Is this crazy thinking???

I'm proponent of practice with similar ergonomics to what you shoot for more serious endeavors.
The question of 22lr pistols always comes up and unless you shoot a Glock, the Ruger Mk series (I'm omitting the 22/45) does nothing to provide repeatable practice.
I have a Buckmark, which the grip angle and mag release are pretty much identical to my 1911's.....serious practice without the expense and recoil/blast of the pistols I shoot for IDPA or self-defense.
If a BB gun replica of your Beretta 92 is realistic for a gun you'd use for serious activities, buy it
 
Whatever helps can't hurt. Of course it won't help with recoil practice but neither does dryfiring, and that always helps me.
 
In most cases you are not going to practice, draw and MOA.

You're just practicing breathing, sight alignment, grip and trigger control.

If you have a quality air pistol or rifle, the practice will prove valuable.
 
I have an El Cheapo airsoft pistol,,,

A friend bought it for me at a gun show,,,
I think she paid all of $5.00 for it.

But it does have three-dot sights,,,
Like most of my real handguns.

So I leave it out on the table where my remote and coffee cup live,,,
When the mood strikes me I snatch it up and shoot something,,,
Those three-dot sights let me practice target acquisition,,,
And maybe I'm fooling myself but it is fun.

I'm much more a proponent of matching .22/centerfire handguns,,,
Shooting .22 isn't as cheap as a non-CO2 airsoft pistol,,,
And you surely can't use it n your living room,,,
But with matching handguns it's great.

Aarond
 
Air guns have some application in training ...for trigger control / maybe some grip issues coming in and out of a holster... ( and so does a .22 conversion kit / or an identical gun in .22 - ) and then you transition, in the training to the other gun ....

but you can do that by dry-firing as well ....

Personally, I like a .22 for training more than the airguns ...but they have their place ...
 
Been doing some more research on air pistols. My oh my.. I
never knew that the field was this wide.

They have some professional target pistols for around $450
or so like the one below.

IZH-46M-Match-Pistol_IZH46M_pistol_lg.jpg


IZH 46M Match Pistol by IZH-Baikal

Not sure if I will get the Beretta, but I want to pick up
a air pistol for some cheap plinking fun.
 
OMG THAT'S CRAZY!!! :eek:

Just kidding! :cool:

My first "firearm" was an air rifle as well, and that's how I taught myself to shoot. I didn't shoot my first real firearm till I was 20, as I grew up in a house which never brought up the subject.
 
Just Great Fun

I have an air rifle that I keep in the garage for quick access. Since I have to do all the outdoor cooking, it gets quite a workout. Nothing better than Qing with a few brews and plinking various targets and strey cats.
Yes my friends - Life is Good
 
S&W 586-4 CO2 revolver air pistol is a high-quality steel revolver...
Click to expand...
It is one of the better quality CO2 "training" pistols, however it isn't steel, it's some sort of cast alloy. It does give it a good heft, unlike many of the less realistic CO2 pistols out there.
 
There comes a time for "Group-ThinK' and then...

there comes a time for real experience.

This topic of gun-no-real-gun training isn't new. In 1987 a group of city shooters got together to do some 'tactical training' with paint ball guns. After each man spent hundreds of dollars and spent a lot of hours on paintball stuff & activities, to a man, each realized, some quicker than others, that individual real gun shooting and handling skill set had not improved to anything measureable.

Does anyone remember the Colt Ace, a .22LR conversion kit for the 1911A1 in .45ACP? How about the WWII era Mauser and Springfield .22LR rifle trainers? When I find one they're always in good shape because they were hardly ever used.

What gun nut didn't get hooked using a BB or pellet rifle in the backyard? Entire shooting disciplines center on Air Rifle, Smallbore, ect, sure it's fun.

But do not make the mistake of thinking that a cheap plastic gizmo has much training value or relavence or is some kind of substitution for professional gun handling skills.
 
Aha, found it.
A fellow from Japan, Tatsuya Sakai, won the 2004 Steel Challenge match, in California, against some of the best.
He nearly repeated a few years running afterwards, too.
Most of his practice for this match was limited to airsoft, due to the strict Japanese laws against gun ownership.
There used to be a lengthy video on youtube comparing his airsoft practice and how it translated to victory with the "real" thing.
Unfortunately, the video doesn't seem to be available any longer.
But his approach to winning this very difficult match has to be testimony to the value of alternate types of practice, when using a firearm isn't possible.
 
I have (3) co2 pistols that we use in the basement in winter. 2 expensive ($100+)close to duplicating the weight and feel of what I shoot in 9mm and 45. and one cheaper one ($50ish). If I where to do it again there would be 3 cheaper ones since as mentioned the actual shooting practice is what counts and it's just as accurate as the better ones. 20 foot and 40 foot range markers in the basement so the grandson can do air rifle also.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top