Attention! The accuracy of the information and the results of the ranking is subjective and is not an advertisement.
Top 10 air guns
Always accurate shot
Author: Stepan Kagner
Shooting from airguns has always been popular with us, having managed to produce even such a specific type of military-sports games like hardball. Rows of air pistols can be seen in any sporting goods store, the choice of copy or functionality is now huge. But, if you have a desire to diversify the rest in nature or just to “get a hand” in a quick and confident shooting without the need to obtain a license and drive to the shooting range or shooting range, burning expensive rounds (at the cost of shooting pneumatics, whatever one may say, out of competition) , it will be possible to fully appreciate the meaning of the phrase "flour of choice".
Today we will go through the current market of airguns and choose the best ones, relying on the layers of experience of users of specialized forums and on the reviews of players of hardball teams - who, if not they, can judge about accuracy and reliability?
Top Air Pistol Rating
| Category | A place | Name | Rating | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The best air guns for entertaining shooting | 1 | MP-654K | 9.9 / 10 | 6 250 |
| 2 | Daisy 5501 | 9.8 / 10 | 3 900 | |
| 3 | ASG Dan Wesson 8 ” | 9.7 / 10 | 8 450 | |
| 4 | Umarex Walther PPS | 9.5 / 10 | 5 600 | |
| 5 | Crosman C11 | 9.4 / 10 | 3 200 | |
| The best air guns for accurate shooting | 1 | Gamo compact | 9.8 / 10 | 15 890 |
| 2 | Umarex Walther CP88 Competition | 9.6 / 10 | 19 950 | |
| 3 | MP-651KS | 9.4 / 10 | 3 000 | |
| Best-selling air pistols | 1 | Gletcher parabellum | 9.5 / 10 | 7 000 |
| 2 | Gletcher NGT | 9.4 / 10 | 6 990 |
The best air guns for entertaining shooting
|
MP-654K
6 250
Opens our ranking of the best pneumatic pistols with the well-known MP-654K. This gun has never been perfect out of the box, but still could become a real legend in almost 20 years of release. What is the reason? First, it is the only now sold pistol completely made of solid steel; secondly, it is the only gun for which you can easily buy any spare part cheaply, and the trigger mechanism is unified with the famous PM; thirdly, a huge amount of tuning is sold for him - smooth caliber trunks with extension cords, nozzles for firing gas BAMs and a “hunter signal”, kits for modernizing stores, etc., there are gigabytes of experience in fine-tuning and “apu” on the forums - what are they worth only 600+ pages of discussion on guns.ru. This would allow a solid air pistol to give a solid 10 points in the ranking of the best, but, bearing in mind the frequent need for “file editing” immediately after purchase (which, however, among owners is considered not a bug, but features), we will lower the rating. Nevertheless, this gun can serve you not a year or two, without breaking when it falls, unlike plastic and aluminum counterparts. The bonus is a high copy number in comparison with the PM, absolutely the same principle of disassembly (simple as two fingers), the ability to easily squeeze the speed out of it much more than the passport. In the rating of copy numbers, we did not put up this air pistol for fairness of comparison: in this regard, it simply has no competitors since Izhevsk stopped production of the MP-656, which were made of real TT 30-40 years of release (654 models have the same all the details are new models, since since 2011, the alteration of combat pistols into pneumatic ones is prohibited). Main advantages:
Minuses:
|
 9.9 / 10
Rating
Reviews
In the hands immediately felt the thing, not a silumin toy.Since 2004, I have only changed the gaskets and once - the mainspring, and you can only break it with a sledge hammer. |
|
Daisy 5501
3 900
This air pistol became popular as a second weapon among players of hardball teams, which is not surprising: of course, it is not similar to any of the combat samples, and the “chromoplastic” frame is a thing for an amateur, but in its assets it is economically spending bloubek gas, the possibility of long storage with a punctured balloon, a good out-of-the-box speed of a shot under 130 m / s. And all this for quite budget money even after the crisis.
