IZH 46M Air Reviews

Accurate, Easy to load and shoot, fun gun

better grips, i had to buy a rotor tool to customize it. I spent money for the gun, pellets and rotor tool.

make sure all screws and bolts are tighten after each session shooting i lost one and did not noticed and the pistol did not function. If it is made to be tighten then tighten it!!!

Typically in product reviews, Pyramyd Air's warranty service is rarely mentioned. After eight (8) months and 12000-15000 rounds thru my IZH 46M, the gun failed. It was sent to Pyramyd Air Repairs, fixed under warranty, and returned in just over a week. I received a complete description of the work performed (which included some additional adjustments the techs at Pyramyd noticed) and a confirmation of a chron test noting the gun's fps. I shoot competitively. The gun holds its own. It has, on occasion, out shot two local Steyr shooters.

Rather than lower the resale value, I purchased a Rink grip rather than attempt to adjust the stock grip. Having tried that before on a home-built grip for a Crosman 1377 (great learning tool) its cheaper in time and money to order a Rink. The improvement (for me) was 15+ points in a 600 point match with the Rink.

Keep all of your receipts in the original product box. You'll need these, just in case. "If there is a warranty issue, you and your wallet will be glad you purchased new from Pyramyd Air.

I bought this about two years ago here. The trigger is worth the price of admission alone. If you are into accuracy and consistency then look no further. The stock sights are very good. You can shoot one hole groups off a sand bag all day long. My adult daughter asked me to teach her about guns one day. After the safety meeting I set up the small metallic silhouette targets at about ten meters. I then explained sight picture and all that. Less then ten shots she was banging the little animals four out of five and five out of five rather consistently. (off a sandbag) I was lucky to get my gun back. You can shoot this in your back yard. The noise is nil.

Price of course but you get what you pay for here.

Yes it is expensive. It gets more so every year. With that in mind the pill is a little easier to swallow.

Very accurate and well made. The large grip allowed me to carve to fit my hand.

If you are new to high end airguns like this, it may take a while to unlearn bad habits. I had to dial up the trigger pull to ISSF standard to make it shootable. As delivered, the trigger pull was 250g, once I turned it up to 550g, it became much easier to shoot, and my scores went up by 60 points.

I love this pistol. I get my best results with Vogel 4.495 head pellets. Some complain about the grips being bulky. Of course they are! It presented a great opportunity to whittle and sand my way to very well customized grips.

Nothing!

Solid, easy to use. Accurate.

I wouldn't recommend the upgraded trigger unless you have very long fingers. Doesn't change any real function of the trigger anyway.I changed it back to original.

Have considered one of these for sometime. Trigger is great. Accurate right out of the box. Still getting used to it but am quite impressed. Shooting in my garage into a 22 trap. This is going to make those long winter days a little less boring I think. Purchased through the CMP which saved me quite a bit of money as well.

Nothing so far!!!

Could have purchased any number of 22 or center fire hand guns for the price of this air pistol but am very glad I purchased this instead. Makes shooting in the home quite easy and practice with this is going to make me a better handgun shooter all the way around. Know that I will need to work on the grip to fit my hand a bit better but going to shoot as is until my hand tells me what to change.

Installed an Aimpoint Matchdot II. Use it for metallic silhouette. Completely satisfied. Quiet, accurate, good trigger. Grips are too large for me, but it still shoots very well. I'll take the Dremel to the grips soon. It came with the upgraded trigger installed. The reach was too long for me. It also came with the original trigger separately packed. I installed the original trigger ... much shorter distance to the trigger. Fits me much better. Not pellet fussy. I've benched it to 20 yards.

Leave the breech bolt unlocked when you store the pistol to take the pressure off the seals. Read the manual. Lots of info on line, particularly on Targettalk and Yellow forums. If you don't have one, you need one.

great air pistol for the money.extremely accurate,easy to cock.I have large hands and the grip was easy to modify to fit comfortably.

I ordered the optics package,it would be nice if the factory would build in a rail mount.

The first pistol I received developed a problem after about 75-100 shots.I called Pyramyd Air,they said no problem and had me return it for a new one.Good service,"thanks Pyramyd"!!!!

