Beginners 10m Pistol

I’m very much enjoying my pistols and would love to try 10m shooting

What’s a good beginners pistol? I’ve been told the Hw40 is good or the P17

Thank you

 

IME the P17 is all over the place in terms of quality - shredded seals, dodgy sears and generally poor QC.

The HW40 on the other hand is entirely unpretentious but about as good-value as you'll get for an entry level target pistol.

Clearly it won't match the top-end offerings in terms of ergonomics, quality of manufacture, refinement etc, but for a mostly-placcy plinker it punches well above its weight considering that it costs about 10% of a high-end equivalent

 

you won't go far wrong with a gamo compact, about £100 s/h. Cracking little pistol.

 

As above the Gamo Compact is a great starting point.
Then you will catch the bug and …….

 

I do keep looking at the Steyrs, but at £1500+ they’re a big no

 

.... and end up buying 5 pistols in as many months i had an FWB 80 turn up yesterday

 

I must say, I’m after one that isn’t a PCP as I don’t want to have to buy a bottle for it.

 

Gamo compact

 

I've had a P17 and I did enjoy it. Seal's can go but they are easy to replace. Moved onto a HW45 with custom grips made by a member on here, it's very nice. Worth considering IMO.

 

An HW40 or a Gamo Compact would be a good place to start.
They would both be easy to move on if you want to upgrade to something more specialised or you decide pistol shooting isn't for you.

Cheers
Don

 

HW40 out the box has the nicer trigger and you can use 2 handed should you wish

Gamo compact needs a trigger mod - longer screw for sears - but has better 10m ergonomics

Flip a coin

 

I'd go with the HW40. When you're shooting into the 90's you could consider a dedicated 10m pistol. You can't buy points with a fancy gun!

 

I had a Gamo Compact with all the usual mods done to it, and it was a fantastically capable pistol - I now have a HW40 (and others....) and the HW40 is streets ahead of the Gamo Compact just because of its trigger

Buy a HW40 and a few quids worth of Sugru to build up the grip a bit and you have a formidable 10m pistol - I'm not even going to put it down as being entry level, find a clean second hand one (I got mine for £60 and spent £15 to get some replacement fibre elements for the sights) add £10-15 for Sugru

 

It's horses for courses really, see if you can try a Gamo Compact and a HW40, both very accurate and capable in the right hands as long as the shooter is doing their bit, and both can be moved along quickly if you decide 10 M is not for you or you want to upgrade. But both are quite different in handling hence me suggesting you try them both out before you spend, neither will disappoint you.

 

LOV21
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Gamo Compact trigger is not as bad as people say )) at least compared to 1377. Yes, it is heavier than any match pistol, but to my humble opinion it is just right when you consider to shoot "normal" center-fire as well

 

I find my P17 in a .177 will hit the 17cm target happily at 30 yards. Grouping at that distance is rubbish but for a pistol with just a red dot site on it I thought was pretty acceptable.

 

Gamo Compact. Highly recommended and a cheap introduction into the discipline before shelling out the big money.

 

The p17 as a shooting experience is as good as the hw40. I have had both and i firmly believe its better value. However in the spirit of only having the best I now have the hw40. My nephew has the p17 and on performance and trigger its as good. Looking at the finish the hw40 has the edge but the p17 is wonderful value for money.

 

Plus one for the p17. I never had any issues with mine and I had it for about a year and used it regularly.