Page 14 - Umarex Steel Storm Reviews

The Umarex Steel Storm CO2 Gun is for the money the most fun, accurate, & well made air gun! It is extremely accurate when using an appropriate optic (I chose the Walther MRS) and I added a front verticle grip for enhanced stability. The single action mode produces very nice crisp shots and the 6-shot burst mode will put a smile on anyone's face. With 2 fresh CO2 cartridges your first 30 rounds on burst mode will surprise you in two ways, 1) The sound of the gun is much louder than you would expect and 2) the mass of flying steel will destroy a tin can instantly. The ergonomics of the gun are great, the pistol grip is perfect, the rear cocking lever is totally cool, the fact that you can see your 30 shot magazine reduce with every pull of the trigger is also very cool. The shot selector is very positive as well as the safety lever...nice click! Pyramid air totally surpassed my expectations with this gun...When I ordered it, it was on backorder for at least 3 weeks and to my great surprise it shipped the next day. I only paid for UPS ground and got second day Fed Ex air without even asking or paying for it. I WILL NEVER BUY AN AIR GUN FROM ANYONE ELSE...PYRAMID AIR IS AWESOME!

Not much, maybe the option to buy another magazine because you will run out of CO2 pretty fast with this gun, and they do freeze up in colder weather. This is gun best suited for 60+ degerees (fahrenheit).

Buy lots of CO2 and BB's from Pyramid air!!! Trust me you'll be amazed at how fast you will go through them with this gun. It's so much fun to shoot that it's very hard to stop. It's also very easy to shoot. My 65 year old mother even gave it a try and was very impressed!

Everything....this is nunber 3, yeah THREE. I bought 2 in Sept, 1 for Dad, 1 for myself, now another for myself. I keep 1 here at home, one at his place, you know, "be prepared..." Once I went to lasers, my accuracy problem in the previous reviw dissappeared.

I would still like a 45 round magazine, but they are so much fun, I didn't let that 30 round mag dissuade me from getting #3.

These things are just too much fun, and flashlight/laser equipped make great close range "ratters' too.
Fore grips, lasers, lights, these things just beg to be personallized...GET SOME!

Lots of fun! If you enjoy plinking....you have to get one period.Put a red dot scope on, buy the largest co2 case you can afford (cheaper by bulk)and daisy zinc plated bb's.Nice trigger

Add fold down front grip.Adjustable stock.Include recommended oil for co2's.Shoulder strap.

Get oil for top of co2.Try different brands of bb's before you get them by the thousands.My gun prefered the daisys zinc plated; over crossman ,for a tighter group..Gun takes a weaver scope mount.This is not a serious tack driver,,,,but it is too much fun to ignore the 6 round burst; that rips targets bullseyes, in just a few bursts.Sure there are a few strays but not many.

I reviewed this item earlier but I forgot to mention yet another plus for this fun gun... NO batteries required!!

Oh... 5 star on accuracy ??? Yeah I know it is a BB gun.. but for a short 6 shot burster and camparing it to others of this kind it is a 5. In the real world of accurate air rifles it would be somewhere in the minus numbers. Buy it for what it is and enjoy this bad boy toy.

The 6 round burst is awsome. It is alot more powerful than you would think with new CO2s in it.

Make it available to use refillable CO2 cartridges.

This gun is fun to use and suprisinglly accurate.

Everything, but magazine capacity.

A larger magazine capacity, say 45 BBs would be great, but I wouldn't trade my 30 rounder in for nuttin'! I would buy another if made available with a larger mag though.

I'm 57, and my dad is 89, I bought a pair of these as the break barrels are becoming too much for Dad. Since we received these, about 10 days ago, we've been through about 3000 BB's, and about 20 CO2 cartridges... we haven't laughed and had so much fun shooting together in years!

This thing is just all out fun, shoots right on with or without scope and laser. I get about 250 shots from two Co2, and single stage trigger pull feels nice. Pyramyd Air #1 - they where very fast to ship this to my door step.

Maby a folding or removable stock , but nothing else.

This gun is a little big so you may need two hands to keep it on the mark, and get some extra Co2, pellet gun oil and BB,s

I like everything about this gun.I have no complaints at all about this gun.

Absolutely nothing.

