Umarex Smith & Wesson M&P

I want to start by saying that my rating for this pistol takes price into consideration. If this pistol were $75 I would have given it a 4 star rating. The Good: It is super inexpensive. The number of usable shots per co2 powerlet is at least 140. The overall build quality is good. The likeness to the firearm is excellent. The magazine is very easy to load with 20 bb's. The accuracy is VERY good for a smooth-bore bb pistol. The pistol functions without a hiccup. The velocity is impressive for the amount of shots you get, and it stays fairly consistent despite fast firing and a high shot count. The Bad: The trigger pull is very long and heavy. It is a double action pull, and is probably around 7 lbs. This is a necessary evil in a pistol with this design of pistol though, and all bb repeaters will have this type of mechanism. There is a hitch mid-pull though, that my Umarex XBG does not have. My biggest complaint is that the pistol does not have adjustable sights. Normally, this is not a concern on a BB pistol, but this particular one is so accurate that it really needs adjustable sights. Mine hits consistently high and a tiny bit to the left at 10 meters. Also, fiber-optic sights on the rear sight, but not the front is ridiculous. The front sight should be the primary focus when sighting, so either give it just a fiber-optic front sight, all fiber optic sights, or none at all. The Final Verdict: This pistol is just insanely good for the $24 I paid for it. It fits my relatively large hands well, and even my Glock 17l (the actual firearm) needed some modding to fit my hands. This pistol will hit an aluminum can every time at 10 meters, which is more than I can say for pretty much any other bb gun I own. I got groups of around 2" at 10 meters for 20 shots, and they were strung vertically. The horizontal spread was less than an inch. Other than the slight hitch midway through the trigger pull, this gun trounces my Umarex XBG is every way. If you are on the fence about buying a cheap bb actiol pistol, go ahead and pull the trigger on this pistol. It far exceeds what anyone should expect for so little money.

This is not a $90 blowback, it is a sub $40 steel 4.5mm BB pistol, and for that price it is a steal deserving of 5 stars. Yes it is practically all plastic, but they did a good job with using different finishes to make the slide look authentic, as well as the trim. Pros: *I get 10 mags at 18 rounds each from 1 Gamo 12g C02, not bad (holds 19, but why stress the spring for 1 more shot?) *Although my mini range is only 10ft, I easily get a half inch grouping with only the occasional flyer. *Metal mag *Feels substantial ENOUGH in hand, not as heavy as real steel but not super light like a toy either. *Weaver rail, if you're into that. *Easy to load (Guys who complain that it is hard to load must be joking, pinch the BB between your finger and thumb, then push it into the hole with your finger using your thumb as a guide. Really, I can load it in 20 seconds and my hands tremor sometimes.) ***Trigger, and I will catch a LOT of grief on that but read my explanation below*** Cons: *Plastic. *Sliding the grip back and back on to change co2 is a pain and doesn't like to line up right when closing. *There are 4 sharp edges that catch your fingers when screwing / unscrewing cylinder, and I have medium hands. *Fixed sites / Fires a tad low *Long and heavy trigger pull Now, back to that trigger ***Pro: Once you detect the break, the trigger is super crisp, it just takes a little time to find that sweet spot, but once you do this thing is accurate and a dream to shoot. Treat her like a lady and she will reciprocate, beat on her and she won't. That is why I say it is a steal at $40. On a gun twice the price I would not give it 5 stars, but for what you get for your money, it can't be beat at this price.

Daughter moved next door to me a few years ago. Had a small pistol range on the other side of our property and use to throw a couple of thousand rounds down range a year. Well she has a big mixed Golden that goes spastic at the sound of gun shots, it tore a hole in her backdoor. So I bought a S&W MP 22lr pistol which I dearly love and thought maybe it would be quiet enough to use without making her dog go crazy. No dice!! So I got this S&W CO2 BB pistol and sure enough it is quiet enough. I thought being satisfied with this was going to be a long shot. Overall I can say that I am. It feels amazingly similar to our MP 22lr pistol just a tad lighter. Accuracy at reasonable ranges of 15-25 feet is very good. We actually set up a target at 15ft and 25ft, shot very good groups with this pistol, especially at 15'. CO2 cartridges seem to last a pretty long time, I believe we went through 4 magazines before it started getting weak, 80 shots. Every so often it will miss a shot, not very often though. Trigger pull is rough which is okay with me. If you can bear with this trigger pull it actually makes it easier to shoot other real guns with better triggers more accurate. Installing a load magazine needs to be done very gentle or it will unload a BB into the pistol handle. Also a little aggravating changing out the CO2 cylinders but I guess not too bad considering you can easily shoot 4 full magazines. My daughter and I actually went on a wood boring bee hunt around our property. She splatted the first one she shot at hovering about 8ft. away. Combined I think we got about 7-8 or so that evening and had a blast. Will not tell you how many BBs it takes to hit 7-8 wood boring bees at 6-10 ft!! Overall I would say this has been a very good buy and surpassed my expectations!!