Very Accurate. Match quality gun. Shoot in gun club ISSF/NRA competitions. NRA High Masters even use this gun. Pump is easy to use. I can get 45/50's per target at this moment.

Make the grips slightly smaller.

The upgraded trigger compensates for the grips.

I got mine in 1993 for $320. This is an affordable match grade air pistol. The design is excellent. I also have the IZH MP-532 Match Air Rifle .177. Basically it uses a larger air chamber and longer barrel than the 46M. It too is an exceptional design and affordable. I paid @ $800 here at Pyramid Air back in October 2011. I must have gotten the last one. Too bad because all of you who love the 46M would also love the MP-532 Match Grade Air Rifle.

I changed the fitmant of the grip just as IZH intended. For all of you who say you cant reach the trigger why not file of some more wood and make the pistol fit perfectly.

Most people will be satisfied with the 46M. The PCP Match Pistols are only using a different power plant and have nothing on the 46M other than you don't need to pump. Well I guess it's easier to control your heart rate using a non pump PCP. If your healthy then for 99.9% of people we don't need the PCP versions. Please ask Pyramid Air to import the MP-532 Air Rifle version of the 46M. I got the last one in October 2011 from Pyramid Air. It's an excellent Match Grade .177 air rifle. Shooting as well as the much more expensive PCP air rifles but only costing a little over $800 when I purchased mine. Thank you Pyramid Air for importing these air gns.

WOW! I don't think you can get a better deal in air pistols today! This thing shoots! Out of the box, it is without a doubt the most accurate pistol I have ever purchased, air or metallic cartridge. The build qualith is awesome, no junky or cheap felling parts. I personally love the grips, it allows full customization without having to buy anything else. A couple hours with my fordham and the some teak oil to finish and it truly feels like a custom made grip.

loading is not the easiest thing to do. if you have fat fingers, it might be a real challenge. I have not personally had problems, but it certainly is not quick and easy.

If yoy have ever wanted to try 10m air pistol but did not want to dive in @ 1500+ this is the way to go. super fun, quiet and way more accurate than expected.

Very well made. Nice fit, finish, and blueing. The wooden grips are made large and blocky so you can do your own custom fitting. Upgraded trigger is nice for getting a good finger cradle. Unbelievable trigger pull right out of the box, light and crisp. A firm but easy pull for compressing the gas. I just got it and shot it for 3 hours without any problem which made for a very fun first session. Its a very basic gun but I think in this case its perfect for what it is. No excuses gun. Once you sight it in, if you miss, its clearly your fault. 10shots/10meters on a bench rest and groupings generally look like 5 maybe 6 shot groups. I also purchased a BSA red dot with it, once it was sighted in, worked great. The mount they offer is made well and easy to install. Overall, there is not much to not like about this gun.

Not much...maybe make the grips just a little longer. I have big hands but not huge and I took all of the allowed adjustment on the base plate and had to do some wood removal to fit it correctly and still allow the compression arm to seat fully. But once I took a dremel, file, sandpaper, and some artistic license, it fits great, looks great.

The only thing I found odd for my particular gun was the rear sighting blade had to be adjusted to the extreme right. It was within the adjustment that the gun permits being that I also had to loosen the blade itself and move it far right as well. When I mounted the red dot it too had to be adjusted completely right. Although I found it odd I didn't find it enough of an issue to complain to Pyramid about it. It did sight in and continues to shoot extremely accurate. Plan on having to some work on the grips. They are left rough and its obvious that they intend for you to do some work. They do take the time to patch glue them together for you. So once you remove the base plate and 2 screws, the grip assembly comes off in one piece. Makes it easy to do what you need to and just slide back on when finished. Since they are raw you it leaves it open for you to use water based wood dyes and such (I went with a deep blue). I found it to be a fun aspect of the gun and rewarding as the fit you can achieve is unlike most any other pistol you will ever shoot and looks to boot.

Very accurate. Tried three different pellets, none high end match, each different weight. All shot little tiny groups, in different locations, but very consistent. Grip is easy to adjust. Easy to dry fire without pumping, just to practice technique while watching TV. Readily admit this is one UGLY item, but you can take a rasp to the handle to custom fit it without feeling bad! Smooth those spots with a little fine sandpaper and the grip is outstanding. I even used a rat tail to put finger grooves in mine. Mine came with much darker wood than I expected. Looks really nice.

