SSP air pistol

[Big Seth]

The HW75 has IMHO one of the best triggers of any non match air pistol, once set up properly, and mine is as accurate as my Steyr LP10.
Only about 2.5 ft.lbs though.

I'm with you on this- very good trigger and very accurate too...

[abellringer]

By constraints of size, SSP's are not particularly powerful and by and large are 'match' pistols, although the triggers on many do not lend to what is accepted as 'match' accuracy. If power is the compelling option then a multi pump is the way to go and with modern makes the Alecto may well be worth considering; some of the older multi pump models will give near to the legal limit but aren't too good trigger wise.
I have owned several of the common SSP 'match pistols' an in all honesty with all of them [FAS 604 & 606; Airmaster] you can easily watch the pellet float on its way down a 10m range; not to say they are inaccurate, they perform superbly, but as I said you need to think about power requirements and look at the well suggested models listed by members.
ATVB
abellringer

[lensman57]

Good stuff. I'd only comment that my older Gamo Compact has a fairly decent trigger, and you can see the adjustments to the sears work if you take the grip off and twiddle the screws. Apparently newer ones aren't like that. I saw an AGW review last year or so where the test gun had a pull of something like 4 or 5 lbs, not the 550 grams of a proper match pistol.

Never put a trigger pull gauge on my Nemesis, but it's an OK trigger.

Gamos are fine and great value. There is a chap who uses one for 10 meter target practice and his scores are not that far off the more " dedicated " shooters with Steyrs, Morinis and Walthers ( at 10 times the price ) and none of that looking like Dr Strange Love.

A.G

[mikehill]

Gamos are fine and great value. There is a chap who uses one for 10 meter target practice and his scores are not that far off the more " dedicated " shooters with Steyrs, Morinis and Walthers ( at 10 times the price ) and none of that looking like Dr Strange Love.

A.G

I look like Dr Strangelove ?

[oling]

SSP pistols are at best 10 meter target pistols or trainers ( HW 40 ) . I really don't see anypoint in trying to up the power of them which is almost impossible any way ( there is a way of reducing the chamber volume of the HW 40 gaining a few thenths of ft.lbs but it is not worth the effort ) . If you really want one then get one with a good trigger. FAS and HW 40 have good triggers but Gamo is just a simple affair. I have no experince of the other ones. If you are after a powerful MSP pistol then the old Alecto or a Zuraki ( the Turkish equivalent ) approach 5 ft.lbs with 3 strokes charging.
I prefer my HW 45 BlackStar. It is just much more challenging and just under the legal limit, 5.6 ft.lbs.

A.G

Is your HW45 Blackstar really getting 5.6 FPE...? All the examples I've seen are in the high 4s, maybe 5.0/5.1 in .22.