to get a SDVE 9 for a starter but new I needed dry fire practice cause I'm new to firearms so I bought a Umarex Smith & Wesson M&P 40 BB Pistol. I love playing in the backyard. Set up some targets outside and in garage. Sure they aren't as accurate but within 10 yrds they seem pretty decent. You have to really think about it but it seems to work for me so far.