After reading all the praise people heap on this pistol I have to agree its well deserved. The accuracy of this gun is amazing. The trigger pull on this pistol is beyond belief, I don't have a gauge but I own 2 quality .22LR target pistols that I felt had incredible triggers, after shooting the IZH the other guns triggers feel as if they weigh a ton.

It would be nice if they included detailed disassembly instructions if in the future you want to replace the piston seals but I think you can find instructional videos on You Tube that cover this.

If you`re a new purchaser of this pistol, be careful since here is no safety on this gun, with a trigger pull this light I unintentionally discharged the pistol twice but if you`ve ever shot at a range you know the protocol = muzzle pointed downrange at all times. The grips are oversize but I have a few round files and plenty of sandpaper to cut finger grooves and shape them to my own hand. This takes a bit of time but after all its a labor of love.

Better even than expected. Extremely accurate and consistent groups. The upgraded trigger is not essential but really a nice touch. Pyramyd Air was very easy to work with. Will be back.

Nothing significant.

As others have stated, a dremel tool will go a long way towards a custom fit on the handle

A real match-grade air gun. Exchangeable sights to get the correct sight picture for you. Nice touch with the extra gaskets in air sealed bag. From the looks of it, this would be the only thing you'll ever replace in years. Sturdy no-nonsense Russian construction. This air gun really shoots hole in hole. It gives you a great feel of a correct response from your actions when practicing. This gun will improve my shooting!

It would be great if you could order this air gun with different size grips. The grip is really XL size, and requires work. Since I don’t have the tools/knowledge for this, I ordered a new grip from Rink Formgriffe. They are great, but expensive. Maybe Baikal could provide different grip sizes as accessories for a better price?

The gun is quite heavy. The gun weighs in at a little more that the Walther GSP(.22 cal), which is great for practice - but also requires getting used to. The charging mechanism is great (not to heavy) and doesn't strain you when shooting. The lift for each shot requires more effort than the charge between shots. The cocking mechanism needs some wear before working 100%. It took some shots before the "hammer" went all the way back for charging air without manual help. (This was probably just a result of preparing the gun for storing from the factory). Great gun :)

Trigger is excellent--glass rod break. Cocking effort is reasonable. Grip removes easily for fitting. Sights are easily adjustable.

A remarkable target pistol that consistently places the pellet where you aim. Trigger is predictable and easily adjustable. The package includes tools and gaskets as well as additional sighting inserts. I have installed the UTC dot 1X scope and I can consistently place all the pellets (once I had sighted-in the pistol & dot sight) within a 10 meter pistol target #8 ring and almost 60% within the #9 ring. I have now shot in excess of 400 pellets since the package arrived and remain totally satisfied with this pistol and purchase.

The grip is very large and I am slowly filing it down to fit my medium right hand. This has been fairly easy to do but my wood working skill-set is meager at best so I am hoping for the best.

When/if you are installing the UTC dot sight on this pistol make sure you do not block the breech slide and bolt range of motion with the barrel mounted adaptor.

This gun is great! The accuracy is spot on. After I sighted it in, my shooting immediately got 8-10% better. I've only been shooting 10 meter for about a year with a Crossman 2300 and the 46m is night and day better. I also love the adjustable trigger! I have pretty large hands and its nice to adjust the trigger to me instead of me to the trigger. I also really like the oversized grip and being able to customize it to my hand.

Maybe add another size front blade. Also the box it comes in from Baikal (not Pyramid air) could use some extra protection for the gun. The sights ate holes in the top of the box by the time it got to me. These are just suggestions though and wouldn't change my mind on getting the gun again.

I've seen other people complain about the grip. It comes oversized on purpose so that you can sand it down to fit your hand. Pyramid Air's video review on this gun even brings this up. All you have to do is sand it down using a dremel with a sanding drum. Once you've got it perfect you can stain it with whatever color you want. I would recomend taking the grip off first so that dust doesnt get in the gun. You can also look at images on google to get ideas from other grips that have been sanded down.