What air pistol do you use?

[Weasel]

Don't know if this has been asked before but I love air pistols. I have a HW 75 in .177 and a crosman 2240 in .22 that I have wanted to mod for a while but never got round to it.so what air pistols do other uses of this fine forum use and what do you shoot with them

[dks]

There are a few similar threads by I think they are in the gadget and break room sub forums. I have a crossman vigilante but I only really use it when there is no proper hunting.

[Grant Lamontagne]

Browning URX pistol in .177, Pioneer crappy rifle in .177 and my favorite gun, a Crossman Mark 1 in .22.  I also have the Mark 2, which is the same thing only in .177. 



I really love this gun!  It was my father's.  I remember him shooting it when I was very small.

Def

[Higgins617]

I only have rifles

[Weasel]

Nice pistols your old crosman  is realy nice looking

[kirk13]

I've a Umarex CP88 and a Gamo PT85 with Tac rails and red dot for plinking( and hopefully some sort of practical pistol later this year), and a Finewekbau 10m pistol

I'll pull out pics later

[SAK Guy]

Benjamin.  Will look for or take some pics.

[Chako]

I have a few, but mostly in BB or .22 pellet.

A Umarex Colt Defender that shoots BB.


A Winchester Model 11 that also shoots BB.


A Walther CP99 Compact that shoots BB.


A Crossman Vigilante that shoots either BB or pellets.


A Firepower metal slide airsoft pistol perfect for indoor plinking.


Crossman 2440 that shoots .22 pellets.


Crossman Backpacker. Also shoots .22 pellets. I can remove the grips from the 2440 above and use them on this if needed.


I also have a Umarex TAC, which is a XBG pistol mated to a TAC converter. I have a Ka Bar mini bayonet, folding fore-grip, and red dot sight on it.

[Grant Lamontagne]

Nice pistols your old crosman  is realy nice looking

Thanks!

Between the gas it discharges and the power it hits with you'd swear it was a real .22 and not an air pistol!

Def

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[PTRSAK]

Sadly here in NANNYStralia air pistols are classed the same as "real" pistols and you need to go through the hassle of a full pistol licence to have one.

20+ years ago in New Zealand I had a Crosman "357 six"  which I had adapted to use the CO₂ cylinders that the aircraft life jackets used. The cylinders were thrown out on their use by date so I had an endless supply for free rather than buying Crosman powerlets.
It was actually pretty accurate, I could get a six shot "one ragged hole" group at 20 feet  (length of my workshop)

This model

http://www.co2airguns.net/collection/Crosman%20357-6/index.htm

[Weasel]

That's sad about the air pistol laws in Australia I had no idea .but a small price
To pay to live in what looks like a great place.
I've always wanted to emigrate to either Australia
Or the USA for a better outdoor life but now I've got 2 small children
And a wife that wouldn't dream of moving abroad.
So I'm stuck here!

[cbl51]

A Beeman Hurricane for field use, and A Feinwerkebau for target use. The German gun is unholy accurate.

[Weasel]

A Beeman Hurricane for field use, and A Feinwerkebau for target use. The German gun is unholy accurate.

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That is a nice looking pair of pistols

[kirk13]

A Beeman Hurricane for field use, and A Feinwerkebau for target use. The German gun is unholy accurate.

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You fitted a scope to a Feinwerkbau ?! I'm not sure whether to    or to 

Love the grips on your Beeman/Webley

[Weasel]

A Beeman Hurricane for field use, and A Feinwerkebau for target use. The German gun is unholy accurate.

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Is that scope a beeman  2x20? I've been looking at weihrauchs version for
My HW75 but there £100 ish,Is it a good scope?.good pistol scopes seem to be
Hard to find here plus my hw75 has a 13mm dovetail and 13 mm mounts are not supplied
At my local gunshop

[cbl51]

A Beeman Hurricane for field use, and A Feinwerkebau for target use. The German gun is unholy accurate.

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Is that scope a beeman  2x20? I've been looking at weihrauchs version for
My HW75 but there £100 ish,Is it a good scope?.good pistol scopes seem to be
Hard to find here plus my hw75 has a 13mm dovetail and 13 mm mounts are not supplied
At my local gunshop

Yes, it's a Beeman scope. I was just experimenting with a scope on the air pistol, and was not sure what to expect. What I got was another whole level in surgical precision shooting. The German gun with the scope, you can pick which  eye you want to shoot that fly in.

[Weasel]

Excellent I'm going to have to get one on mine. The weihrauch version is quite expensive here but like you say it will be more accurate.thanks for your input.
Do you shoot any pests with your pistols ? I've taken rats and mice at close range

[Grant Lamontagne]

Here's a shot of the gas discharge on my Crosman .22 taken from a Duck hunt a few months ago.



Def

[Weasel]

Here's a shot of the gas discharge on my Crosman .22 taken from a Duck hunt a few months ago.

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Def

That's impressive! I like it, what power is that pistol producing?

[Grant Lamontagne]

1.2 smurf tonnes I believe.

Actually I'm not really sure.  The original specs say it'll push a pellet to 490 fps but this gun is somewhere around 40 years old so who knows.  The seals are brand new, replaced just a few months ago so it can't be that far off factory.

Def

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[Weasel]

1.2 smurf tonnes I believe.

Actually I'm not really sure.  The original specs say it'll push a pellet to 490 fps but this gun is somewhere around 40 years old so who knows.  The seals are brand new, replaced just a few months ago so it can't be that far off factory.

Def

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I think my crosman is about the same power
But I've never noticed a gas discharge that spectacular.
It is bloody loud though.

[Grant Lamontagne]

I realize there are a lot of variables in recoil, but this one seems to kick almost as hard as a conventional .22.  I'd say anything you could hunt with a regular .22 could be hunted with this one.

Def

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[cbl51]

I have to admit that I shoot my air guns way way more than my firearms. No need to drive out to the range, but a few steps out in the woods in back of the house, an empty soda can, and I'm in business. Or a pouch of pellets in the pocket and just walk through the woods plinking at pine cones or a stick here and there. The Beeman wetly hurricane and Tempast are quiet enough that nobody hears anything.

[Weasel]

My first air pistol was a webley tempest when I was about 12 it was really good I spent hours with it.Sadly I don't know what happened to it.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I had a Hurricane. There a great pistol

I wish I still had mine!

Can you still get them? I know Webley made a limited run a while back

[daverobson]

I had a Hurricane. There a great pistol

I wish I still had mine!

Can you still get them? I know Webley made a limited run a while back

No sign of any new Hurricanes yet, but the Tempest appears to be still available.

http://www.solware.co.uk/air-pistol-air-rifle/Webley-Tempest-CentennialTM.shtml
http://www.sportsmanguncentre.co.uk/category/Guns/Air+pistols_1/Webley/
http://www.airgunbuyer.com/Showproducts.asp?cat=Pistols&SubCat=Spring%20Pistols

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Yeah just Googled it! Wow that's gone up in price a bit since the last one I bought

[kirk13]

Yeah just Googled it! Wow that's gone up in price a bit since the last one I bought

And I'll bet you money it's made in Turkey now too!

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

All I can say is that my ole hurricane really was fantastically well made and I hope the new Tempest isn't to far off the original built wise

[Weasel]

Yeah that is quite expensive but if it's as good
as I can remember  when I was a boy, it will be worth every penny.
Brings back some good memories