looking for a decent pistol

[mattylawrence]

I fancy a go at pistol shooting. Like the look of the Dan Wesson revolvers and such like. How accurate are they? I'd swap a 12 gauge needham side by side if anyone fancy a deal

[Biker_Bob]

In general a CO2 multishot pistol is best considered a "fun gun", avoid them if you're planning on target shooting.
The Dan Wesson series are smoothbore bb shooters IIRC and so are even less accurate than most.

[JerryM]

You might consider a single shot .177 target pistol, I've just bought a second hand Feinwerkbau 65 made in the 1970's, really well made, easy to shoot and no precharge necessary - just use the side cocking lever. Its also recoiless due to its clever design, mind you its still far more accurate than I am! Original/Diana and Walther also made competitive designs in the 70's which are still fun to shoot

[hebhaggis]

As with all things airgun things can be modified . Although these are considered fun they can be very accurate . It is mainly that they are produced cheaply . Swop a barrel over and you get greater accuracy and or seriousness in play . There are a few people doing tuning here and on the umarexboysclub website .

Edited in Agreement :

The only category I have difficulty in taking seriously is anything with blowback ....this is never really blowback as with real firearms but more a replication of function using gas , which in all cases should be expanding behind the pellet . Great fun and I have a few blowbacks but only for informal shooting .

[HW100/90]

I would seriously consider a secondhand HW45.
A springer pistol, that is very accurate (once you have mastered the knack - so always a good challenge), doesn't need expensive CO2 to keep it going, are very reliable, and for well under £150 you should be able to pick up a nice late one with fibre optic tru glo sights. Nice!

Also relatively powerful by pistol standards - my .22 does about 5.2ft/lbs using RWS hobby pellets, so longer range plinking can occur!

Cheers
Mark

[Biker_Bob]

I would seriously consider a secondhand HW45.
A springer pistol, that is very accurate (once you have mastered the knack - so always a good challenge), doesn't need expensive CO2 to keep it going, are very reliable, and for well under £150 you should be able to pick up a nice late one with fibre optic tru glo sights. Nice!

Also relatively powerful by pistol standards - my .22 does about 5.2ft/lbs using RWS hobby pellets, so longer range plinking can occur!

Cheers
Mark

Seconded - the HW45 is the best springer pistol ever made, use the standard 1911 combat hold and they are supremely accurate.

[Fronteria]

I fancy a go at pistol shooting. Like the look of the Dan Wesson revolvers and such like. How accurate are they? I'd swap a 12 gauge needham side by side if anyone fancy a deal

PM sent ref a auction near you with some very good pistols in it.