Good beginner 10m air pistol?

[Mzq284]

Derrick,
Pull the gun in to your chest and use your chest muscles and upper arms to close the gun. It's not too bad like that. I had to ask a couple ten year olds to give my gun back, they were burning through the pellets. Technique is everything, physical strength isn't the most important aspect.

Buellm2 gave some great insight and advice. Sounds like he's a serious target shooter, those guys shoot A LOT. As I said, my friends P17 gives his V10 a run for the money, but he's done some polishing and lubing. In the short term the p17 is a good target gun if it fits your hands, but the V10 will outlast it, and it's a more refined piece. There's some adjustment on the P17 trigger, it can be pretty good, but it's not world class. In the right hands it's a tough competitor, but once you can get all it offers you'll be ready to spend some money for a couple steps up. The IZH is a really nice one, my friend has one of those, too. It's a first class target pistol.

[avator]

I just rest the under side of the barrel on my thigh and push the breech closed with the palm of my hand. I use a padded fingerless leather glove from my Harley days.
I sent a pair of them out west to Stalwart and he worked magic on them. He's the one that did the champagne glass barrel for easy loading. He did other things that I don't remember right now. I do know they have very nice triggers now. I have a couple that are stock and you can really feel the difference shooting them side by side.
Another nice mod is to cut a section of bicycle inner tube and stretch over the grip. I have them in open sights, red dots and pistol scopes.

[avator]

Want some fun? Load up a sandwich tooth pick and shoot a dart board.   

[buellm2]

All the P-17 discussion made me haul one out and shoot a couple groups.   Also shot the IZH 46M for comparison.  Today I felt pretty good and my shooting was about as good as it gets for this old guy.   The P-17 has a cleaned up trigger but not nearly as nice as the IZH.   The fiber optic elements on the rear sight fell out of the P-17 a long time ago and the tiny little holes creates an additional fuzziness in the sight picture.   The IZH has a BSA  1.5X pistol scope for sighting.  I was shocked but pleased to find the differences in group sizes between the two guns was pretty darn small.  It would be cool to shoot my 10M competitions with the  P-17.   

[Dedrickrich25]

All the P-17 discussion made me haul one out and shoot a couple groups.   Also shot the IZH 46M for comparison.  Today I felt pretty good and my shooting was about as good as it gets for this old guy.   The P-17 has a cleaned up trigger but not nearly as nice as the IZH.   The fiber optic elements on the rear sight fell out of the P-17 a long time ago and the tiny little holes creates an additional fuzziness in the sight picture.   The IZH has a BSA  1.5X pistol scope for sighting.  I was shocked but pleased to find the differences in group sizes between the two guns was pretty darn small.  It would be cool to shoot my 10M competitions with the  P-17.   

that sounds good to me then! glad to see it wasnt a big difference as im getting the P17 to start with. I dont think id ever get into competitions with it but this is going to let me know if this new hobby of mine is going to be serious or not. If i got deeper into it i would definitely save up and buying a better pistol. I am excited to get it though and start shooting.

[SweeteaNsilhouettes]

Go straight to a true 10m pistol, whether its an 46m or the budget Hammerli AP 120 or a second hand FAS.  Why? If one does end up staying with the discipline eventually you will have to move up a few tiers in pistol quality to be competitive as you enhance your performance. A 300 dollar pistol here. A used beginners true 10m pistol at roughly 800-1100 used, there. and then if you start making finals: Bang! Moroni / Steyr/ FWB: 2k+. A be stuck with two lesser items with money tied up. Just wait your time and get a quality: top tier used pistol when savings allows. Plus their are huge disadvantage's in learn all over again feel for the pistol and getting comfortable. Scores often reflect 20 or more point drops and a 6 moth or more recovery time. It's better to just save, save, save a head straight into a quality pistol. Used IZH 46m's are out there. In thee right hands still capable of 590 scores. Patience is your friend. I found my 46m walking through my local gun show, believe it or not. Little back water pond in Arkansas. Most of you have much much better opportunities.

[dan_house]

All great suggestions.....

IMO get the P17,find a pellet that it likes and start shooting it at 5 yards for a while. After you understand the pistol a bit more, then start according to ISSF pistol rules. When youve shot that discipline for a while, you'll hvae a way better idea if you wnat to continue.......

[Robert 5mm]

I have both the P17 and P3 - they shoot good, but for 10m I would get a "more better" target pistol.
Something designed for target shooting with a longer barrel.

Just my opinion, but I do not know if getting and shooting a P17 will convince you to proceed.
It may even go the other way and discourage you.

I have a CO2 Crossman 2240 which I put a 1377 10" barrel on - easy to cock and shoots as accurate as the P17.

[avator]

Yep, the P17 does take some effort to cock and I can see it being discouraging to some. But if you can get past that issue it's very rewarding.

[buellm2]

Yep, the P17 does take some effort to cock and I can see it being discouraging to some. But if you can get past that issue it's very rewarding.

True, and if you can handle cocking the P17, the nicer guns that require cocking will seem like no big deal at all.

[SweeteaNsilhouettes]

Very sorry for the grammatical / spelling errors. Site won't let me edit post. ?