The pistol uses a mechanic with a movable barrel - going forward when pressing the trigger, it picks up a new ball on the return stroke and hits the valve, which gives minimal gas leakage: even with the lockjack, the gun can shoot off a dozen stores, giving a decent speed. The recoil of the metal bolt is weighty enough, which adds interest when shooting. The trigger is hidden, but control of its state and the Decock key, safely removing it from the cocking platoon, are provided (approximately the same as it happens when the fuse is cocked). To the credit of the developers, the pistol has a few illnesses - this is, first of all, a sensitive store reset button, and sometimes an incomplete plastic store sometimes has to be glued in (but this is especially important for hardball players, not everyone needs to be worn with a pistol naked along polygons). Main advantages:
Minuses:
|
 9.8 / 10
Rating
Reviews
It pricks the bottles at a time, and it doesn’t eat the cans either. Often I pull out on the nature, until now there were no problems with reliability. |
|
ASG Dan Wesson 8 ”
8 450
Not everyone likes revolvers, but for fans of Dan Wesson style with an eight-inch (real length supplementary stem - 181 mm) the barrel will be a great gift. The gun is available in two versions (Gray and Silver), uses falshpatrony for firing balls, invested in the drum chambers, has good speed characteristics and excellent accuracy for a smooth-bore "charromet" (which is not surprising with such a long barrel). You can shoot as self-cocked and with a preliminary platoon, in the latter case, the revolver beats both more powerful and more accurate.
In comparison with counterparts from Gletcher and Borner (cheaper), this revolver is also more reliable - there is no such propensity for the rapid development of the barrel's shat, the mainspring does not sink so quickly. So, despite the price, it is definitely the best long-barreled revolver for explosives, which can be found in stores. Main advantages:
Minuses:
|
 9.7 / 10
Rating
Reviews
This is the second revolver in my collection. It copes not only with smashing bottles - you can perfectly shoot at 30 meters at targets, putting all six shots into the top ten. |
|
Umarex Walther PPS
5 600
This air pistol is not an exact replica of the compact Walther PPS, which replaced the famous “James Bond pistol” - Walther PPK: instead of an automatic safety device, there is a simple button on the trigger, a shutter lock valve and an “eye” through which you can see on the original whether the trigger is cocked , decorative. With the exception of the fuse, the gun is structurally similar to the Umarex CP99 Compact, but it is significantly cheaper: it promises good reliability for sane money.
The frame of the pistol is plastic (as on the original gunshot), the metal bolt is equipped with a bloubek - the gun does not just fit well in your hand, it is also interesting to shoot from it.I liked the implementation of the cylinder compartment very much: it is inserted into the handle in the back, and the hexagon for tightening is built into the removable cover, so now you don’t need to carry a separate key with the risk of losing it. The speed of the gun is not a champion, on the chronometer you will see the numbers 110-115 m / s. But they do not expect power from such pistols: first of all, this is a convenient and compact “sharometr”, which, moreover, is “kicked off” as an adult. Main advantages:
Minuses:
|
 9.5 / 10
Rating
Reviews
Compact and accurate, with a realistic bloubek, plus the fact - tested on previous models Umreksovsky mechanism. The best air gun for hunting bottles. |
|
Crosman C11
3 200
Despite the completely "toy" appearance because of the monolithic plastic case, this air gun is loved by many for its power - not everyone can give out under 150 m / s "out of the box", and even for such a price. The Crosman mechanic itself has become an object for copying in a variety of models - let the barrel turn out when you pull the trigger and ridiculously crawls out of the body, but the power of the shot and the economical gas consumption are achieved in this scheme the easiest way. If you see a pistol in the store with a characteristic fuse slider on the right above the trigger, you have another clone of this famous (without exaggeration) “charomete” in front of you. At the same time, the mechanism is completely reliable, which is verified by the experience of hardball players and fans of “postrelushki” in nature. So, if the resemblance to real models is not important to you, the plastic case does not bother you, but you need power without file modification - the Crosman C11 is just for you. Main advantages:
Minuses:
|
 9.4 / 10
Rating
Reviews
Though with the mind and a toy, and the power is more than many. We have the same mechanism, I remember, was on "Anix". |
The best air guns for accurate shooting
|
Gamo compact
15 890
An orthopedic handle, similar to the one used on real sports pistols, clearly hints at the designation of the model. After the disappearance of the famous Crosman 1377 from the counters, this air gun clearly aims at its place: it also uses a multicompressure mechanism (preliminary manual pumping), uses a steel gun to the maximum, and a rifled 121-mm barrel in combination with a fully adjustable sight provide the gun with excellent accuracy, especially if you choose the right bullets.
