Hatsan Sortie Tact Reviews

I got a sortie in .177 and it's a fun plinker. I shoot in my back yard out my back door at about 50 feet and blast away at cans with crosman wadcutter pellets and it feeds just fine. I've put about 300 pellets through it so far and I checked it on my chronograph, it gets right around 800 fps every with 7.4 grain pellets. So far it's been a lot of fun and the only problem I had was a feeding problem one time and it was my fault, I put one pellet in backwards. I get two full magazines out of an air fill up for a total of 28 shots, I've tried doing a third mag and it only shoots a few then the pressure is too low. It's been good on holding an air charge with no leaking and I've had it for about 5 weeks now. The 50 ft accuracy with open sights is on the mark. The open sights could be better quality, but good for can plinking, It's fun to be able to shoot 14 rounds as fast as you can squeeze, double tap, triple tap. Overall I like it and have fun with it. 800 fps with a pretty short barrel

The one thing I would like is a bigger air tube. It comes with three magazines but 62 cc. Only makes it through two mags and when the weather was chilly, it didn't even finish the second one all the time.

If you're looking for a semi-automatic pistol and don't mind the kinda futuristic funny looks of the sortie tact, it's been worth the cost to me, so far. Keep the sliding bolt mechanism oiled. I put a couple of small drops every 100-150 or so shots.

Love the design, feel, and weight. For the .25 it is pretty powerful and packs a nice punch. Magazines are easy to load and three are included. Pretty darn accurate right out of the box. All around fun to shoot.

Would have liked to have a gun at this price point not leak! Paid for the 10 for $10. Shouldn't have had to pay for a leak test on a brand new gun of this price range. Very disappointed in that aspect. Did not bother contacting PA to have to deal with sending it back. Holds long enough to shoot but will not hold anything significant over 48 hours.

Other than the leak issue, I would definitely buy it again. The case the gun arrived in was covered in oil and the Hatsan label was saturated in oil as well. Other than that, get yourself one, pay for the tests, and have fun!

Accuracy

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I recommend it,

Semi auto action is fun

The fill port on the gun is a little strange

Good value for what you get

Good power in 25 for the price. Love that it comes with the carry case and has room inside for the gun, stock, mags, and some tins of ammo. The design and build of the gun is easy to work on and adjust if you have some basic knowledge of guns or can follow a you tube video. Cycles and hits good when tuned right. Has plenty of potential to upgrade with attachments and sights. Stock is sturdy enough and functional. Support was outstanding when I needed replacement parts, I filled out a form that asked me my problem and asked me my level of skill with these guns and treated me at my skill level and didn't ask me a million questions or even ask me to send the gun in. I was shocked to see the first reply I got back offered me the exactly what I needed and mailed me the parts I asked for. They actually support and sell replacement parts for their products and treat their customers right. Outstanding support received for an experienced user.

Seems like its common for the mags and gun to not be perfectly tuned out of the box and may need some adjustment. Maybe a larger air cylinder variant with higher base power. Overall nothing to really complain about after everything was all said and done. Bit rough at the beginning but with how good the process of fixing and making the gun even better was it heavily outweighs the rough beginning. I guess if you are expecting it to shoot perfect right out of the box you may be disappointed. If you don't want to ever take this thing apart this is probably not the one for you

I got a 25cal Sortie back in 2019 and ended up not shooting it very much and the first few mags worked but then it started to act up. Before writing this off as a bad review keep reading. I was frustrated and put it to the side for awhile and recently came back to it. At this point I was outside of warranty so I figured F it and took it apart. It was simple to take the stock off and I found my culprit being the hammer spring got deformed. I contacted support and they sold me a replacement spring with no questions or hassle and my gun is fully functional now. I am overall really happy with this gun especially for the price point and the ease to work on. Seems like out of the box they are not precisely tuned so results may vary, but it seems like majority of other peoples complaints pertain to simple things like magazine screw tension or needing to clean/lubricate parts. Amazing if you want budget friendly PCP pistol with a punch if you are okay with possibly needing to tune it yourself.

