My modern sporting air rifles!

These are a few of my modern sporting air rifles:

*They are shown with upgraded iron sights and/or optics.

 -2 X Crosman M4-177 (.177cal/4.5mm pellet & BB)
MPP-MultiPump pneumatic 5 shot pellet repeater
495fps

 -one Hellraiser HellBoy M4(.177cal/4.5mm Steel BB)
Co2 semi-automatic 18 round @495fps

 -one Crosman MTR77NPC(.177cal. pellet)
single shot break barrel nitro piston
495 fps

Crosman DPMS classic A4/MTR77NP

I love this air rifle!
I bought my de-tuned for Canada "495fps" version of the MTR77NPC ('C' for "carry handle") from D&L AirGuns in Langley, BC.
I have never seen another 495fps MTR77NPC...and D&L only stocks the 1200 fps P.A.L required version.

My Crosman MTR77NPC has shot 5.4 grain lead free/plastic skirt penetrator pellets up to 620 fps and 7.9 grain hollow point lead pellets score around 480 fps!
The Nitro piston powerplant certainly works well and this "495 fps" air rifle is as powerful as it can be according to Canada's air gun laws.

Initially, the recoil this rifle created was violent enough to snap a picatinny/Weaver rail mount holding a UTG AR15/m4 rear peep sight, and sent the metal sight flying across the room!
Over time, and about 200 shots later, the recoil smoothed out and nothing attached to the Rifles rail has broken off.

          

I have a UTG front sight and a variety of KNS Precision front sight posts to choose from.

The rifle came with a polymer carry handle/rear peep sight, and I sometimes attach a full metal carry handle/rear peep sight, or the UTG AR15/M4 A2 rear peep sight.


I would love to see this break barrel available in .22 caliber.

https://www.crosman.com/mtr77npc-with-carry-handle-177

Walther P-38 Co2 replica air pistol & holster

The Walther P-38 co2 blowback action semi-automatic BB pistol shoots hard enough to punch holes in Campbells Soup cans and the discharge is loud.
Blowback feels strong and cocks the hammer for the next shot as well, it locks back after the last shot.
I wish that the lanyard loop was functional and not just decorative, but oh well, it is still awesome!

Once I had this Umarex/Walther P-38 4.5mm Co2 replica air pistol, I knew there must be replica WW2 era leather P38 holsters available from someone.
I found mine on amazon, from a seller named  warreplicas.com.
It came from India, and fits the pistol perfectly!


This is, in my opinion,  an awesome replica air pistol!
I will comment more later...

Anics Skif A_3000 "Made in Russia"

                                 http://www.anics.com/en/products/


The next photos are of my Anics Skif A3000 that I purchased two summers ago at a local Canadian Gun show for $200 CDN.

I think it looks to be based loosely on the Walther P22 firearm.

I have found that copper coated lead BB's shoot very well for me out of this air pistol.
Pellets are a pain to load into the magazine, and roundball ammo is not.

AceTech Shooting Chronographs

I had wanted to get a ballistic chronograph for many years and last year there were two that appeared for sale on Amazon dot CA for very affordable prices.
I first bought the AC5000(orange & black) for $75, and later last year I upgraded to the higher end model, the AC6000 which cost $95.
They both function flawlessly and for the price of one "CHRONY" brand chronograph, I had two, one for at home mounted on aa tripo, and one for use in the field that fit easily in my shooting supply bag.

The Acetech AC5000 & AC6000 shooting chronographs are airsoft chronographs, but i contacted Acetech and asked if they can be used for lead & alloy pellets and steel BBs and they assured me that both devices will function perfectly with all AirGun ammo.

Big Country AirGuns Classic 1911 BB

I have a few inexpensive and/or cheap airguns, like the Marksman 2002, Daisy powerline 210, Crosman PSM45 and now this "Big Country AirGuns Classic 1911".
These are all spring piston air pistols, and this one is chambered for .177 caliber steel BB.

I suspect that KWC made this air pistol.
It is very similar to the 6mm  sig Sauer gsr 1911 spring airsoft pistol that Canadian Tire sells.

I have chronographed the Classic 1911 and it consistently shoots around 175 fps, which is hard enough to punch through cardboard targets.

These are fun, close range indoor target shooting airguns,  and a great way to get into airgunning.

Tolmar Grand Power X-caliber Co2 NBB 6mm airsoft pistol

This Tolmar airsoft replica of the Grand Power X-caliber pistol is a realistic airsoft replica.
It is non-blowback but with a functional metal slide.
The pistol has a double & single action trigger and the muzzle velocity is  rated 450 fps-500 fps with .20 gram 6mm polymer BB's.
I have 3000 rounds of 6mm .30 gram aluminum BB's that work quite well with this Co2 air pistol.
I plan to chronograph this air pistol soon and will update this blog with the results.

Eventually I will remove the orange tip from the muzzle to improve the appearance of this slick looking AirGun.

Ekol ES66 Co2 BB pistol

I bought my Ekol ES66 because I think it resembles the Browning Hi-power 9mm handgun, and had read that Ekol Air pistols are blank guns converted to airgun.
I hoped that the ES66 would be different than your everyday Cosman or Umarex air pistol.

It is a solid metal pistol, and when the magazine is removed, the slide can be cycled, or removed/field stripped.


I have chronographed my ES66 and it regularily shoots 5 grain steel BB's up around 500 fps.
The trigger pull is very heavy, which makes accuracy difficult.

It is a well made metal air pistol with plastic grips and a full size drop free magazine that holds 14 rounds.

It has a rifled barrel and gamo lead roundball ammo loads and cycles perfectly.
The heavier lead balls shoot around 400 fps and are more accurate than the steel BB's.

HellBoy M4 tactical Co2 airgun

I didn't think that I would ever buy a .177cal/4.5mm steel BB-only long gun. Pistols are fun, but a BB only smoothbore long gun is not very practical in my opinion...

...but the only semi-automatic Pellet firing AR-15 style Co2 long gun on the market was SiG Sauer MCX, and that requires a P.A.L to own in Canada.

Then Air Venturi and Pyramydair announced their new steel BB M4 co2 semi auto "tactical" AirGun!

I easily talked myself into placing a pre-order, and I am glad, because it is a fun AirGun to customize and shoot.

SiG Sauer P250ASP .177 cal. Co2 pellet pistol!!!

I bought my SiG P250ASP .177cal Co2 pellet pistol 2 years ago.
It was before SiG air pstols were imported into Canada, possibly because when the P250ASP & P226ASP had velocity ratings of 500 fps & 510 fps respectively.
I kept the packaging with the bold claim of "up to 500 fps" because it may become a collectible someday.

I already owned a Gamo PT-85 blowback pellet pistol and the first thing that I noticed about the SiG p250asp was the dual rotary pellet magazine, and how similar it was to the Gamo PT-85's magazine.
Both air pistols are made in Japan, and both are constructed and function in very similar manner.
Regardless, the Sig P250ASP is as much fun to shoot as the Gamo PT-85 is, and although it doesn't shoot up to 500 fps, it has enough power to shoot good groups from 10 meters.

SiG no longer has the P250ASP in their catalogue, so it has the makings of a collectible.