Of the minuses, we note the inconvenience of pumping - we have to work with the entire receiver unit, tilting it forward and then pushing it back to the handle. At the same time, the hand strives to knock down the rear sight, so be careful. But putting a shot at the top ten is no longer a problem. Main advantages:
Minuses:
|
 9.8 / 10
Rating
Reviews
In fact - the best sports air pistol entry level, sits comfortably in the hands, a real match descent. |
|
Umarex Walther CP88 Competition
19 950
The bullet gun does not have to be a single-shot “blaster” - the Umarex CP88 in its long-barreled version of the Competition has a completely traditional look, although it does not send directly to any model, and is charged with eight-charge clips. So, although it looks like an automatic pistol, it is actually a revolver - we have done something similar in the Kornet and the MP-651KS.
The assets of the gun excellent workmanship.Unlike the "younger" Umarex models, here the inscription Made in Germany is true, a rifled Lothar Walther barrel with a length of 141 mm is installed, the sight is fully adjustable. The fuse is two-sided, that left-handers will appreciate. Nickel-plated or black (depending on the version) pistol is very weighty - 1150 g in the equipped state. Nevertheless, he has a good balance, and when shooting with a preliminary platoon he provides enough accuracy to shoot bottles at 5-6 meters, as is usually done, it was just boring: his element is targets at distances of 25-30 meters With good bullets it is quite real. It is possible to shoot by self-coder, but it is more difficult, because when you press the trigger in this mode, not only the trigger is cocked, but also the drum-clip is turned around. The course at the descent by the self-platoon is tight and long; it is not easy to withstand the barrel on the sighting line, especially for beginners. Main advantages:
Minuses:
|
 9.6 / 10
Rating
Reviews
Powerfully and accurately beats, cans and glass beaten with steel cores. Includes a spare clip and convenient case, like a Walter real pistols. |
|
MP-651KS
3 000
Another Izhevsk long-liver is unique in its kind - it can be charged as a clip for lead bullets, revealing all the possibilities of a rifled barrel, and also using a clip for steel balls BB, which are charged not into the clip itself, but into an integral nest bar store, which allows you to quickly identify the number of shots remaining. Thus, the gun will make it possible to shoot at the targets, equipping the clip with eight pellets, and in bottles after replacing the clip and charging 23 balls to the store (you can use lead shot or Gamo Round balls instead) On the basis of this gun, the “almost sporting” model MP-657, a single-shot bullet gun with an orthopedic grip, was also created. An unpretentious appearance conceals a good foundation for tuning - the “strangled” native valve is easily drilled out, the technologies for expanding the expansion chamber and installing a long barrel with which the gun turns into a fully-fledged multiply charged rifle are worked out (especially since the long barrel is perfectly hidden in the pistol sold for this rifle body kit). Add to this the simplicity of design, ease of disassembly and low cost. Main advantages:
Minuses:
|
 9.4 / 10
Rating
Reviews
I carry on games as a backup for a rifle: accurate, always ready to fire, reliability for such a price is simply excellent. Easy lived already seven hardball seasons. |
Best-selling air pistols
|
Gletcher parabellum
7 000
The best-priced air pistol in our ranking is the Gletcher Parabellum. The legendary pistol with more than a century of history has been copied more than once, including under the Gletcher brand - the previous Gletcher P08 model was even more similar in appearance to the original due to the brown handles and the absence of “compromising” inscriptions, but close to the eyes the body halves and the “decorative” closure;
The updated Parabellum is a diligent rewrite of the KWC P08 airsoft into a 4.5 mm caliber, as close as possible to the original - even the blouchek that actuates the lever bolt is not decorative: the gate is sent to the barrel again, and when the store runs out of stock, the bolt rises on the delay. Incomplete disassembly is also close to the original combat, although not as perfect as the good old MP-654 - to the "Makarov". With the release of this gun, many craftsmen began to offer new model wooden cheeks to bring it to an authentic look. By the way, the original "Parabellum" fit almost without modification. So if you want, you can get almost complete weight and size model of the legend, and moreover, it is capable of shooting. The gun is accurate, as befits the "Parabellum", although it does not hit power: a lot of gas is spent on the work of a complex gate. It is a pity that it was not without children's diseases - if the original airsoft version, working on green gas, worked without complaints, then the transfer to carbon dioxide, which has more pressure, increased the load on the mechanism and frame of zinc-aluminum alloy. The gun needs to install a shutter damper to remove a sharp blow when rolling back, which is already well worked out and discussed in the profile branch on Guns.ru, and requires attention when handling: we strongly recommend that you familiarize yourself with the forum before buying. Main advantages:
Minuses:
|
 9.5 / 10
Rating
Reviews
Rather, it is a shooting MMG than a copy pistol - there are more copies than functionality. But not to keep from buying is very difficult. |
|
Gletcher NGT
6 990
The famous revolver was copied diligently (right up to the use of false cartridge), but with one nuance: a fuse appeared on it, which the original did not have. You can understand the developer who was forced to do this, but we still lower the score for the copy number. As for the screws for an internal hexagon - where do they come from on a royal revolver?
