Morini 200ei

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As a long time Morini fan I have been admiring the "new" Morini 200ei ever since its first launch pictures were released for sale early 2019.

I really like the two new cylinder colours yellow/gold and orange (thats what I call them - no doubt they will have an "official" colour name) and I can see the strong family resemblance to its 162ei predecessor. I am not too sure what all its claimed technical advantages are over the 162ei, but the fact that it is a newer model must bring with it some new "improvements" or upgrades?

Rumours suggest that the 200ei has a fairly large appetite for air with some reports suggesting that as few as 90 shots can be expected from a fully charged cylinder! If this is the case then it is certainly an "air greedy" match pistol compared to the 162ei. Fortunately air is not an expensive fuel to power it with, but having so few shots per cylinder would need more frequent re-filling that could be a little inconvenient at times.

I also understand that some of the early pistols had troublesome circuit boards that needed to be exchanged (by the factory foc) for those with improved software. These updated circuit boards can be identified as they are marked v4.0 and all 200ei pistols should have been updated so any that may come up for sale should have this new updated circuit board already fitted.

The new coloured cylinders come with the same digital manometer that was first seen on the Titan version of the 162ei. Some like these digital manometers and others don't, but it looks like these will be the new "norm" although the original type cylinder with mechanical manometers are interchangeable with them and can still be used - and hopefully they will also be made available in the two new colours as well!

Two 'special edition" variants of the 200ie (Purple and Titanium) were released in June 2020 (limited to 250 of each colour). These look like they were only optional colour changes with no technical differences, and they are also getting old enough t be making an appearance on the s/h market shortly too!

The price for a new 200ei is probably a little out of my reach, but I am hoping that they have been around long enough for some good used examples to come up for sale in the not too distant future - and when they do, I would be more than a little interested in buying one to enjoy owning and shooting one and to find out for myself if I can see or feel any advantage over the time proven accuracy and reliability of the 162ei that I still enjoy shooting.