mali
04-04-2007, 09:23 AM
After buying one from a member of this forum a while back, i thought id share my thoughts.
Its built really well, like a tank, feels solid and heavy and inspires confidence in the hand,.
After picking up the Berretta, i instantly noticed that the grip was far to big for me to be used comfortably, the CP88 has a slimmer grip and for me(smallish hands) fits just right.
The trigger was spot on, very smooth and light in single action, and still very good in double action, and ive had no problems with it feeling gritty/graunchy etc, but maybe thats because mine was a used xample, and they get better with time (i have heard that comment made)
I have the Nickel version, and its stood up well to the abuse i have given it, no chips or scratches at all, and very hard wearing and always looks the biz :)
After reading other peoples opinions of these pistols, i was led to belive they wernt very accurate, but i have found otherwise.
Granted they are not accurate to the degree that rifles or maybe single shot air pistols are, but they are not bad either, i can hit a 3.5inch sqaure at 15 metres 8 out of 10 times going fairly fast using accupels, which i thought was pretty good considering it is a fun fast c02 shooter.
[COLOR="Red"]THE BAD
The catch that releases the top slide to change mags can be a nightmare sometimes,it can be very stiff and almost unable to release by hand, not good for quick mag changes, its happened to me only 3 times now, but its a pain in the ar$e.
Just recently i have had a few jams, this has never happened before, and it only does it with one mag, so i suspect that one of them is worn, and some replacments would cure this.
All in all, i really like this little pistol, it feels very comfy for me in the hand,i find it accurate enough for what it is and supposed to do, and looks the part in its nickel finish, but i do like the black ones to.
I havnt commented on power, because im led to belive that all of the umerex clones put out near enough the same fps, and if not its not by a great deal.
I would give it 8 out of 10, and can live with the few short comings because its so much fun, and feels just right in the hand.
After having this for a while now, im hankering after a smith and wesson after seeing the reviews on here....DIRTY HARRY :)
Its built really well, like a tank, feels solid and heavy and inspires confidence in the hand,.
After picking up the Berretta, i instantly noticed that the grip was far to big for me to be used comfortably, the CP88 has a slimmer grip and for me(smallish hands) fits just right.
The trigger was spot on, very smooth and light in single action, and still very good in double action, and ive had no problems with it feeling gritty/graunchy etc, but maybe thats because mine was a used xample, and they get better with time (i have heard that comment made)
I have the Nickel version, and its stood up well to the abuse i have given it, no chips or scratches at all, and very hard wearing and always looks the biz :)
After reading other peoples opinions of these pistols, i was led to belive they wernt very accurate, but i have found otherwise.
Granted they are not accurate to the degree that rifles or maybe single shot air pistols are, but they are not bad either, i can hit a 3.5inch sqaure at 15 metres 8 out of 10 times going fairly fast using accupels, which i thought was pretty good considering it is a fun fast c02 shooter.
[COLOR="Red"]THE BAD
The catch that releases the top slide to change mags can be a nightmare sometimes,it can be very stiff and almost unable to release by hand, not good for quick mag changes, its happened to me only 3 times now, but its a pain in the ar$e.
Just recently i have had a few jams, this has never happened before, and it only does it with one mag, so i suspect that one of them is worn, and some replacments would cure this.
All in all, i really like this little pistol, it feels very comfy for me in the hand,i find it accurate enough for what it is and supposed to do, and looks the part in its nickel finish, but i do like the black ones to.
I havnt commented on power, because im led to belive that all of the umerex clones put out near enough the same fps, and if not its not by a great deal.
I would give it 8 out of 10, and can live with the few short comings because its so much fun, and feels just right in the hand.
After having this for a while now, im hankering after a smith and wesson after seeing the reviews on here....DIRTY HARRY :)