Bought this new circa 1993 as a multi shot before we were allowed co2 repeaters. Single stroke pneumatic shooting pellets singularly or self loading each time it's cocked on .177 lead ball through the rifled barrel. Gave it some garden plinking time at paper targets 6 yards or so and spinners at 15 today for first time in many years...so much fun and back in the day I used to shoot matchsticks out of the ground with it. They are still in production mine still looks new and never failed...fantastic little pistols and the same action but not trigger of the much more expensive gamo target pistols. Perfect low powered fun airgunning with a pistol that is more accurate than I am .