AirForceOne Trophy Target pistol

[jantar]

After buying a new AirForceOne
Target Trophy Multi shot pistol I opted to buy a couple of extra magazines for
ease of use. These had to be from other suppliers due to lack of availability.
The pistol arrived in its unopened box, great stuff thinks I happily in
anticipation of wonders to come and after taking it out of the box soon
discovered that the magazine supplied would not locate in its housing because
it had either literally come apart in transit or had not been assembled
correctly to start with, the centre screw was almost screwed out of its
location causing it to be too thick for the breech slot. No problem thinks I
and fiddled about until I had it reassembled and eventually working. Strange
typical FX type magazine loading technique but hey-ho can’t have everything can
we?

The crux of the matter is this: I have since bought 2 further magazines and
none of them would slide into the breech opening because the centre magazine
screw head would not let them. Neither could the screws be tightened further
into their locations. Problem eventually resolved by cutting/grinding 1mm off
the threads of each screw and reassembling the magazines with a dab of loctite
242 after making sure that they revolved freely. Question is this, is it only
me that has had this problem with every magazine I have had or is it endemic in
the whole batch? 3 bad .177 magazines out of 3 and each from different
suppliers is more than a coincidence I think!

Feelings are; Pistol is a great entry level target one well worth the money due
to its accuracy and build quality but the poor magazine design and
construction is. Someone needs to address the magazine Quality Control before
this problem puts buyers off buying an otherwise decent pistol.

Still cannot get hold of a single shot tray either!

[1066]

I have a couple of the CP-1 air pistols (just the single shot version) and while I happy with my purchases and thought I got a fair deal I wouldn't consider them suitable for anyone thinking of taking up 10m air pistol shooting (even entry level)

 

I paid around £70 each for my pistols, direct from Poland with no problem (including VAT and shipping) I certainly wouldn't have paid £160 odd each for them. These pistols cost less than £40 in Poland.