Air Venturi ISSC M22 CO² Pistol

This is a really fun 4.5 mm BB pistol!

Soup cans don't stand a chance🕺
 

Air Venturi/ISSC M22 GBB .177 cal/4.5mm Replica Air Pistol

A few years ago I saw this Co2 pistol in a shotshow preview video and as soon as Pyramydair was taking pre-orders, I ordered mine!

The .22LR ISSC M22 is a popular semi-automatic pistol that is made in Austria, and resembles a compact Glock, except one that is hammer fired.

The .177 caliber steel BB version is a wonderfully compact Co2 pistol, that packs a punch, has a loud disharge sound, and strong blowback.
It has a solid polymer frame and metal slide, metal hammer, metal trigger and magazine, as well as the slide stop/release.
The sights are glock-like, and the rear is adjustable for windage.
The average muzzle velocity that I recorded has always been around 430 fps, and the pistol is rated by the manufacturer at 400 fps.

This co2 & ammo, all metal, full size, drop-free magazine system is a quality unit, that is used in other excellent replica AirGuns, like the H&K VP9 and Grand Power X-Caliber .
I have two magazines, so if one is out for repair, I still have a working co2 pistol!

This is the first  version of the .22LR M22, which has the Glock influenced trigger guard.

The second version, which the air pistol is based on, had a rounded edge on the trigger guard.

The next four pictures are of my M22 Co2 BB pistol🔫

The only part of this replica Co2 pistol that I dislike is the bright white WARNING text on the right side of the slide.
I used a gun bluing marker to darken the text after these pictures were taken.
Hogue's Glock rubber grip sleeve fits the ISSC M22 perfectly, and the finger grooves really add to the shooting experience.

I have owned my M22 since Air_Venturi/Pyramydair first took pre-orders for them after the Vegas  shotshow about 4 or 5 years ago.
It is still one of the most treasured airguns in my collection, and I expect to never part with it, which is how I feel about my Beeman P1 .22 cal. Magnum and my Hawthorne Montgomery Ward M150, which says alot for this ISSC M22 🔫