It's a blast to shoot. And is very accurate in both modes.Single shot and burst mode. The co2 cartridge is very easy to exchange.I love it.....

ITS JUST DOWNRIGHT FUN. IT SHOOTS AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD. I GET ABOUT 200- 250 SHOTS FROM THE TWO CO2 CARTS. GET A LOT OF HEADS TURNING AT THE PISTOL RANGE.

I DIDNT KNOW IT WOULD TELL ME TO PUT OIL ON THE TIP OF THE CO2. IT SHOULDVE COME WITH A LITTLE TUBE OF OIL. ALSO, A BB SOME HOW GOT IN A REGION OF NO-RETURN IN THE GUN AND JUST RATTLES AROUND AND WONT COME OUT. VERY ANNOYING

AMAZINGLY, THE DIRECTIONS DONT TELL YOU ANYTHING AT ALL ABOUT COCKING THE 1ST ROUND. I QUICKLY FIGURED IT OUT BUT SOME MIGHT THINK THE GUN IS FAULTY. ONCE YOU COCK IT, BLAST AWAY!

love the 6 shoot burst!!

its all plastic!! put some metal on it make it feel real. i would like to see a full auto instead of 6 shot burst. make it so it can hold 75 or a 100 BB's in the magazine and/or make a clip or belt feed magazine that takes pellets. would also change the way you have to load the magazine. make the chamber open an fully accessible for single pellet fire. needs more power. would be willing to pay more those features

the 6 shoot burst is the only thing i like about the air gun. for $80 bucks, i could find better ways the spend it. if they make the changes i mentioned above then it would be totally worth it.

Decent accuracy in burst mode at 25 feet. Weight and sound are great.

Good power, but would like to see just a little bit more.

Large gun, needs two hands. I added a hand grip to the bottom picatinny rail. The extra holding grip made it easier to hold. A blast to shoot in burst mode. Emptied the resivoir of BB's with the two co2 tanks.

Quality of material used. Automatic feature. Ability to hold hundreds of rounds. Use of two CO2 12 gr cylinders for extra power. Power!

Perhaps a foldable stock.

I love this gun. I ordered a 2nd just oday, 9/7/2010.
I am a retired police officer, sergeant, weapons training officer, author of, Dreams In Blue: The Real Police.
Listen to me, "Buy this gun!"

Excellent choice for single shot and six shot bursts. Really like the firepower and accuracy. Glad to see two CO2 tanks instead of a single. More shots between tanks.

wish a 88gram tank would somehow fit the steel storm

Impressive hitting power. In an informal shoot-off against my brother's IZH Drozd at 10 yards, Steel Storm had comparable accuracy and power. Reservoir & magazine combo much more convenient than Drozd's. Steel Storm's externally operated magazine makes it easier to keep from shooting empty shots. Seems to maintain good power down to last dozen shots. The unintended burst fire as the CO2 gets low is a good indicator of when to reload CO2 whereas the Drozd just keeps dribbling weak shots out the barrel if you're not paying close attention. The safety mechanism allows a trigger pull to un-cock the gun without discharging CO2 or BB.

I did change a couple of things. Marked the front sight center blade to make it more visible. Also, did what the package showed for the Fire Selector, highlighted in orange to make the burst characters stand out. It would be nice to have a better CO2 cartridge piercing wrench (i.e., metal), already broke an ear off one of the two plastic ones supplied.

The Steel Storm is noticeably louder than the Drozd, due to its blow-back operation making it sound a lot like a power nail gun. Mine has a reservoir leak that let a BB get somewhere it doesn't belong but so far hasn't impacted the operation of the gun. As noted in other reviews, it is much easier/faster to load the magazine up from the reservoir if it is not packed full of BB's. Although some reviews support claim of 300 shots per CO2 cartridge pair, I have got about 200 shots for first 4 sets of cartridges.

awsome action, excellent in barrel storage.

the size is crazy. this gun is huge, about the size of 3 to 4 guns. it is a two hander for shure. the action is very good and accuracye as would be expected. it blows through the bb's super fast 1 to 2 seconds. it also blows through the air cartidges, two at a time. it is two fast and two large to really be fun.....

