CO2 pistol

[genericAGuser]

Plus one on the Crosman CR357, cheap at $50, lots of shots, adjustable sites, and hits pretty hard. I can hit the outline of a quarter at 20 feet, the limit of my indoor range. I shoot into the side of a cardboard box with phone books taped into the back, yes they do have a use. Outback is a up to 50 foot range, where cans and odds and ends are the primary game.

Im a big fan of Co2 and inexpensive semi auto .177 replicas. I have 4 pistols and 2 rifles. All except one met or exceeded my expectations. Not pictured is a 1077W that only worked for about 750 shots, before it shot at 1/3 speed and is currently waiting on a new valve I have already under warranty. I like pellets for the punch and accuracy, but BB’s are great too for what I need, and are dirt cheap.



I have even been thinking about stepping to acquire some vintage stuff. I saw a Crosman 99 for about $165. And 600’s seem interesting although both are .22. 

 

[LB1444]

It’s a bummer that there aren’t any CO2 pistols that I would consider high end. So once you get spoiled by the expensive PCP rifles, it gets hard to pick up a CO2 plinker pistol. And it’s funny that the airsoft world produces so many well-built replicas. I get that the power is limited to 400 FPS at best, and I guess there just isn’t a market for CO2 replicas. I have some Sigs and they are “just ok”. The 586/686 S&W replica isn’t bad either and in fact is probably the best feeling in terms of solid and well-built. Mine isn’t accurate with the 4” barrel but is very accurate with the 6”. 

 

[Guest]

I have 2 - SR357 Crosmans on the way. Trying to build one of them into a .22.

 

[cn722]

Any interest in selling one of those 600’s? 

 

[cn722]

Hello I have a few Crosman 600s and 38t and I find them fine or shooting cans in the yard with my daughters (a little loud inside) but for inside I use a HW45 with a resettable trap with shoot and see pastes on the paddles. There are many accurate single shot options Gamo compact, Daisy 747,RWS 6 , HW etc they may be a little more at first but after the cost of co2 the seem to pay off in the end and generally more accurate than the co2 pistol you mentioned just another option hope this helps.

I was referring to your 600’s sorry. Just learning around here. 

 

[davelarson]

rjoe, it’s not CO2 but the Beeman P-17 is really accurate and inexpensive. Single stroke that takes effort to close. And under $30. But definitely not a good choice for anything

except paper targets. I also have the Beeman P-3 and it’s awesome. I’ve had it for five years and it’s still working perfectly. The P-17 seems to be just as accurate. And it does feel like a real gun. A really nice high end CO2 pistol is a Mac-1 LD, I had to pay $500 for this one though, so not cheap. But really accurate and fun to shoot. You can also upgrade to HPA and using a coil hose and a bottle you can get tons of high power shots.

 

[cn722]

I’m looking to buy a Crosman 600 but this thread has provided some other options if I can’t get my hands on one. 

 

[marquette]

For indoors and short distances outdoors a single pump pneumatic is my choice. I have a old Daisy 717 that I use 

 

[tus]

With the Covid-19 stay at home orders and not being able to go to the range, for the first time in around 15 years I setup my 22 trap and pulled out the old Gamo P-23, the only airgun I still had. After about a week the single shot Gamo got kind a little old, so I picked up the 8 shot pellet Umarex M1911A1. I like the thing, but the double action trigger is terrible, single action is fine and the thing is accurate.

Because of the trigger on the 1911, I have a blow back Umarex CP99 BB pistol on the way. From what I've seen of the various blow back pistols I would usually stay away from them. The big problem every one I've seen has, including the Gamo PT-85 I bought and returned years ago, is the barrel and slide with the sights have too much play to ever be accurate. However, for the CP99 I really don't plan on doing anything more than speed drills and won't be more than being 15 feet away, which I hope it's good enough for.

I also bought a Crosman DPMS and have to say the thing is just fun. It's not all that accurate and be prepared to buy CO2 in bulk, but it's accurate enough at 30 feet, and it shoots full auto.

Funny thing about the stay at home order now that I think about it, I have not shot an airgun in at least 15 years, but now that I'm stuck at home, I've bought 2 pistols and the DPMS, built a BB trap that I'm trying to perfect, and with the accuracy limitations of the DPMS I find myself shopping for an pellet rifle.

[Update 5/21]

The CP99 arrived yesterday. Slow firing from 15 feet it group at 1", which is better than I thought it would do. Since all the Umarex blow back CO2 pistols appears to be the same mechanically, I would guess that the others would be about the same. Don't know if this is good enough for the OP but it's what I got out of it.

There is one thing about it that I should have realized but didn't, and most people probably won't care about, is the safety. An actual Walther P99c only has a de-cocking lever since it's double/single action, so to add one on the single action only CP99 they setup a lever on the back right of the slide. With the way it's setup you need to use your other hand to go from safe to fire, so there's really no way to practice from a holster (and use the safety.)