I wanted to get a pistol that my son and I could shoot together. I have a BB gun from when I was little, but it was really weak. I looked at various air pistols, watched video reviews / demonstrations and wanted to try this one. I tried ordering it from another popular sporting goods store online, but they said I had to get a pistol permit from my local police department, send it to them, have them approve it and then ship it out. It would never have gotten to me by Christmas. This is a BB gun, not a 9mm! I'm not sure why they wanted me to jump through all those hoops. I don't know why I didn't think about ordering it on Amazon at the start. They shipped it out in a hurry and it arrived with time to spare for Christmas morning. The gun itself is incredible. It's VERY powerful. The BB (not Airsoft pellet) will go right through one side of a can and completely through another. The gun does have a safety on it, which is nice. It holds 19 BBs and has a magazine for them. It looks just like a Smith and Wesson M&P pistol and DOES NOT have an orange tip on it. The police would probably shoot you if you walked down the street waiving it around. It looks like a real gun, but doesn't have the moving slide, working hammer, etc. After seeing this gun, I couldn't help but think what Santa said in "A Christmas Story", "You'll shoot your eye out, kid." That being said, if a young person is using it, I'd highly suggest adult supervision, eye protection, a target with nothing important behind it, etc. The same rules apply for this gun as they do for a regular gun. It's really that strong. Don't buy this for a child thinking it's probably like the BB gun you had when you were little because it's NOT. Don't send them out to use it alone. When it's put away, make sure it's empty and the BBs are out of it. You could really hurt someone with it. You'll need to buy Co2 cartridges. I also bought some Crosman Pellgunoil. It's supposed to make the Co2 cartridges do better for you if you put a tiny drop of it at the end of the cartridge before you put the Co2 in. If you are looking for a nice air pistol, I'd highly recommend this one. This is my first Co2 air pistol, so I don't have anything else to compare it to. I love it and would buy the same kind again.

This gun is POWERFUL. It shatters glass bottles from 40 feet, possibly further but I hadn't tried. This shoots STEEL pellets. Do not shoot this at people. You will unquestionably hurt them badly. That being said, on to some real specs. The gun is non-blowback. So all the co2 from each release is devoted to shooting the bb. More power. Also less moving parts. the gun is very well made. It's weight is average for a co2 gun. Most of the gun is plastic, but it is sturdy and well made. The magazine appears to be metal. The trigger pull is a little lengthy but with practice you'll be able to place well targeted shots with ease by finding the triggers sweet spot. Pull on it slowly and you'll hear a faint click, that's the round being chambered. Pull slightly further and the round is fired. Once you get a feel for where these spots are it becomes easy to aim your shots. The sights are amazing. With any light reflecting on any part of the top of gun, the rear fiber optic sights illuminate brightly. The only functionally moving parts of this gun are the slide release and the trigger. Again this gun is POWERFUL. I can't emphasize it enough. You can see a burst of gas fly about 6" outwards from the barrel with every shot. The magazine holds 19 rounds, but you can fit a 20th in there if the bbs line themselves up the right way. There's a distinct difference in the sound it makes when it's firing rounds and when it's firing on an empty mag. The co2 is very easy to place and replace. I recommend using a drop of pellgunoil on the top of your cylinder before placing it into the mag. Each co2 cartridge lasts at least 6 full magazines before it even starts to show signs of decreased power. You'll be able to fire shots at least 50 yards on the 8th magazine. It is very efficient on co2 I would HIGHLY recommend this gun. But keep in mind you're NOT going airsofting with this one.

