Airguns for practice

[Aglifter]

If you want a great Glock trainer, the SIRT pistol is supposed to be quite good - I intend to get one fairly soon - but I also have some L3 training equipment to use with it.

[Rich Jordan]

A few years ago a I shot a friend's Daisy 747; thats part of a line (717,747,777) of single stroke target pistols. It was a bit loud, but ok to use in his basement, and surprisingly accurate.

I think they've gotten pretty expensive.

I have one of the CO2 1911 style pistols that use the 8-shot round clip. It was a lot of fun but after 3 or 4 clips were shot the gas pressure started varying a lot, affecting the pellet trajectory. It got expensive just keeping it fed with CO2. It was reasonably accurate at 20 feet (my best range at home) for those first 32 shots...

[Frankingun]

On this topic, great minds think alike. I plink with some cheapo spring airsofts at home. I'm debating on upgrading to some electric ones with metal gears. IIRC a Japanese guy did very well in a USPSA competition despite having to practice in Japan with airsofts.

Any makes to look for or stay away from?

[Aglifter]

A) I believe it was steel challenge

B) He spent a month in the US, focusing on steel challenge prior to the steel challenge championship.

There are some folks who like air soft on the Enos forum, but it mostly seems to be a good way to get some dry-fire practice.

[Highspeed]

I once built a 'race gun' for a UK IPSC ( airsoft ) competitor, all from aftermarket parts - it was based on an STI Infinity. The parts alone cost about $400 and everything needed hand fitting but it was a lovely thing to shoot considering it was really a toy.
I enjoyed putting it together, but I could never spend that much money on an airsoft gun for myself.

[esa5444]

Just tell me if u like it!

So I picked up a 1377 today at the academy along with 250 pellets and a "target box" (looks like it's a 10x10x10 block of styrofoam with some targets drawn on it) for about 70 bucks at Academy. With one pump, this thing is quieter than a staple gun. Getting nickel sized groups from across the room, so accuracy is definitely acceptable.

I think I am satisfied this is what I wanted and I want to give a special thanks to Yogi for the advice.

[Netpackrat]

So, does anybody here have an opinion about the merits of green gas/propane vs. CO2 pistols? The guys I did FOF with a while back didn't have much good to say about the CO2 guns, but I'd like to get some other opinions.

[Yogimus]

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[Yogimus]

So, does anybody here have an opinion about the merits of green gas/propane vs. CO2 pistols? The guys I did FOF with a while back didn't have much good to say about the CO2 guns, but I'd like to get some other opinions.

Co2 rifles tend to have heavy triggers because of the fucktarded magazine setups. As for convenience, they are very acceptable, and the gas is is not an economic drain.(think belt fed or rotary revolver style)

[Netpackrat]

Interesting. This would be a pistol though, are they affected by the same issues? I remember trying the one Umarex CO2 gun, but I can't remember much about it specifically other than the goofy frame mounted safety that was screwing me up. It caused me to "die" at least once because the gun wouldn't fire; the safety dragged on the holster and engaged during the draw. Airsoft welts suck.