I've been wanting to get some kind of lightweight CO2 or HPA pistol for off hand shooting. I have very little experience shooting pistols, but I was reliably hitting beer can sized steel blanks at 35' using a Ruger 22lr target pistol at my club range a few months ago. This week I went to the "city" and took advantage of the indoor range while I was there and rented some PB pistols. I'm not sure if it was because the pistols were rentals, or what, but I could barely keep the shots on a standard sized piece of paper at 20-25'! I had a lot of fun, so now I'm really motivated to find a fun air pistol that won't break the bank, preferably in semi-auto.
Quote from: Spacebus on April 01, 2023, 09:19:30 AMI've been wanting to get some kind of lightweight CO2 or HPA pistol for off hand shooting. I have very little experience shooting pistols, but I was reliably hitting beer can sized steel blanks at 35' using a Ruger 22lr target pistol at my club range a few months ago. This week I went to the "city" and took advantage of the indoor range while I was there and rented some PB pistols. I'm not sure if it was because the pistols were rentals, or what, but I could barely keep the shots on a standard sized piece of paper at 20-25'! I had a lot of fun, so now I'm really motivated to find a fun air pistol that won't break the bank, preferably in semi-auto. Were any of the rentals target pistols, I imagine trigger pull was a bit heavier This is a decent gun IMO only semi auto blow back pellet pusher I have.
Quote from: Spacebus on April 01, 2023, 09:19:30 AMI've been wanting to get some kind of lightweight CO2 or HPA pistol for off hand shooting. I have very little experience shooting pistols, but I was reliably hitting beer can sized steel blanks at 35' using a Ruger 22lr target pistol at my club range a few months ago. This week I went to the "city" and took advantage of the indoor range while I was there and rented some PB pistols. I'm not sure if it was because the pistols were rentals, or what, but I could barely keep the shots on a standard sized piece of paper at 20-25'! I had a lot of fun, so now I'm really motivated to find a fun air pistol that won't break the bank, preferably in semi-auto.Gamo had a March Madness and I purchased a PT-80 (non blowback) Co2 Plinker so far 70ish shots per powerlet and an 8 shot mag. Tons of fun backyard plinking. I think I paid $70 for the Limited Edition and the Black PT-80 was on sale for like $55ish
The Gamo PT-80 can be shot DA or SA. The SA pull is heavy and the DA is worse but I still like the pistol. I peaked at the trigger assembly some plastic and metal, not sure if I will do my normal trigger polish. This is supposed to be my plinker and not tinker airgun....