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    Your top ten air pistols

    Yes, another pointless but fun and vaguely informative list thread.

    What are the ten (or less, or more!) air pistols you would like to (or do) own. From any vintage. CO2, spring, PCP, whatever.

    And why? Accuracy, build quality, fun factor, looks, bang for buck, usability, mod-ability, you name it.

    I just have an HW45 at the moment, but I'm thinking that pistols may be the way forward for the collector in me, as I can store them discretely and sneak them in the house past the wife... So this thread is also about opening my eyes to the options for wasting my money! That I don't have!

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    Spring/Vintage:
    Webley Junior Mk 1 or Mk 2; .177 pellet, small, simple and fun pistol
    Diana/Original Model 6; .177 pellet, accurate, good build quality (recoiless)
    Diana/Original Model 5; .177 pellet, accurate, good build quality (with recoil)

    CO2:
    Crosman 2240; .22, accurate, inexpensive, simple to use, easy to modify
    Tau 7; .177, accurate, very nice balance, standard 12gm bulb
    FWB Model 2; .177 pellet, accurate, simple to fill (bulk fill)
    S&W 586-6; .177 pellet, accurate and fun 10 shot revolver
    Tanfoglio/Swiss Arms/Remington 1911; 4.5mm BB, fun semi-automatic blowback.

    SSP:
    HW40; accurate, inexpensive .177
    Baikal IZH 46M; accurate, easy cocking action, good fps, good balance.

    PCP
    PP700W; based on value/price, but need to fit sights! IIRC later models available with sights fitted.
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    CO2: Giffard pistol
    Schimel GP22
    Challenger Arms Plainsman
    Crosman 600

    SSP: Baikal 46M
    Airmatch 600

    PCP: Steyr LP50
    Rohm Twinmaster Top

    Spring: B.S.A. Scorpion
    Original Model 6M


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    Ooh! Ok, here goes, but the following differs greatly from my top ten of a year ago, and probably, from my top ten of twelve months from now, too, as my current pistol emphasis is on retro fun plinking rather than close group paper punching (which I was never particularly good at lol ) ...


    .1) Co2 Schofield BB in antique finish.
    .2) Co2 Webley Mk.VI (BB or pellet) in battlefield finish.
    .3) Webley & Scott slant grip over-lever springer in either cal (best looking Webley pistol of all time).
    .4) Co2 Steyr M-9 A-1 BB semi auto repeater.
    .5) Diana LP5 Magnum break-barrel pellet pistol in .22 (a real fun gun power house).
    .6) Co2 Walther CP99 (all black pellet version).
    .7) HW45 over-lever springer with both interchangeable .177 and .22 barrels.
    .8) BSA Scorpion break-barrel springer in .22 for fun and nostalgia.
    .9) BSA Magnum over-lever springer Mk.II in .22 for fun and nostalgia, and lastly;
    10) Milbro Diana SP-50 springer plunger pistol -- again for fun and nostalgia.

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    * if calibre not listed, the default is .177.

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    uk Webley Tempest 4.5 and 5.5mm
    Diana LP6M
    Diana LP10
    Diana LP5 magnum
    Morini 162 E
    Tau 7 Match
    Tau 7 jr
    Steyr LP50
    Aeron B96
    ATB,
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    Quote Originally Posted by hwtyger View Post

    uk Webley Tempest 4.5 and 5.5mm
    Diana LP6M
    Diana LP10
    Diana LP5 magnum
    Morini 162 E
    Tau 7 Match
    Tau 7 jr
    Steyr LP50
    Aeron B96
    Nice to see the Diana LP5 getting another vote, as it truly is an AWSOME bit of pistol-shooting kit.
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    Another vote for the BSA Scorpion in .22.

    Great for messing up tin cans and old crockery.

    Remind me to free up that recent purchase under the bench.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gareth W-B View Post
    Nice to see the Diana LP5 getting another vote, as it truly is an AWSOME bit of pistol-shooting kit.
    I bought one in .177 last year after using a friends.
    Excellent full power SPRING air pistol.

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    Theyre WAY better than the later LP8 magnum
    ATB,
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    OK here goes...

    1) For sheer quality of construction : Post-war Slant grip Webley Senior
    2) For technical perfection : Morini 162ei or Steyr LP10
    3) For an heirloom you can pass on to your kids : Webley Tempest in any calibre
    4) Usable vintage : Crosman Mk.1
    5) Nearest thing to a real firearm : Gen 1 Makarov
    6) Budget Target gun : Tau 7
    7) Budget plinker : Crosman 1377
    8) CO2 replica : S&W 656 in original shiny blue finish or Pellet version of Webley Mk.VI
    9) BB : Remington 1911/Tanfoglio Witness or one of the many derivatives
    10) Multishot : Crosman 600

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    These are my choices and I own at least one example of each.

    1)CO2

    Crosman 451 - well engineered and the first blowback pellet pistol.
    Crosman 600 - well engineered terrific fun multi shot pellet pistol.
    Crosman Mk1 - well engineered plinker/target pistol.
    Makarov Gen1 (1999) feels like the real thing.

    2) Springer

    Webley Premier "A" series. In my opinion what the much praised Senior should have been (indeed became) - easier to cock with a much better trigger.
    Webley Tempest, Typhoon and Hurricane - terrific fun and you need the full set.

    3)Ram

    Webley Nemesis - underrated, smooth shooting and cheap for what it is
    Webley Alecto - (had to get one to complete my Webley collection (I know it is not a proper one).

    Finally I am the only person I know who does not rate the HW45. I had one and found it too clumsy and, dare I say so, boring to use.

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    My Top Ten

    Having owned just about every modern target pcp's. They are all well made, shoot well, pleasure to own. None are particularly cheap. Starting with no 1. My current pistol. It's also the best pistol I have owned to date. Last is not a pcp. But I loved that gun many years ago.

    1/ Steyr EVO 10e.
    2/ Steyr EVO 10.
    3/ Steyr LP10.
    4/ Steyr LP50.
    5/ Pardini K12.
    6/ Morini 162ei.
    7/ Matchgun Hybrid.
    8/ Feinwekbau P44.
    9/ Walther LP400.
    10/ Walther LP3 Match.

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    having plenty fun wiv my 600

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    Don’t have a ‘top ten’ as I’ve not owned that many. But the HW45 does it for me.

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    Only one pistol on my bucket list - FWB 65.

    Now that I have one, errrrrr....
    Too many guns, or not enough time?

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