What pistol am I looking for?

[magicniner]

Domed pellets in a DU10 Nick. Shirley you are taking a risk?

Dunno,
the instruction manual (yes, it came with a photocopy of the manual in English with Edgar Brothers' stamp on it ) indicates that there was a brand of ball ammunition that was acceptable & so I though "What The Heck" and I'm trying it with everything in the pellet box to see what suits it.
If you load it with Gamo BBs it makes a good shotgun
And don't call me Shirley - that's my auntie's name!
Regards,
Nick

[gingernut]

I think you can use Gamo lead ball but doubt it will be accurate.
If you use domed pellets you are going to get your head stuck up your
Sorry I see you have shotgunned Gamos. Must learn to read before I post!

[ikarma70]

Steyr LP5...brilliant and made me smile sooooo much..only 1 serious problem...no 10 or 20 shot mags...some of the Redhills lads have called my LP5 a machine gun....i so want bigger magazines

[Mark D]

Crosman 600, will tick all your box's if you get one properly fettled ( Lawrie A ) and then do a bit of custom work on it like this:http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h6...0/MVC00001.jpg

[Jim McArthur]

I would decide first what I intended to do with it. Precision bullseye competition? Fast action shooting? Distance/knockdown work?

For first category: I would have no idea what to recommend, since this type of shooting holds no interest for me.

For second category: any of the Umarex revolver or autopistols (operationally, they're all revolvers anyway!): just pick one whose style appeals to you. Or, better: go to a range and shoot as many as you can, and buy whatever one you shoot the best.

For third category: Crosman EB, if you don't mind the expense / prefer the convenience of CO2. Or HW 45, if you prefer a springer. There's also a Crosman C02 single shot: offhand I can't think of its numbers.

Jim

[magicniner]

Crosman 600, will tick all your box's if you get one properly fettled ( Lawrie A ) and then do a bit of custom work on it like this:http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h6...0/MVC00001.jpg

Temptress!



Nick

[sbd]

...doubt Steyrs are the business but the Zastava/Drulov etc family are about a third of the price and just as fun, almost as accurate too

In a perfect world I'd have both

[Achitophel]

Thanks all again for all of the replies - I'll need to reply to some of them in turn. Also sorry for the delay in replying - I work for a US law firm which automatically restricts any access to any sites involving firearms - I don't think they understand what airguns are to be honest

[Achitophel]

Crosman 600, will tick all your box's if you get one properly fettled ( Lawrie A ) and then do a bit of custom work on it like this:http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h6...0/MVC00001.jpg

I have to say, having done some reading up on the Crosman 600 since, that really does look like a fantastic option. Only difficulty now is actually getting one

May contact Lawrie A directly and see if he can source one, seeing as (assuming he's willing) I'd get him to refurb and mod it anyway.

[Achitophel]

Only that it sounded like you'd ruled out CO2

The DU-10 is great - I'm pellet testing at the moment and I've found a pack of domed with which it will reliably feed 6
I just need to crawl under the bench & find the lid to see what they are & run tests with a few more to see if any of my current stock will give the same performance,
Regards,
Nick

Nope - not at all. Main reason I'd ruled it out was that all of the CO2 guns I user were severely lacking in power - I'd assumed that semi-auto + CO2 = no real power, and to be fair, much of the info on the web supports this view.

In terms of raw power, where does the DU-10 feature, and where is the best place to try to pick one up?

[Achitophel]

A Crosman 38 T or C might tick your boxes. I have both and they are great. I think they would scratch your brocock itch. They are only rapid fire until you reload, mind, but you soon get the knack.

http://www.cinedux.com/airgun-articles-c.php

Surprised no-one has mentioned a crosman 600 yet.

For pure plinking some of the new BB pistols look pretty good, and as they are over 1 ft lb you don't have to be a re-enactor. I got the dan wesson revolver on a whim and its fun. Its a bit like eating a pot noodle , you know its wrong, but you still want it. I'm a bit opposed to them all myself, because I fear its only a matter of time before someone says they are exploiting a loophole in the VCRA and we get yet another ban, making life difficult for all air pistols. But, anyway, they exist and you might consider them.

Thanks for that Jerry - having checked out the 38 T and C, they don't seem to have anything like the same power as the Crosman 600, or have I misread something?

Crosman 600 looks to be perfect, and I especially love the way it can take a moderator and red dot!