Canadian Airgun Forum

Hello Members

I am new to the forum and I would like to know your suggestions.
I would like to get a good pellet air pistol for accurate paper target shooting. I want to improve and focus on my shooting skills.

What do you suggest?

Anything under the $300 , does that exits?
Also whats best? Pump, spring Co2?

I don's have a PAL so I guess it has to be under 500 FPS

Also whats best .22 or .177 ?
I recently bough some Replica BB pistols, for the look and feel, but that's all they are good for.. and can plinking.
The best gun I have for target is a Dan Wesson 715 4' revolver with adjustable sights, and at least the the barrel is rifled. ..so that's one ok..for now

Tks

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I like AIR!

If you're interested in accuracy, the two contenders I can think of are
- IZH46



or the TAU7


Either of these, you could train with and go to the provincial match and still be competitive

300 CAD budget looks not enough for a serious accurate pistol now a days...

Maybe cut the budget and buy a Beeman P17 / Stoeger XP4 for less than 100 and save the balance for future to go a more serious one when you tnink you over grown the P17 or XP4...

However the P17 and XP4 are not great out of box and you need to be a bit handy to give the Chinese made pistol some treatment before shooting it. And don't worry, they are SUPER accurate and MUCH MORE accurate than your DW.

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~Plinkers~
FX-M3-22 Compact#PP700-Carbine#Diana48-177#XS28M-25@26fpe#HW45 Beast#AW-Custom Z-Killer DE
~Competitors~
FWB300SU#Tau-7#IZH-46M#FWB-65#CP88-C
~Target~
HW 30s/35e/97k/40+Extender/P3+Scope/70#CZ200s Laminated@10fpe#AA ProSport-177@12fpe

Daisy 717 or 747
Beeman P17 or HW40

There are other cheap co2 target style pistols if you can find them.

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"...await the right moment for one, and only one well-aimed shot" - Vassili Zaitsev

Thanks for the reply's everyone.

Based on some suggestions, I came across this for a decent price...
But I've never used PCP. Can a High quality Bike pump be used?

I have this model of pump
https://www.topeak.com/global/de/produc ... --sport-ii

Here is the pistol I was looking at, price is in my budget

https://www.replicaairguns.ca/diana-ban ... let-pistol

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I like AIR!

Unfortunately a bike pump will not work. PCP's run into the 1800 to 3000 PSI. Though you can get cheap PCP pumps on ebay for under 100$

Wes has does for a little over $100

https://airgunarcheryfun.ca/4-stage-450 ... -pump-new/

He might also have a pistol or two that would do the job well as a starter. One I can think of is here.

https://airgunarcheryfun.ca/artemis-pp750-multi-shot-pcp-pistol-coming-soon/

I don't think PCP is within the 300$ budget, especially for a starter... Add up tax, shipping, pump, it would probably reach to 500$...

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~Plinkers~
FX-M3-22 Compact#PP700-Carbine#Diana48-177#XS28M-25@26fpe#HW45 Beast#AW-Custom Z-Killer DE
~Competitors~
FWB300SU#Tau-7#IZH-46M#FWB-65#CP88-C
~Target~
HW 30s/35e/97k/40+Extender/P3+Scope/70#CZ200s Laminated@10fpe#AA ProSport-177@12fpe

You're better off spending a little more up front to get something you will be happy with. Buying a "starter pistol" and then upgrading in 6 months because you've either outgrown it or just aren't happy with it will cost more in the long term. A good used pistol might also be better value. You just have to bide your ti e until you find it.

A person could buy a used PCP pistol, and a handpump is only 100$

Wes has the Diana Bandit for 215, + flat rate shipping + Tax, hand pump for 100$ with free shipping off ebay. Looking at maybe 350-375.

The TAU7 comes up for sale from time to time; a great pistol. It is CO2, so better indoors in cold weather. Shooting a pistol outdoors in cold weather probably does not happen that often anyway. I have had mine for about 20 years and sealed it twice in that time.

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Tim
CAFTA Governor and lifetime learner

What kind of target shooting are you planning? Do you want to get into the official 10m target stuff or just fun paper popping? If it's just paper popping then a P17 will work fine and save you lots of cash. I have a couple with red dots and also an old HW40. They are accurate and great for somewhat quiet indoor shooting and also outdoors out to around 30 yards. A Crosman 2300T and the new .22cal XL might be worth looking at for fun. Also the Snowpeak CP1. The Diana AirBug should be available soon in Canada (detuned in .177cal).

https://www.canadashootingsupply.ca/bee ... istol.html

https://www.canadashootingsupply.ca/cro ... osman.html

https://www.canadashootingsupply.ca/cro ... -0-22.html

https://www.canadashootingsupply.ca/sno ... l-177.html

https://www.pyramydair.com/s/m/Diana_Ai ... istol/4832

EDIT: I posted the above links just so you can have a look at the various pistols. I'm not endorsing anyone in particular. Shop around our many good Canadian airgun dealers before you decide to purchase.

Does a decent TARGET pistol exist under 300 $? Unless you get an amazing deal on a used gun, I doubt it.The fact you have no PAL is irrelevant.. A pistol over 500 ft/sec is RPAL .. No diffferent than if you had a centre fire handgun.

TAU7 and IZH are great guns. Not sure about the TAU but the IZH are no longer imported into Canada as part sanctions against Russia for invading Crimea. Both might be available used, but only occasionally come up and the last IZH 46 that came up was above 500 ft/sec.Last IZH I saw here was 500$ or more

If you got PCP, you are looking at 2-300 for a tank set up or pump alone

For 300?? As several others have mentioned, the P17. The P17 isnt what you would call a target pistol, but both it or the original German made HW40 are Target accurate in the right hands.

If on a budget,but can afford a few more $$, A GAMO Compact(now known as Air venturi V10) or a FAS 6004 from the forum store are more dedicated target pistols

I had both of these at one time but sold off the Bakai mainly because it was just too heavy. Actually, come to think of it, my dad had one too and he also sold it for the same reason. Having said that, it was accurate and functioned well for what it is. The trigger was also very good.

I still have the Tau Brno and will never ever sell it. I just love this one.

I could not say one was more accurate than the other as both were excellent. I could not shoot better with a gun for twice the price.

The advantage of the Bakai is that you don't need CO2 or PCP to fill, so that is convenient, if you don't mind the weight.