Her is an update on this little monster. Since my last review I've shot several 1000 rounds through my Steel Storm. I continue to be amazed. The feel and function of this must be felt to be believed. Also, if one sits comfortably with this thing on semi-auto it will really shoot a small group at up to 20 yards (thats yards, not feet), That is as about as far as I've really checked it for accuracy, I can't leave that selector switch alone! HA HA This thing is really fun.

As I wrote before I really wish Umarex would hire me as an airgun design consultant (I would work cheap, HA HA HA) They really need to build a carbine version of this. 4 to 6 inches longer barrel and magazine capacity, folding stock and a folding stock. Most importaint, increase the pressure on the gas valve striker!!! This would make a very serious air gun.

I forgot this in my last review. Pyramyd is #1 for a reason. Their products, their service and their prices. I envision doing a great deal of business with them in the future.

the ease of loading bbs theco2 is simple to change also the sound of rapid fire pretty cool!

make it have 8 or 10 rnd. burst mode make the magizine hold more bbs

get one and have some fun!

Well, I will try this again... I'll say this, they named it right! This thing is a blast. I put a leapers 30mm Red Dot on it and can bust beer cans at 15 yards all day long. I can't believe how good this thing functions. The 6 round burst mode is sooo wild! Sure, it takes a little gas and a few bb's, but it is cheaper than 9mm ammo. HA HA On simi-auto real accuracy is possible.

Nothing really, but... I wish they would make a carbine version with a few more inchs of barrel and a little bit harder strike on the gas valve. Boy oh boy would Umarex have a seller there!

Be sure to screw the CO2 cartridges in all the way, and shoot safely, this thing really sprays bb's!

This gun is beyond awesome. As a fan of airsofting I had assumed that I would enjoy this but it wouldn't be much different from my AEG's I was wrong. This gun is a blast to shoot, on six rnd burst the rate of fire seems faster than my ICS m4 modified. The sound of this gun on burst is nothing short of addictive, it is fairly loud for a co2 gun to start with add to that auto fire and your smile just gets bigger. Turns cans to shredded hunks effortlessly. Even though I have gotten used to firing full auto replica guns through airsofting this bb guns still was new and exciting for me. Another thing I was suprised about was accuracy. For a smoothbore BB gun, this thing is VERY accurate, even with 6 rounds burst kicked in. I can easily put all 6 bb's of a burst in the same can at 20-25 feet on a fresh co2 clip. This is better than most semi auto bb pistols I have and as good my rifled barrel pellet rifles when I fire bb's through them. Once I get the bulk air conversion from JimC Innovations somehow, this thing will be impossible to put down. Buy it now! In fact buy two! I'm considering a second one myself!

A longer barrel out front with a shroud (in process of making one myself), alos a folding/retractable stock would be nice (also in the process of making myself) Aside from that...nothing really.

Buy co2 in bulk...trust me. On a per round basis, this actually does good on gas, however on auto with 6 rounds per second, even the most conservative of co2 guns will devour the gas. A red dot is practically a must. I am glad I bought mine the same time I got the gun, really helps dial it in.

A really fun BB gun that handles the American "steel" BB properly by using a "smooth bore" barrel with a very positive spring loaded magazine. The trigger puts most other BB gun's triggers to shame. A straight forward and well thought out CO2 loading system. This was a nicely thought out product.

Instead of second guessing a well designed BB gun, I would like to see two additional versions. One a carbine length gun and one a shorter more pistol like version.

There is just now a bulk adapter available for this gun. I believe Pyramyd already sells this fellow's bulk adapter for the DROZD. So Pyramyd may offer it in the near future.
Now, soapbox time.. A "smooth bore" barrel for steel BBs is preferred. A "rifled" barrel for "LEAD" BBs is preferred. Lead is soft enough for the rifling to engage and put the needed spin on the BB. Steel BBs are too hard for rifling to groove it. Steel BBs were never meant to use in a rifled barrel. So why do we see "rifle" BB barrels? well because the barrels were most likely made in Europe or for the European market as lead BBs are what is used there, Europeans use lead for accuracy as you can use rifling, give better penetration due to their weight ( heavier than many pellets of the same caliber) as well as safer because they rarely "bounce back" like steel BBs do if hitting a hard target . Much of the problems that were associated with the DROZD were through the use of steel BBs. The DROZD and the Blackbird were designed for lead BBs. It is stated in the manufacturer's manual for these guns that lead BBs are to be used.