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Better than the plastic pistol more solid & works just as good

OK OK. It's an ugly gun and not realistic, so forget the 357 yada yada and just admit it: you love this gun because it was (A) cheap, it is (B) very accurate, (C) it gives you a lot of shots on one CO2 tank, (D) the rotary pellet and BB clips are super easy to load and use, ....AND....AND.. the clips are super cheap. Buy at least 12. Loudness? on a scale of 1-10, I'd give it a 7. A little stiff to break open but nothing to fluff about. Sights are adjustable and the safety system is easy and you can see the moment you pick it up if the safety is on or off. It's kind of a waste of time as a BB shooter. The pellet shooting is much more fun but some of the longer pointed pellets will gunk up your perfect day.I got it for $41. $41 dollars !!! Buy 3 and 18 clips. Then invite your buds over for a party shoot and stick up some of those oozing cans. OMG - you will die laughing and have total fun with this gun.

I like this BB/Pellet pistol.Has a good feel in your hand and it shoots accurate very happy.

I'm a revolver fan and wanted a BB/pellet D/A piece to save some ammo costs while building up more revolver trigger time and to use as an intro/trainer for others. I decided to try the Vigilante based upon decent reviews and price point. This piece is quite nice. It's a pretty clever, break-top design. The single and double action trigger are surprisingly good and very usable. I like the Patridge sight picture and sturdiness of the rear sight. I wouldn't futz with it much, but once set, it's solid, and you shouldn't have to. This piece handles 0.177 pellets (rifled) and BBs. It shoots pellets fine (inside a 3 inch Post-It at 10 yds and shoots BBs well enough to hit a soda can every time at about 7 yds. Each ammo type requires a unique clip mag type. The grip shape is SimTo a D/A Hogue Monogrip (love them) but is hard plastic and is significantly "puffier". I take off one star as the grip removal to change CO2 is a real PITA. Access is via a little thumbnail groove at the bottom of one panel. Mine are very stiff. They should put a rubber grommet or spring clip in the grip frame to capture the grip panel posts and maybe a "separator" slot/recess along the bottom for a twist tool (coin?). As is, the posts on the grip panels are hard plastic and catch into the frame directly. This is very stiff now and is likely to be a wear-out point (loose panels in the future?). Anyway, aside from CO2 access, I find that this is a really solid 4 star trainer/plinker/shooter considering the competitive price. For pellets, I'd buy again.

Best balanced air pistol I've ever had in my hand. VERY well made CO2 pistol by far none of any I had before and I've been shooting air powered pellet guns for 48 years. Mostly spring/air RWS models of which I currently have the Model 52 side cock. Spring/air rifles are totally different from other gun powder fired because of the kick and then lunge forward from the forward moving piston. Saw a test of so to be expert shooters of spring/air pellet rifles verses expert gun powder fired normal rifles and they did great until they swapped guns and the spring/air experts fired normal rifles fantastic while the others using the spring/air were miserable.In 2007 I spent 6 months and 5000+ rounds with an RWS model 34 .177 rifle before putting a new scope on my Browing BAR 30-06 regular rifle. I shot that BAR better than anytime since day one back in 1989/90. Bore sighted and only 7 shots I packed up and went home.I Recommend using Copperhead BB's and RWS 8.3gr Super dome Pellets. The pellets are coated with a non-fouling coating instead of raw nasty greasy lead. Keeps barrel clean, don't get black lead all over your fingers using them and no doubt better repeating accuracy. Been using these many years and they are the best I have ever seen for repeated accuracy.Seat the pellets in enough in to the clip seeing about a 1/32" small amount of the black plastic around the top of the pellet skirt and with BB's the same until back seated against the ridge inside the hole for the best Velocity and accuracy.One awesome CO2 pistol. I love it! Buy it!PS Using the Silver Sharpe on the front sight is great idea for faster target acquisition.