Practicing with Air Pistols

[tegemu]

Since there is no place in my area to practice draw and shoot and it would be expensive if there was, I wonder what are your thoughts about Draw & Shoot practice with an Air Pistol like Airsoft sells?

[sanson]

how about a .22 with colibri's.. quiet as a pellet gun

[OBIWAN]

I have an Airsoft pistol that is a fairly exact replica of my Glock 19

It is a great practice tool..fits in the same holsters and everything

[hoek48]

I use airsoft for practice in the house. The only problem is my wife complains about the little plastic BB's I usually miss when I finish.

[hot sauce]

Check this out. I'm not a fan of airsoft but I want one of these. Real enough to get shot over? It would'nt be fun if it was'nt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yG7DSXyay4

[bearridge]

Friend tegemu,

I have a Beeman P-1 in .20. It iz bout the same size az the 1911. Unlike the .177 pellet the .20 will actually make a soda pop can hop.

regards
bearridge

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[4EVERM-14]

I think air guns are one of the most overlooked sources of fun and training.
CO2 powered copies of popular revolvers and pistols are realistic in appearence and handeling. They can certainly fill in when livefire range time is unavailable.
I shoot 10 meter Olympic style air rifle and pistol in my basement. It's great when the snow is a two foot deep and the wind is howling to just go downstairs rather then try to get to the club range.
I prefer .177 guns as their accuracy is better then airsoft. But anyway to get trigger time is a good way.

[SIGSHR]

I recently started shooting my Webley Hurricane, makes for a fun activity
on a miserable cold rainy night or miserable winter day, forget what the pellets
cost, but the air is free, the only sound is the noise the pellets make when they bounce off the glacis of the trap. Only difference is you don't need hearing protection.

[MD_Willington]

Thought of getting a PT-80, Gamo copy of a Cougar... then I figured at $80-$100 for the pistol with shipping, that was pretty close to 1/4 of the cost of the real thing Stoeger is making...

[revjen45]

I have a Weihrauch .177 air rifle. It's a great way to practice proper technique and form for rifle. No, it isn't rapid fire, but it makes me put maximum thought and effort into each shot fired. Using a semi-auto is doing that, but doing it quickly in succession. It's like practicting striking form in katas slowly before you try doing it fast. I learned marksmanship from a retired Army officer who knew Col. Townsend Whelan. His favorite rifle was the 1903- he wasn't into spray and pray. Yes, I realize this is a handgun forum, but the paradigm is still the same- one accurate shot at a time, when necessary done as quickly as possible. You can't possibly miss quickly enough to do any good. Full auto to keep their heads down is great for the Russian Army. Hitting their heads with a single well aimed shot is the way to go.

[LSP972]

Re the you-tube guy... the top of his left thumb isn't long for this world, if he shoots a real pistol with that grip...:D

[IM_Lugger]

I started with air pistols still have one left; Beretta 92FS by Umarex in .177 don't shoot it much anymore but I had a lot of fun with it before...

Umarex mades realistic, quality copies of Colt1911, Beretta, Walther ppk and P99 and used to make a Sig 225 copy as well... most of them have very good accuracy.


airsoft guns are toys IMO; for any target shooting work airguns a LOT better choice.

[PILMAN]

I have a replica of the H&K USP from KSC, a Japanese manufacture. It was about 99 dollars and pretty well made, operates on green gas and even has blowback when you fire. Internally it looks pretty identical as well as cosmetically including the H&K trademarks. Weight is pretty similar though you can feel the quality differences on the slide.

I find it great for practicing and it has helped me in taking down the real USP and becoming familiar with the internals. Great for dryfiring as well.

Side by side they look pretty similar.

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i249/PILMAN/Guns/P3070030.jpg

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i249/PILMAN/Guns/P3070027.jpg

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i249/PILMAN/Guns/P3070024.jpg