Hi, I'm in Spain and I have a couple of air pistols* whose primary purpose is have some practice in handling pistols while I save up for a firearms license ... or more accurately, I've told myself that I need to sell some unwanted stuff first, as motivation to de-clutter! I need the practice because the first time I tried shooting a real pistol I couldn't hold it steady single-handed for more than a couple of shots, whereas now after regularly playing in the back garden I can manage a full session without too much trouble.

I really enjoy target shooting at 10m with the air pistols at home, but what I'd really like to do is Practical Pistol competition - I'm surprised there's no air pistol equivalent to that! The closest I could find was for airsoft guns and it doesn't look very engaging at all.

I've come over here after being banned from another air pistol forum, for saying that I think people who have swastikas on display in their house are creepy. I'm hoping that the sentiment on this forum is more in line with my beliefs.

* I have a DW715 replica and a cheapo Snowpeak SP500 ... thinking about getting a semi-auto too at some point, but being a lefty I'm somewhat hung up on not being able to swap over the mag release on most replicas.