Airguns i shot today!

I was up before 5am packing up a few Air pistols & supplies to head down to one of my makeshift airgun ranges.

it is always difficult to pick out 2 or 3 airguns from my collection, and today was no different, but i settled on a couple Co2 pistols & a .22 cal. Co2 Carbine.

One shoots 4.5mm lead roundball and the other 177cal. Steel BB, and the third fires any type of .22cal lead pellet, lead roundball or alloy Sabot bullet.

 EKOL ES-66 Co2 powered 4.5mm BB pistol.

the select-fire Umarex Legends  Mauser M712 is always a great choice to take shooting!

DIANA Chaser .22cal. Co2 Pistol/Rifle Kit,
Once i removed the Diana Chaser's suppressor and removed the plastc inner baffle, i was able to use the suppressors shell as a muzzle break

Co2 Rifles & Pistols Book

I came across this excellent book about Co2 Rifles & Pistols at Archive dot Org:

https://archive.org/details/CO2_Pistols_Rifles

TSD M1911/WinGun WG321 6mm Co2 Pistol

 I purchased my TSD M1911 non-blowback, full metal 6mm airsoft co2 pistol from Pyramydair about 4 years ago, and it slowly leaked gas right from the start.
The TSD M1911 shoots 0.20 gram BB's around 500 fps, so i had planned to fix the leak, which was probably easy, as long as disassembly would not be terribly complicated.
After putting off this repair for four years, i tried some of the 6mm carbon steel alloy balls which i recently bought and th third round got jammed in the barrel!
Now i had to finally repair this Co2 pistol, and there are a few "how to" videos on YouTube.
i was able to easily follow this video, and i unjammed the barrel, put everything back together, and by some miracle it no longer leaked gas!
i chronographed a few carbon alloy rounds that went as high as 336 fps.
would you know it! i jammed the barrel again!
at least i can quickly repair this pistol now 🔫

.22 caliber/5.5mm sub-500 fps Airguns

One of the jewels of my Airgun collection is my Hawthorne Montgomery Ward M-150, a rare variant of the Crosman model 150 .22cal. pellet pistol that was made around 1955.
This was the second vintage airgun that i bought.
i bought it from Mr.Marvin, and he told me that in his  35+ years in the airgun biz, he has never come across a Crosman model 150 in as close to 'New' condition.

my G.K.Arms TD-22 Custom is a Crosman model 2240, which is essentially, the grandchild of the model 150.

the Crosman model P1322 "American Classic" is a multi-pump pneumatic that has a similar design to the model 2240, but it is a consistently more powerful.
i like the P1322 with the 1399 Stock attached, a nice compact carbine!

Another heirloom airgun in my collection is my Beeman P-1 Magnum, which was made in Germany by Weihrauch.

my .24cal/6mm Kel-Tec PMR-30 is close enough to .22 caliber to be included in this post.

Industry Brand/SAG QB-57 side-lever spring piston Bullpup air rifle.

Tolmar/Grand-Power X-caliber .24cal/6mm Co2 pistol.

 Crosman SA6/Single Action Six .22cal. Co2 pellet replica of the Colt 1873 Peacemaker.

 Diana 'Chaser' .22cal. Co2 Rifle/pistol kit.

 Crosman 'Phantom' .22cal. break-barrel /spring piston air rifle.

top down: Crosman Medalist 1322 multi-pump pneumatic air pistol, Hawthorne Montgomery Ward M-150 & Stock Crosman model 2240.

This is such a nice air pistol. the build quality is exquisite, and Colt 1911 walnut grips + Pierce rubber grip makes for  a stylish and ergonomic .22 caliber air pistol!

A Crosman 2240 with the new P1322 grips.

IZH-BAIKAL MP-651k is also an IZHMASH 'Junkers' AK-74 .177cal/4.5mm Co2 Airgun???

I learned about this odd AK-74 replica Co2 rifle while visiting : www.muzzle.de

NUPROL/Bocca Viper Suppressor for the HellBoy M4 Co2 Airgun

I bought a new accessory for my HellBoy M4 from a UK seller on Amazon.ca.
It is a NUPROL Bocca Viper Suppressor, and it looks awesome attached to the muzzle of my HellBoy M4!!!

 After firing a few dozen rounds through my HellBoy M4, I am pretty sure that the discharge sound is louder with this foam lined faux suppressor attached to the muzzle than without it?
Perhaps, since it is made for .24cal/6mm airsoft barrels, and this is a .177cal/4.5mm steel BB barrel, it may act like an amplifier instead of a suppressor.

I didn't buy it to suppress sound, I bought it to make my HellBoy M4 look extra cool!

Now I just need to fix the charging handle spring and my HellBoy M4 will be fully functional again, even if the charging handle is just a cosmetic component.

Beeman P1 Magnum .22cal. & Walther PPQ M2 T4E .43cal.

My Beeman P1 Magnum .22cal. spring piston air pistol & Walther PPQ M2 T4E .43cal. Co2 pistol, plus the extra PPQ T4E "Emergency" magazine represent $1100 of the hard earned dollars that I have invested in my AirGun hobby/collection.

A thousand dollar picture🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫

The Beeman P1 is by far the higher quality air pistol, and will probably still be shooting great long after I am dead.
Beeman first introduced the model P1 Magnum in the 1980's, and the following are pages from the 1984 and 1986 Beeman Precision AirGuns catalogs...

I have posted about the awesome Walther PPQ M2 T4E Co2 pistol and my favorite ammunition to feed it, RIOT-BALL!!!

SiG Sauer P250ASP Co2 Pellet Pistol

I bought my ODG(Olive Drag Green) SiG Sauer P250ASP when they were first released, and the velocity was rated at 500 fps.
SiG has discontinued the P250ASP, replaced by the P320ASP
I already had a Gamo PT-85, so I was familiar with this type of pellet stick magazine.
I am going to take new photos of my P250ASP in the next couple of days, but for now I has borrowed Dennis Adler's high quality pics of this soon to be collectable, discontinued SiG ASP Pellet Pistol🔫

Here is a photo of my SiG Sauer P-250ASP .177cal. Co2 Pellet pistol back when they were first released.

Airgun Ammunition

The ammo an Airgunner feeds his AirGun is as important as the AirGun.

I have a large enough stockpile of various types and sizes of AirGun ammo, that I will be shooting for years🔫

H&N and Air Venturi both have great quality copper coated lead BB-caliber balls, which weigh a few grains more, and although the velocity drops, the accuracy may, and energy will be better than with steel BB's.

The Benjamin "cylindrical" .20cal. lead slugs are the closest ammo to the original Sheridan 5mm lead AirGun bullets/pellets available today.

10.85mm carbon steel alloy balls cycle and shoot in the Walther PPQ M2 T4E Co2 pistol, but they cost way too much, and only have a muzzle velocity around 160-70 fps.

The .24cal/6mm carbon steel balls from Germany work amazingly well with the Kel-Tec PMR-30 Co2 pistol, and consistently shoot around 320 fps!
Not bad with a 0.89 gram steel BB!!!

My favorite .24cal/6mm airsoft ammo for Co2 powered airsoft pistols!
At 0.30gram, they are close to the weight of a 4.5mm steel BB.

My favorite 4.5mm steel BB's!! Hornady Black Diamond!!!

RIOT BALL .43cal. 13.3 grain PVC/Nylon roundball ammo!!!

Crosman TrapMaster 1100 Co2 shotgun shells are filled with 62 grains of #8 chilled lead shot.
The spent shells can be reloaded with one .375"/.36cal.  lead roundball