Not a bad gun. I prefer the Umarex XBG gun versus this gun. However, it is fun to plink and do target practice with it. I don't like how the handle slides back to put new CO2 cartridges in, seems like it will eventually break. I take good care of my guns, but for the folks that don't, I could easily see this getting broke after a few sessions. I did notice on mine that it shoots to the right a little bit. My XBG on the other hand shoots perfect. Not sure why it's doing this, but after getting a feel for it, there is no issues. With that being said, it does use CO2 conservatively. I used a Crosman cartridge and got ~170 good powerful shots out of it. I wound up winding through almost until empty at ~210 shots. That is really good. If you take your time, it's a little over an hour of shooting. Overall, not a bad gun, but there are better out there. -- Update -- After shooting it again, it seems as if the gun jams or there is something wrong with it. Yet, I've ran about ~1000 rounds through my XBG so far with no jams or issues. This on has about ~300 rounds through it and is starting to do odd things. I am using premium Air Venturi Zinc-Plated BBs. They work fine in all my other guns. It's not fun when you have to remove the magazine randomly to get it work again. It's not worth my time to take it apart and figure it out. Probably something isn't machined correctly resulting in something being off tolerance. Probably going to return it.

I am surprised at all the negative reviews. Let's hit them, one by one. I'm not talking about the airsoft gun, I'm talking about the BB gun. 1) Can't find magazines? Nonsense. Look at Walmart. They sell a package of two mags under the Crosman name for about thirteen bucks. They fit perfectly. While on the subject of the mags: easy to load, vs. some I've seen. You can easily make yourself a little BB loader to feed a stream of BBs right into the hole. That's because the groove for the spring slider is in line with the BB loading hole. I can fit 20 BBs in the mag with no jamming. I think it's advertised as holding 19. And the same magazine fits the Beretta Elite II replica BB gun, also from Umarex. 2) CO2 leaks? Not if you use a TINY dab of Pellgunoil on the tip of the cartridge before loading it. Do that and you will have no problems (others have mentioned this). I've had no leakage at all. This gun is a CO2 miser. In the summer, I can easily go through eight or nine, 20-rd mags on one cylinder. I'm really amazed at how long this gun remains accurate over varying amounts of CO2 remaining. 3) Accuracy. The trigger is long and hard (double action only), but like any other gun, you need to get used to it. Once you do, you can pop off accurate shots very quickly. Now remember, you are sending a round projectile (BB) down a smooth bore (think: Revolutionary War musket). You cannot expect rifled accuracy. You WILL get fliers--I sometimes think, "I was shooting the OTHER can, right?" But folks, I shoot soda cans at 25 feet and can hit them almost every single time. AND I can shoot a single can, hanging from a branch 25 yards away, yes, with fewer hits, but geez, 25 YARDS, people, and that's off-hand. On one knee, I can hit that can at 25 yards 1/3 to 1/2 of the time. I've since switched to homemade tubular (chime) targets at 25 yards, it's so much fun. -- An aside on these BB triggers. The double-action trigger needs to first pull the inner barrel forward against a spring, so that when the trigger "breaks", the barrel can spring backward and activate the release of the CO2 to fire the BB. LOTS of BB handguns use the same mechanism, and have similar trigger pulls. 4) Sights. Did anyone mention them? They are wonderful. Non-adjustable, but bright and easy to see (white in front and fiber-optic green in rear). 5) No blowback. Who cares? Go buy a blowback gun and stop dissing this one. 6) Too much plastic, too lightweight, etc. See #5. You want a useful negative comment? Here you are: The CO2 door (the sliding handle) is too easy to come off and difficult to get back on. But it does not happen that often and I'm not knocking it down a star for that. Here's another one (and again, it's minor, so no knocks on the stars): If you partially pull the trigger (take up), then change your mind, a BB will be released into the barrel and will slide out when you lower the muzzle. Remember this is a BB gun, and an inexpensive one at that. Pretty doggon' nice for the money, in my book. There is a guy on YouTube who does great reviews on replica airguns. I'm not going to plug his site directly, but if you can google, you can find it. In my opinion, he puts too much emphasis on moving parts, blowback, and other features which would make the guns more realistic, but he still does a very thorough review, and they are worth watching. Good luck.

PROS: First impression: Looks good, heavy, feels substantial even in plastic. Serious business! Definitely not a toy! Cartridge is metal and substantial. Snaps in and out of the handle with no nonsense, clicking in place smartly (you'd think it was the real thing). The pistol grip slides back nicely, exposing the metal CO2 housing. The 12 Gram CO2 cylinder goes in nose first and when you tighten the bottom screw the brief hissing sound indicates you're good to go. So far so good. CONS: Remember the first cap gun grandpa gave you on your 5th birthday? Remember how you had to keep pulling on the trigger (against its spring) to bring the hammer back and make it release-and-CLICK as it struck the cap and made it go off? Same problem here! The mediocre trigger mechanism all but spoils a very nice pistol. A lighter and more sensitive trigger would have made this Smith & Wesson replica a joy to shoot with! What a shame!