In front of us is a copy of the “officer” version of the revolver - the trigger mechanism can work with a preliminary platoon and a self-platoon, which is hard and slurred in Nagan. Shoot it gets in the way, but we're talking about the copy number, aren't we? An interesting pistol is also a version with a rifled barrel for shooting with lead bullets - this is one of the few high copy number models capable of such. Main advantages:
Minuses:
|
 9.4 / 10
Rating
Reviews
I have been waiting for a pneumatic plane for a long time, and even the aluminum case is ready to forgive it. Excellent shooting experience! |
Which air gun is better to choose?
Let's start with type of ammunition. Most air pistols are designed for entertaining firing at short distances and use steel balls BB, letting them out of a smooth barrel (except for Izhevsk pistols, where the barrels are rifled, although the sabrians in the rifles do not twist). They beat glass well, but at long distances when shooting at targets they give poor accuracy. Longer-barreled models are more or less universal, but our MP-651KS and MP-654K can be “fed” with lead Gamo Round, if you want to practice exactly.
From the point of view of accuracy, bullet guns are much more interesting - bullets coming out of a rifled barrel fly more closely, but you have to pay for this with a smaller number of charges, since bullets can be placed only in a clip of a revolving type or charged one at a time. Lead is also not suitable for hunting wild bottles and cans, with the exception of composite cores with a steel core.
Gas or multicompression mechanism? The main plus of the “breaks” and MK-pistols is the absence of the need for spray cans: it is cheaper to shoot, but the rate of fire suffers significantly. Such pistols are single-shot, which, however, quickly fills the “discipline of a shot,” since it is not possible to quickly release a target with a dozen charges, bringing the sight along the way.
Concerning internal mechanics gas pistols, with all the variety of forms options are few:
- In systems with fixed barrel when the hammer strikes the valve, the gas jet captures the upper ball from the magazine (for example, MP-654K) or from the drum chamber turned to the valve (revolvers), pushing it into the barrel. The mechanism is simple, reliable, the fixed barrel is accurate, but there are large parasitic leaks (in the first case - into the store shaft, between the magazine and the barrel, in the second - between the frame and the drum), so these pistols either shoot less or “eat up” the gas . But such pistols can accurately copy combat samples, and a cock can be operated by a bloubek - well, the gas is not so expensive as to give up all the advantages of such a system.
- System rolling trunk stipulates that the mainspring is on the barrel itself - when you press the trigger, the barrel moves forward, crawling over the dimensions of the pistol, then, falling from the sear, grabs the ball and hits the valve, at the same time sealing the gap. As a result, we get a powerful shot with a low gas consumption, but at the same time the need to fire only by self-platoon (hence the heavy and long-stroke descent), the barrel itself will eventually begin to play with the cheap Chinese models. This option is the choice for those who need a powerful shot right away without the need for accurate shooting.
Do you need a bloubek? Of course, the imitation of the shutter rollback adds realism, but it requires its own portion of gas, that is, the gun will be either weaker or more voracious. And not always the bloubek is functional, that is, the shutter just “for the view” bounces back without triggering and without sending the ball. Usually, this is the fault of cheap pistols, where, in a system with a moving barrel, an additional channel is simply made in the valve, through which gas pushes the bolt. On more advanced models for the work of a bloubek, at least a cocking of the trigger is tied - we get easy descent and better accuracy, while on cheap pistols you still have to shoot with self-cocking.
Well, in the end, traditionally, we note that the acquisition of a pneumatic pistol for self-defense is a stupid and useless act: how long they have been joking, the only suitable pistol for this is the MP-654K, because it does not break after hitting the head.
81
Updated: 02.04.2018
Rating in categories:
- RECOMMEND TO READ
- ALL ARTICLES
