Air Pistols

The Gun Test: Colt .45 “The Peacemaker”

colt SAA .45

Umarex has released the long-barrelled cavalry version of the Colt SAA .45. Mike Morton reckons you can gallop to glory with this CO2 pellet gun

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Walther Rotex RM8

It’s been kept under wraps for most of the year, but since being announced as ‘imminent’, everyone’s been keen to see just how well Walther’s first bolt-action PCP will stack up – especially as its asking price of just £420

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Right on Q!

Though many firearms passed through his hands, James Bond 007 is best known for his use of two Walther pistols – the PPK and P99. Under cover of daylight, Nathan Kingsley is dropped deep inside his garden and licensed to put their 4.5mm airgun ‘blowback’ versions into active service…

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Going on duty

Denmark’s Action Sport Games – or ASG – have been uber-busy with the release of a duo of exciting new CO2-powered airgun models under licence to famous firearms brands.  In gun shops courtesy of Highland Outdoors, first up is their

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Maxed in

Just arriving in the UK is the new Max-ML multishot sidelever from Korean gunmaker, Evanix. The Max is a bullpup-configured PCP that sports either a synthetic (shown) or walnut stock, priced at £750 and £900 respectively, with shot-count figures of

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The gun with two names

Nathan Kingsley puts the very versatile Beeman P17 – aka Model 2004E – to the test on his garden range…

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County and Wesson: ASG Dan Wesson reviewed

With its resemblence to the outlawed BACS system, ASG’s Dan Wesson replica gets Phil Bulmer all nostalgic

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Moving On Up

Making the step up from a sub-£100 air pistol to a top performer needn’t break the bank. Phil Bulmer proves the point with a model that costs just £133 – the Weihrauch HW40 PCA

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Call of duty

ASG’s CZ 75 P-07 Duty is a CO2-powered, 4.5mm steel BB replica of the real thing – and comes in both standard and blowback guises. Phil Bulmer takes them both onto his plinking range…

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Getting pumped

It’s a power plant with two major benefi ts – no recoil and no charging paraphernalia. Mark Camoccio puts two pump-up pneumatic pistols into the head to head arena… the HW75 vs the Alecto

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