Air Pistol

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Shann

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There's been quite a few threads on air rifles, so I was wondering about pistols. I'm thinking about setting up a little range in my basement, which would only be about 20 feet, but still could be fun. I haven't had an air pistol in forever. Since I'm inside, I'd probably not want lead pellets, though. Any BB pistols out there accurate enough to keep me happy?

Also, do those air soft pistols shoot well now? I had one a long time ago. It shot plastic pellets and not very well, but it would be worth a thought.

Thanks a lot guys!
 
I am in the same boat as you. I think I am going to get the Beeman P3, it seems to be very highly regarded. What to get really depends on how much you want to spend.

Lead pellets are fine for indoor use, actually better than BB's if you ask me. Get yourself a proper pellet trap, and the pellets will just flatten out. BB's are steel so they have a much higher chance of bouncing off and coming back at you.

I don't think all that much of airsoft, but don't have that much experience with it. From what I have seen they are not very accurate at all, and also not very powerful. I tried shooting at one of the sticky targets that came in a kit, and the plastic BB just rolled off of it. Shooting at a regular paper target was also useless as the BB would just bounce off the target.
 
Lead pellets are fine indoors. Airguns aren't powerful enough to put lead into the air the way a firearm does. A large amount of the lead put in the air from a firearm comes from the priming compound IIRC anyhow.

And I'd recommend a beeman P3. I've posted about them several times, great gun :D
 
I'd have to say that an airsoft gun would do the trick. It'd be accurate enough at such a short range, as long as you get something better than some cheap thing from Dick's. ErikD, I think you just had a bad experience with a cheap gun. I have to ask... Was it one of those $20 Crosman packs? They aren't worth the plastic they're packaged in. Depending on what kind of gun you want, it can range from $20 for a decent spring gun, they gotten much better since the plunger-fired days... Email me if you're interested (should be in my profile.) I'll send you a few links and a bit of extra info.

And besides, if you get bored shooting targets, could get another and have a paintball-esque fight with a buddy :D (with eye protection, of course. I'd hope that that's obvious though.)
 
Stubby said:
I'd have to say that an airsoft gun would do the trick. It'd be accurate enough at such a short range, as long as you get something better than some cheap thing from Dick's. ErikD, I think you just had a bad experience with a cheap gun.
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That might be true. I still think that if you spend the same amount of money on a true pellet pistol you will get a gun that is more accurate and useful for target shooting than if you go airsoft. I just don't think it is possible to make an airsoft pistol as accurate as a pellet gun due to the physics involved. The rifled barrel and more consistent shape of the pellet makes the system inherintly more accurate.

As for having airsoft battles, well I guess it really depends on if that interests you or not. If it does I see no real problem in having an airsoft gun for that and a pellet gun for target practice.
 
I've got an old Ben Sheridan nickel plated pump pistol that is very accurate and fairly powerful. I'd forgotten about the Tempest but a buddy had one and that was a fun pistol too. If you really want to know more about cool air pistols talk to Tom Anderson...

Air soft is pretty fun also. I have a blowback pistol and a springer and they are a lot of fun in the basement. Not terribly accurate but enough so that you can set up cans and plink and they do leave a pretty good dent in the can.
 
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