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    Guys and girls, in terms of power and accuracy, which do you think is the best blowback pistol currently on the market in the UK. If I'm going to buy a new blowback pistol, I'd like the best one I can afford. Thanks everyone
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    I think you are asking the wrong question.

    The most powerful blowback pistol is probably the Gamo PT-85 Tactical. It gains that power thanks to a barrel that is around ten inches long, covered by a fake suppressor. It's hardly handy. I'm not sure it's terribly accurate, but don't have relevant experience (except with the non-blowback standard-size PT80, which is ho-hum in the accuracy dept).

    The most accurate and powerful blowback pistol I can think of apart from the PT-85T is the Umarex Desert Eagle. But the Umarex Desert Eagle is expensive, and plasticky. It is, like the real thing, huge, unwieldy, noisy and generally silly.

    And they are both pellet firers.

    Others will know better than I, but I suspect if you asked "which is the nicest blowback BB pistol?" the answer would be some variant of CZ75 or 1911 copy.

    And if you asked, "which is the best CO2 repeater?", the answers would include the Crosman 600, Drulov, and Umarex CP88 and S&W 5/686.

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    Best ?

    It's not about power with blowback pistols - accuracy is what you want and many pistols aren't that good in this department.

    However they are great fun and fine for competitions like the Umarex Boys Club ones. http://ubccompetition.btck.co.uk/Det...yhoundJune2018

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    It's about neither!

    Blowbacks are all about fun. SAFE fun.

    Slapping home the mag' and double tapping, enjoying the muzzle blast and kick as the slide shuttles.
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    I get it, thanks for the education guys.
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    The Tanfoglio Witness is an affordable, reasonably accurate, blow back pistol, the Colt 1911 Rail Gun is another option.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gray2267 View Post
    Guys and girls, in terms of power and accuracy, which do you think is the best blowback pistol currently on the market in the UK. If I'm going to buy a new blowback pistol, I'd like the best one I can afford. Thanks everyone
    My I ask what is a blowback pistol?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Kennett View Post
    My I ask what is a blowback pistol?

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    Are you familiar with centrefire self loading pistols? Often called 'automatics', semi-auto etc.

    Thanks to the convenient power source of a CO2 cartridge makers are able to design and produce a replica 'automatic' pistol where the CO2 cart. is mounted in the magazine along with BB's. When the pistol is fired a unit in the slide (the top part of the pistol within which the barrel is supported at the front, is 'blown-back by a unit in the slide which uses CO2 . The slide cocks the hammer and as it runs forward it loads a BB into the barrel ready for the next shot.

    A lot of these pistols are very accurate replicas, even down to field stripping. Great fun and highly recommended!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tony.T View Post
    Are you familiar with centrefire self loading pistols? Often called 'automatics', semi-auto etc.

    Thanks to the convenient power source of a CO2 cartridge makers are able to design and produce a replica 'automatic' pistol where the CO2 cart. is mounted in the magazine along with BB's. When the pistol is fired a unit in the slide (the top part of the pistol within which the barrel is supported at the front, is 'blown-back by a unit in the slide which uses CO2 . The slide cocks the hammer and as it runs forward it loads a BB into the barrel ready for the next shot.

    A lot of these pistols are very accurate replicas, even down to field stripping. Great fun and highly recommended!
    Thanks for the explanation

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Kennett View Post
    Thanks for the explanation
    You're welcome!

    Take a look at the KWC Luger P 08-

    https://www.surplusstore.co.uk/177-k...o2-pistol.html

    Very impressive and field strips just like the original. If you do your bit it is pretty accurate.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tony.T View Post
    You're welcome!

    Take a look at the KWC Luger P 08-

    https://www.surplusstore.co.uk/177-k...o2-pistol.html

    Very impressive and field strips just like the original. If you do your bit it is pretty accurate.
    oooh I like the look of that, do they do them in 1.77 pellet

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Kennett View Post
    oooh I like the look of that, do they do them in 1.77 pellet
    Sadly no, just BB. Mind you at short range (I often use mine at 6yds for the UBC comps) it's perfectly acceptable.

    Not sure if anyone makes a replica blowback magazine fed pellet pistol. Probably impossible at sensible cost. Be delighted to be proved wrong!
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    There are blow back pellet firing semi auto's around, Umarex have the Desert Eagle, Beretta PX4, Sig Sauer offer their P320 & P226. There are drawbacks to all of them, the Desert Eagle uses Umarex's ubiquitous 8 round magazines, The Beretta & P226 both use a double ended 8 round magazine, The P320 has a massive 30 round belt magaxzine. None of them lock back after the final pellet & all of them use the trigger to index the magazine.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul55 View Post
    There are blow back pellet firing semi auto's around, Umarex have the Desert Eagle, Beretta PX4, Sig Sauer offer their P320 & P226. There are drawbacks to all of them, the Desert Eagle uses Umarex's ubiquitous 8 round magazines, The Beretta & P226 both use a double ended 8 round magazine, The P320 has a massive 30 round belt magaxzine. None of them lock back after the final pellet & all of them use the trigger to index the magazine.
    Thanks for the feedback

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