Morini 200ei

[zooma]

We have just found out this afternoon that the new orange and gold air cylinders for the 200ei are about 1/2" shorter than the red and blue ones that come with the 162ei.

This may help to explain the fewer shots per fill that has been reported by current 200ei owners.

As long as the cylinders still fit the same (same screw thread etc) then fitting one of the new colour cylinders to a 162ei would not be a problem, although it will be shorter and hold less air.

Fitting a 162ei cylinder to a 200ei may not be so good (assuming the same screw thread etc allow it to be screwed-on) as it will be longer than the end of the muzzle, and those that want to take part in any competitions with their new 200ei will have to use the shorter cylinder to ensure that it will still fit inside the "weapons control" box.

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[I. J.]

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[Matt]

I love my morini 200, though did like my older 162 (long version).

It seems better balanced, the trigger appears more precise and the action quicker - though I have no way to give comparison figures.

It does appear to use more air, but it has a shorter cylinder however as it comes with two cylinders the lower shot count doesn't bother me.

If you have any questions please ask and I'll try to answer them.


Matt

[zooma]

I love my morini 200, though did like my older 162 (long version).

It seems better balanced, the trigger appears more precise and the action quicker - though I have no way to give comparison figures.

It does appear to use more air, but it has a shorter cylinder however as it comes with two cylinders the lower shot count doesn't bother me.

If you have any questions please ask and I'll try to answer them.


Matt

Thanks Matt,

I was able to shoot a 200ei last night - and it was noticeably different in weight and balance to my 162ei.

Although at first glance the pistol shows its strong Morini heritage, but immediately it is picked-up it feels like a totally different air pistol - very much lighter in weight and with a very different balance.

The air cylinder is shorter because the barrel is shorter, and the use of carbon fibre has contributed to the weight saving.

Apparently the electronic trigger is derived from the current Morini Free Pistol and does feel different to the 162ei electronic trigger - maybe faster and more precise as you suggest.

The sights have been given the same "sight radius" as the 162ei by extending it over the rear of the grip (like on the short 162ei).

I was able to shoot the 200ei pistol for 3 hours last night and I only briefly shot my 162ei Titan now and again by way of a direct comparison, so it was a really informative evening that enabled me to find out for myself just how different this new Morini match pistol is from any of its predecessors.

Stay safe,

Bob.

[zooma]

I have now been able to try fitting the new shorter Morini 200ei air cylinders to some Morini 162ei and Titan 162ei air pistols and the threads are exactly the same so there is no problem swapping the old and new cylinders between them all.

What may be a problem is that when the longer cylinders from the standard 162ei models are fitted to the new 200ei pistol, the cylinders are longer than the barrel and protrude past the muzzle break.

This does not really make much noticeable difference to the balance of the 200ei pistol and it would be OK for practising and informal shooting, but it would probably cause a problem if the pistol was to be submitted to weapons control at a match as it may not fit inside the control box without replacing the longer cylinder with the original shorter 200ei air cylinder.

When fitted on a standard length 162ei the shorter 200ei cylinders should not cause any problems at all - and the new colours actually look really nice on the Titan and the 162ei pistols, and from what I have seen so far, there should be enough air in these shorter cylinders to allow the completion of a full ISU competition without running out.

I have been advised that the new gold and orange coloured cylinders are only currently available in the shorter 200ei length, but they are available not only with the digital manometer (as supplied with new 200ei match pistols) but also with the analogue manometers at a more affordable price!

Presumably the limited edition purple 200ei cylinders will only be available in the new shorter length (?), but the limited edition 200ei Titan pistols have the same colour cylinders as the 162ei Titan match pistols so both lengths of cylinder should be available in the titanium colour.

Maybe in the future all colours will become available in both lengths of air cylinders mentioned here.

I do not have a short 162ei match pistol so I cannot make any observations about the cylinder length used on them, but perhaps they are the same length as the new 200ei (?) and if so, that would give access to owners of these pistols to all of the colours used on the 200ei cylinders.