Blow back Pistol

[countryman]

Never had one of these before, any recommendations, preferably metal construction and pellet firing.

Thanks.

[enfieldspares]

The Swiss Arms branded ones are good. And you can go old school Colt 1911A1 or modernist Sig Sauer 225.

[amateur]

I bought this Gamo PT85 in December from @paul1989 on here.

I'm delighted with it. Just the job for plinking and surprisingly accurate.

[countryman]

Thanks for replies, I am off to the shooting show next month so I will have a look.

[sportsbob]

The pellet firing ones will have long trigger pulls to index the magazine, the Umarex Gen 5 Glock being by far the worst because the pellets are in a stiff belt.

[Newbie to this]

Have a look at the Sig ones, have a chat with your RFD as one of the sigs was terrible. I have the P226 (I think) it's pretty good and metal construction supposed to be the correct weight of the actual P226.

I would probably have gone with the Sig M17, but it wasn't released when I bought the 226.

I prefer my Glock though, but it is BB only.

Edit - I've just had a quick look, it was the P320 that was shocking.

https://www.sigsauer.com/airguns.html?p=2

 

Edited January 30 by Newbie to this

[enfieldspares]

I posted this in May 2024 on another forum asking about these CO2 pistols. Hope it helps:

Hello. I have two. The latest acquisition is a Swiss Arms Colt 1911A1. I have also, before the Tory handgun ban, owned and used two Colt 1911s (one made in 1913 the other in 1917), a Colt .38 Super 1911A1 Super Match and a Remington-Rand 1911A1. Plus a Colt .22-.45 Conversion KIt.

My thoughts are this. I have not attempted, of course to strip the thing as I imagine that the internals are very very different so I have left well alone. But I can advise that the thumb safety works as it does on the original. The grip safety works as it does on the original. That magazine release ditto. The pistol blows back as did the genuine ones and it does indeed make a "bang". I shot my 1911s and 1911A1s a lot and can say that the blow back does give a similar recoil sensation. And locks back when the magazine is empty.

Accuracy at six yards is good and the gun...or at least the one that I have...shoots to point of aim and groups at six yards into three inches. They are a quality item with the feel of an original. What are a sack of cack are the ones with the rotary monkey metal magazone where the rear half of the slide only blows back.

Hope it helps. I forget what version of SIG the other one is but I'll get it out and have a look. It also is accurate and shoots to point of aim.

https://youtu.be/FL3jeUEn7iM

https://youtu.be/xkeM11nrFmI

This is the Swiss Arms 1911A1 that I have. As the baldy fat bloke is using. There's no nonsense of coloured dots on the safety catch (on mine) nor triggers on a pivot with a false straight through trigger stuck on top. Yes they use C02 but no more nor less cost than a box of fifty .22LR. I am teaching my ten year old with both the Colt and the SIG. In each I load in BBs what the true round count in the magazine would be in the real version. So 7+1 and 15+1.

The question you have to ask is what is the purpose you want to achieve. If substitute precision target pistol shooting them get a high end air pistol like a Feinwerkbau. If you want to however simulate as near as possible what shooting a real Colt 1911A1 or SIG would be like if they were still lawful to own get one of these Swiss Arms pistols. The Umarex IMHO are neither the one nor the other. Poor substitutes for a target pistol, poor substitutes for a real pistol.

 

Edited January 30 by enfieldspares

[countryman]

Thanks everyone, very helpful, I like the look of the Sigs