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Crosman C11 CO2 Powered | 
 enlarge | Brand: Crosman
Category: Sports
List Price: $58.88
Buy New: $44.95
You Save: $13.93 (24%)
Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 48555
Media: Misc.
MPN: PY-1066
ASIN: B001BS2CSS
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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A much better buy than almost any sub-$40 airsoft gun November 6, 2008
First of all, big plastic spring guns that look pretty and sound too good to be true are too good to be true. They suck. Most spring pistols are inadequate and expect to pay at least $25-30 or they will be terrible. Those sub-$100 AEGs you see out there are going to break or be weak-powered. That $50 "sniper rifle" airsoft gun is not going to work very well, will be slow, and won't shoot as far as this gun. For $35, this gun makes a good side arm in a battle. You can bring it to the field. Before you get laughed at for your spring action AK-47 that is both huge and horrible (and cost $40-60), consider that moderate strategy and strategic use of this gun can pay off when you go afield. Even a good LPEG/MPEG won't even get within range before you have the ability to take out it's user with one shot. If you get cornered, 14* (see below) shots in rapid accurate succession may easily save your behind. If you are a serious sniper, this will do far better service for you if someone with an AEG sneaks up on you. Don't even think about trying to pick them off with your bolt action if you're in range of their auto!
I bought this pistol and 2 extra clips for about $50 total. I was impressed immediately by the power and range of the pistol. With .12 gram BBs of high quality it will shoot straight for 80-50 feet depending on how recently you changed CO2. It will shoot at over 400 fps for maybe the first clip or two, and then decline. From moderate experience with airsoft and BB guns as well as advanced firearm ballistics knowledge I would guess that clips 3-10 of ammo will fall in the 380-340 fps range, which I find very acceptable. With .20 gram pellets the fps is at least 40-50 less, but it becomes very hard hitting and longer range capable. At least 25 yards range for many clips. I used crossman ammo in both cases, but the glow in the dark crosman .12 gram ammo was useless and inaccurate after 30 feet. Cammo ammo was my favorite to shoot, because it was straight shooting, long distance, and cheap.
Now for the lowdown. This gun is heavy and feels like a .22-.38 cal. automatic pistol weight wise. It is not blow-back, a quality of this gun which I prefer for function and longevity, as well as CO2 life. The outer body is durable-enough plastic. The trigger is solid and metal, as are the internal parts and the clips. The trigger pull is solid and long, much like a double action revolver, which is an accurate description of its rate of fire. It can be fired fast, with no delay but the speed at which you pull the trigger. I find pulling the trigger so satisfying that I tend to open up 5 shots on someone at a time even if 1-3 were all I needed. The sights are acceptable, and preferred for CQB.
Now for the part that looses this gun one star in my book. The clips are finicky. They are metal spring clips that can be loaded from the middle through a hole, but I find it easier to load from the top by hand or by speed loader. They are slim, as they do not contain the CO2 cartridge. Each holds 15 rounds. The unfortunate part is that the spring may loose power or jam occasionally and the portion on the bottom that allows the clip to be held open will start to slip eventually. Also, the clips are sometimes just bad. My friend has one of these guns, and his clip is almost unusable after 3 months, with spring strength poor. Of my 3 clips, one is in almost similar shape while the other two remain functional and good. I would suggest only loading 14 (* here) shots into these clips as this seems to increase spring life and insure the clip will feed properly each time (sometimes with 15 the guns fires without loading a bb the first time or two, a serious annoyance). In addition, never store the clips loaded. I would count on replacing all clips for this gun every 6-9 months if you use the gun a lot. For $10 for two clips this isn't terrible. The clip's small size makes it easy to carry a lot of them. The gun itself will last for years, although the grip cover maybe break if you slam it around a lot (easy to avoid :P ). It serves an aesthetic purpose though anyways.
Bottom line, if you are serious about a QCB gun, a back-up pistol, or a gun to plink with for pistol training, you can't do better than this gun for the price. Even a CO2 pistol that costs twice as much will barely outperform this gun in function and will fall short in terms of CO2 life. If you want to get the most out of your CO2 cartridge, you may get 200-250 shots out with the last 50 somewhere above 200 fps. If you want to scare your friends, they will soon learn that they should take cover when you point this thing in their direction during a battle. They will be waiting for you to reload to make the next move (you need extra clips for this reason). As a final note, this gun hurts way too much for t-shirt and goggles backyard wars. I use a Sig Sauer licensed P226 springer for that, and that still hurts almost too much. This gun is also way ahead of the game for any spring rifle replica or LPEG/MPEG, and .20 gram BBs will travel considerably farther than 100 feet with the ability to provide cover fire to an area or position. In QCB, a large "Oww!, #$%*!" will make it clear you have gotten a hit. In addition, the noise each shot makes is seriously more intimidating than the sewing machine sound of an AEG. I am glad I bought this gun. Remember, safety gear (including face portection) is a total must when using an airsoft gun and these are not toys for kids. Thanks for reading!
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