Came within good shipping time frame. Everything I expected from pyramyd air. Great service and trust worthy business.

Sights not sighted in. I wish it was just a bit more powerful say in the 750 fps range in .25

Make sure they treat your guns hold air with any of pyramyd's shot testing. Save yourself re shipping hassle.

I've had the pistol for 3 months now and it has been flawless. the semi-auto action is really smooth and gun will shoot as fast as I trigger. It is louder than my flashpup with silencer, but not too loud. I paid for Pyramid to shoot 10 pellets test run before shipping. The gun shoots straight right out of the box. I bought an extra red dot sight but haven't used it yet, the fibre optic sights on the Sortie work great and pistol is accurate to 40 yards once you learn to compensate for distance. the plastic case is excellent too. nice set of accessories came along. very powerful 0.25 cannon!

the air tank runs down after 20 quick shots, but usable for another 10 if you adjust your sighting to compensate.

Don't use 0.25 magazines from Flashpup. use only the specific magazines even though they look exactly the same. the rifle magazine spring isn't quick enough and you can jam. this pistol action is fast!

Nice quality

Product quality is excellent!

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Excellent customer service, easy returns.

Very good showing gun . I love it

The after service from pyramid air sucked . The gun was missing 1 little plastic stock mount and they wouldn't order me the piece but wanted me to ship the gun back and waite for them to get me a new gun . I have bought 3 guns from them and this will be the last from them

Nope

Another great product from Hatsan!

Love it as is!

Shoot as fast as you can pull the trigger!

This is a great and fun airgun. Semiautomatic and plenty of power for a pistol. Accurate and easy to shoot as a pistol or with the stock in place. I like the molded hand grip, fits my hand like a glove which makes it easy to control. The built-in forward grip also helps in handling it as an air pistol or with the stock in place. Shot over 200 rounds without a single issue

Not a thing

This is not made for left handed shooters. The instructions warn not to shoot it left handed or you could be injured by the bolt. Probably why they made the grip a fitted right hand grip, for safety purposes

Not a whole lot to like about this particular pistol by Hatsan. I had purchased the Hatsan Blitz in .30 cal, and was duly impressed for the most part with the rifle in general, including "fit and finish" (which was pretty good for the most part, but not the best for the price of $1k). About the only thing that was likeable on this gun was the barrel shroud and the standard sights - which I found to be pretty good considering they were plastic. I had no problem sighting it in.

Flash and sharp edges all over this pistol - sliced up my fingers pretty good trying to pull back the bolt. Sloppy magazine fit - they do not fit in the gun securely. Don't pull the trigger too fast - it will jam. The folding stock also had sharp edges and flash all over, especially at the picatinny mount. The case that came with it was way too flimsy for the weight of the pistol and folding stock. Just all in all poor quality.

Pass on this one - wait for something better or for Hatsan to raise their quality control and standards.

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Take off market. Unsafe.

After a few minutes of shooting the bolt jammed. With the safety on, my finger nowhere near trigger, while trying to pull bolt back to remove magazine it rapid fired 3 rounds. I will never buy another hatsan product ever again. Unsafe weapon.

Very Accurate and semi auto. Have put over 2,000 rounds through it and really love it. I like the gun so much that I just ordered a second one.

The hammer is always cocked when in storage and not in use. There is no way to uncock it. This results in the hammer spring being compressed. Locking the bolt back puts even more stress on the hammer spring. After awhile the spring takes a set reducing the amount power applied by the hammer. This reduces the power and velocity of the pellets. When the power gets to low the blowback is not enough to advance the magazine causing a misfire and possible jam. Another reviewer wrote that his spring got completely compressed and he had to replace it with one from the hardware store. He did not write a follow up as to whether this was a permanent fix. A way to uncock the hammer would save the spring and make the gun safer to carry.

