Winter 2021-22 Antique Pistol Restoration Project

Antique "Sterling" .38 cal.rimfire restoration project update...

  It seems that I could have bought an E.L.Dickinson "Parts gun" a couple of weeks ago, but I passed, not realizing a the time, th...

Thursday, May 16, 2019

More from my AirGun collection 🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫

The "May Two-Four" or "Victoria Day" long weekend is almost here, and the weather is perfect Co2 gun weather!

I started unpacking my large AirGun storage trunk yesterday, and took a few photos to help me decide on which handguns will get some shooting time over the next few days...

First is my Russian made, Anics Skif A3000 Co2 NBB semi-automatic .177cal/4.5mm pellet & BB pistol:


My Beeman P1 Magnum .22cal/5.5mm spring piston air pistol is definitely coming out for some soup can killing!



The Crosman GI-model 1911BB is a really nice looking full metal pistol that has good power blasting steel or lead BB's through metal soup cans!





Another slick looking full metal air pistol that is made in Turkey, my Ekol ES66...it's a reasonable replica of the Browning Hi-power 9mm, and it performs best with 4.5mm Gamo lead roundball ammo, and can shoot them well over 400 fps!



This next pistol is my STI Duty One Co2 NBB 4.5mm steel BB pistol that sends BB's out the muzzle around 380 fps.


The ASG STI Duty One has a metal recipricating slide, high quality polymer frame with excellent grips.
The trigger, hammer and internal parts are all metal.

This air pistol is a DA/SA or "double action/single action" pistol.
You can rack the slide or cock the hammer by hand to ready the pistol for firing. The trigger loads the round, and you can just pull the trigger for rapid double action firing on not unlike a double action revolver.



My newest revolver, the Crosman SNR357 will be coming out for some close range plinking🔫


I bought an extra six pellet shells, so now 12 shells can be pre-loaded at a time.


I will most definitely be gassing up my Walther PPQ M2 T4E .43 caliber Co2 pistol and blast a bunch of Riot-Ball ammo over the coming days....

I love this co2 pistol, and the .43 caliber PVC/nylon Riot-Ball ammo is amazing!!!

This is my oldest vintage air pistol, a Hawthorne Montgomery Ward M-150 .22 caliber pellet Co2 pistol which is a rebranded variant of Crosman's model 150.
The M-150 is a powerful Co2 pistol that shoots 14 grain lead pellets around 475 fps, and on a fresh Co2 cartridge there is some serious muzzle flip as the round and gas exits the barrel!

Umarex/H&K USP 4.5mm steel BB Co2 pistol.
This durable, all polymer with mostly metal on the inside air pistol has a full size magazine that works very well with H&N Smart Shot copper coated lead BB's
IZH-BAIKAL mp-651K
ISSC M22 4.5mm steel BB Co2 pistol

Browning Buckmark URX .177cal. spring piston pellet pistol
Benjamin Trail NP break barrel .177cal. pellet pistol
G.K.Arms TT-22 Custom(Crosman 2240 my personal custom Co2 pistol)
Walther P-38 4.5mm steel BB Co2 pistol
Beretta APX 4.5mm steel BB Co2 pistol
Beeman P-17 X2

Industry Brand QB-57 Deluxe .22cal.
SiG Sauer P-250ASP .177cal/4.5mm pellet Co2 Pistol
Tolmar Grand-Power X-Caliber Co2 pistol .24cal/6mm BB

Socom Gear Kel-Tec PMR-30 .24cal/6mm BB co2 pistol

Sunday, May 5, 2019

SIG SAUER Announces The SiG-AiR MCX Virtus .22 caliber PCP Air Rifle + the P365 BB pistol

This will be a treat for P.A.L licensed Canadian Airgunners!

SiG Sauer/SiG-AiR MCX Virtus .22 caliber PCP Air Rifle will be available soon, with a muzzle velocity rating up to 700 fps/ 11 foot-pounds muzzle energy.

This could be the coolest  small game PCP on the market.

Hopefully the RCMP doesn't go and catagorize this AirGun with the  AR-15, because of its appearance.









The SiG-Air P365 replica Co2 4.5mm BB pistol will also be available soon.
It has blowback action and  a muzzle velocity rating of up to 295 fps.
I suspect that it will be similar in size, shooting  range and power to the Walther PPK.
SiG has designed this Co2 replica to be useful as a training gun for new shooters and SiG P365 owners, which makes it even more desirable to AirGun freaks, like myself.




Saturday, May 4, 2019

A.V HellBoy M4 Tactical Co2 rifle gets a Quad-rail Handguard!

I've written about, and photographed my Air Venturi HellBoy M4 Tactical .177cal. Co2 BB Rifle a number of times.
It is one of my favorite AirGuns, although, I wish I could upgrade it for .22 caliber lead roundball, instead of .177cal/4.5mm steel BB.
Presently, my HellBoy M4 has an aluminum alloy quad-rail handguard with my angled forgrip attached, and the stock has a US Army rubber buttstock recoil pad.
Any one of my gun lights work with this AirGun, and are much easier to use now that the quad rail is on the gun.


Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Ying & Yang : Walther PPQ: M2 T4E .43 cal. Co2 pistol & Tactical FDE .24cal/6mm spring piston Airsoft pistol




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 🔫


Saturday, April 20, 2019

Crosman Stinger R34 Spring Piston 6mm M4 Replica Airsoft Gun











I bought my Crosman Stinger R34 Spring Piston Airsoft Gun fom pyramydair dot com in 2012. It was the clear model and it was less than $50 CDN.
The Stinger R34 comes with a thin nylon 2 point shoulder sling, a faux reflex dot sight that is actually a clear plastic window with cross hairs printed in the middle of the window. It is adjustable for horizonal settings but not vertical.
I would definitely toss the faux optic.
The non-adjustable iron sights replicate the look of the A2 front sight and the rear sight has two apurtures, both with the same sized peep hole, but one is taller than the other, which is a clever workaround for not having adjustability, at least you can switch peeps to raise or lower your shot.
The functioning charging handle cocks the action and compresses the mainspring

I  shoot paper targets in my living room with paper targets & acardboard box stuffed with old jeans as a BB trap with lower powered softair BB guns and pistols.
My Stinger R34 is the fastest shooting of all my spring airsoft pistols and long guns.
My other "long gun" is a Umarex Trophy Hunter Pump Action BB Shotgun that shoots .12 gram BB's around 200 fps.
The M4/XM177 replica Stinger R34 can shoot .20 gram BB's harder than the Trophy Hunter, and it has a metal barrel, so I would consider it to be the superior airsoft long gun.

I have upgraded my R34 with a few coats of Krylon Fusion "for plastic" black paint, minimalist tactical butt stock and a picatinny/Weaver rail mounted on the top of the carry handle so I can attach a variety of reflex dot sights or scopes.





Monday, April 15, 2019

Spring Piston Gel-Blaster Pistol


This is an all plastic, spring piston powered air pistol that is chambered for caliber: 7-8mm ( more or less 7-8mm 🔫)  water saturated "Gel balls"...





A few months ago I came across this $20 "Gel-Blaster" spring air pistol on Amazon and I couldn't resist buying one.
It looks to be a rather accurate replica of the Ruger P85 mkII, or maybe a Chinese copy of the Tokyo Marui replica of the Ruger P85 mkII 🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