I attended because Mr. Marvin "the airgun guy" was going to be there with a few tables of vintage, and new air rifles & pistols.
More importantly, he was bringing the Crosman Trapmaster 1100 .380 caliber Co2 Shotgun for me to pick up, instead of shipping it after I purchased it from his website the previous week.
It was no quick in-and-out for me once I laid eyes on the 4 or 5 tables of airguns, specifically all the marvelous air pistols!
After picking up a few rarities, I noticed a somewhat compact looking pistol, that reminded me of the Walther P22 and I asked Marvin about it.
The pistol was a Russian made Co2 semi-automatic .177cal/4.5mm pellet or BB pistol that came in a case with two 28 round belt magazines, and a cleaning rod plus a pellet seating tool.
It was an Anics "skif" A-3000 that was made in the late 90's to early 2000's in Moscow, Russia.
The slide is metal, and the frame is a heavy duty ballistic polymer.
The Anics skif A-3000 really feels like a firearm in your hand.
It looks very realistic as well.
The rear sights are fully adjustable, with a fixed front ramp sight, and the action can be cocked by racking the slide. You can also cock the hammer to shoot in single action
Double action is heavy, since the trigger pull moves the 28 round belt magazine before releasing the hammer to fire the pellet, lead roundball, or steel BB.
The Anics skif A-3000 is field stripped for cleaning & maintenance just like the Glock, by pulling down the two switches on each side ofothe frame in front of the tigger guard.
When I first saw Sig-Air's "belt magazine" for their P320, I recognized the system immediately, and thought that someone at Sig-Air must have seen or owned an Anics skif A-3000 at one time!
The last two photos are of my Anics 'skif' A3000 Co2 pistol.
I generally only shoot 4.5mm Gamo lead roundball ammo since I prefer how roundball ammo cycles compared to lead pellets.
Steel BB ammo will also work, but the lead roundball fits the barrel tighter, and interacts with the barrels rifling.