A 4mm hex driver will fit the hammer spring tension adjustment. It is accessed through the hole in the back of the hammer when the stock is removed. Turning it one or two turns counterclockwise will usually increase power enough for the gun to properly cycle. Based on another reviewers comments eventually the spring may gets so compressed that it has to be replaced. I have not gotten to the point where I will have to replace one yet.

Jim K.

I purchased this pistol in November, 2020. I did not get to actually try it until right after Christmas when my indoor 5/10/15 meter range was completed and my new compressor was replaced with one that actually worked. Prior to that I assembled the butt stock after trying to hold the pistol and point and aim it without air or pellets. I concluded that it was too unwieldy to be used as a pistol. The stock attached easily and was able to be adjusted down to fit my sight picture. Now the pistol could be held with a target sight in confidence. I tried to fill the magazines. The instructions were difficult to follow. Fortunately there were videos of filling various magazines posted online.

Finally the day arrived a few days after Christmas when I got to fill the air chamber and try the pistol. The first attempts were not favorable. The first two magazines had several pellets fail to pass through the barrel and there were two or three pellets caught in the barrel. They cleared easily from the barrel with a cleaning rod. I prefer fire arms but now at my age I need to shoot inside during bad weather. Hence the inside pellet gun range. With a fire arm, if I want to, I can shoot as fast as I can pull the trigger. At least in the beginning, when I tried that, it translated into pellet jams in the Sortie. I learned that there needed to be a slight time lapse or the pellets would not get enough air to pass through the barrel. As I have used the pistol more, this has become less of a problem.

I have not yet tried to adjust the sights but from a rest the gun places the pellets consistently in the same small area from ten meters.
Overall I enjoy this pistol. It has a learning curve for a person without much experience with PCP air guns. The magazines required educating myself before filling, as the included instructions were hard to follow. I can shoot two magazines of pellets between filling the air chamber.
Those of you with greater experience with PCP air guns will probably have less problems in the beginning than myself.

looks, semi-auto, and, oh yeah, looks pretty accurate as well. once it was zeroed - which took a bit of trial, btw - it is about .5" @ 10yd for a mag can shoot 3 mags on one fill, which is good since I use a hand-pump. not too bad with the hand-pump, either Folding stock is comfortable

Add easy capability for moderator as it is just a tad too loud to really be backyard friendly. Fortunately, my neighbors are all a little more distant than some and are all okay with it - some have their own plinkers, too, for the nuisance squirrels and blue-jays.

Trying to zero was a chore and took about 100 shots. Had the rear sight all the way against the right and still shooting left of target. Had to adjust the front sight left 2-3mm and reset the rear back to the middle and there it was. Have about 500 rounds through it now and works like a champ. Last 1/4" of bolt travel to get it to lock is a bit of a tussle at first, but even that gets easier it seems.
Folding stock must be removed to store in case. Really should consider a slightly thicker case since the stock is included. On/off is not too difficult, though.

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Hatsan should sort out their products before selling them.

Anticipated purchase for a year. Got Sortie, put 10 round clip in, tried to pull back bolt but it seemed frozen. It wasn't frozen, it just took about 80 pounds of force to pull back. It was so hard to pull it kept jamming two or more pellets at a time. After jamming eight times bolt suddenly broke free and only took 2 or 3 pounds to pull. Loaded 10 round clip fired 5 rounds and bolt stayed in retracted position as if gun had fired last round. Put another 10 round clip in and now both bolt and trigger didn't work. Sent back for refund - do not want replacement.

The looks, thats about it. The pistol is a piece of garbage, for $550 you think it would have some kinda of quality control.

The price, The reliability, The design. The quality. The entire gun is garbage

Do not buy this gun. If I could have given it zero stars I would have. The negative reviews are right. Look past this one.

Action stiff but works perfectly. Have fired about ten clips. Holds air well. Think that if I can get by the sighting problem it will be a wonderful pistol.

Sights are useless, can not adjust for accurate shooting. Think these same sights are used successfully on Hatsan rifles. Will order a pistol scope in hopes for improvement.

Air capacity good for two clips. Definitely not quiet. Has a good feel in hand. Like the fold out stalk.