Air Venturi AV-46M Match Air Pistol

The accuracy is on a level with the top notch olymipc guns, just not as many adjustable features. The clear advantage, you don't have air flasks to pump up or no scuba tank or an electrical pump. As a single stroke pneumatic it is very rasy to use. Also VERY reliable. I gave my son the gun I've used for 8 years and it works like new.

I wish they offered grips in different sizes. I have a small hand and will need to take the dremel tool to it. The only size tgey offer is large. They need more complete directions on trigger adjustments.

The gun I got was dry. Make sure you order some SPERCIAL CHAMBER LUBE. Try pellets of different weights to see which does best with your gun. In all these are accurate, reliable well made guns. And the single stroke pneumatic is the best option if you don't want to buy a hand pump, scuba bottle or compressor. Also Pyramyd air may be the best overall air gun dealer to deal with. While they do not carry most expensive Olympic guns, they have everything else you can want in casual, competition and hunting air guns. AND they stand behind their products. Great company.

This gun is beautiful and accurate beyond words. Incredibly helpful developing good shooting habit!! I absolutely love this gun!!

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This air pistol is pretty accurate at 10 m distance with some adjustment with rear sight.

Palm rest on the bottom (wooden piece) seems pretty weak. A piece of wood fell off on the first day I tried this air pistol.

Firstly - I have the IZH46M which is pretty much identical without the laminated grips. As other have said, it's more accurate than I can shoot. I had a red dot on it, but couldn't stand the top-heavy weight, so I shoot with open sights. So enjoyable to be able shoot inside my house. There's a trigger option for purchase, but I like the original. Certainly there are finer pistols, but I think this is a good value for the money.

The grips are large and bias a right hander. I'm a woodworker and enjoyed making the grip absolutely glove-like.

Get some extra o-rings. It's probably me, but I've blown a few out.

Accuracy. This is an accurate pistol. Ease of cocking, While it does require some effort it isn't hard enough to be an issue when shooting forty or more pellets.

Grip quality. A piece of the moving grip plate broke off immediately. I glued it back on and it wasn't a part that affected anything.

This is a heavy pistol and if you are not used to shooting match type pistols will take a while to get used to.

Finally - got one of the first ones to get here, but I was also one of the ones who got one of the modified power guns - I had to take it apart (not hard) and adjust the piston to get it to it's rated fps.

It's a very basic, very mechanical, device. Maybe some different finishes?

Apparently, Pyramyd Air can no longer get the breech seals, so we need another source, since those are so important to the operation of this gun.

Exact copy of the IZH46M, and may have been made there when you start comparing the internals and inspection marks to an original 46 or 46m. Laminated grip is an upgrade to the original but will still run on the large side and will need fitted to each individual hand. This isn't a pellet picky pistol and can handle light to medium weight pellets easily.

Not much its accurate but a bit on the heavy side when compared to modern PCP 10 meter pistols.

Store the breech in the unlocked position so your breech seals stay nice.

This gun is accurate and fun to shoot. It is a single stroke so there is no air tank or periodic tank refilling needed. My Hammerli AP20 Pro is an exceptional pistol but the main drawback is the whole air tank system. The grip is nice but has a few issues which I will get to, the same with the sights. I am pleased with the pistol and feel it is a great buy.

Get rid of the laminated grip and go back to solid wood. It looks cheap and parts of it are fragile. Focus on quality control. The instruction manual needs more info on the sights and how to service them to replace and adjust the blades.

Quality control is an issue. My first pistol had wear marks on the barrel bluing. The palm support broke after a few shots and the sights were way off to the right, so much so that when I did get them centered there was no more left adjustment. I sent it back for a replacement. Quality is much better though the palm rest broke again. I blame this on two things, I have large hands and the piece that keeps breaking off is directly under the trigger guard. The sights were again off to the right but this time I realized that the rear sight blade is replaceable and slides left and right on the mount point. Loosening the screws and manually adjusting to center brought everything into alignment. (Note: to loosen the screws turn them clockwise not counter-clockwise) You get 2 blades for a total of 4 sight notches with the pistol, As one reviewer mentioned my middle finger rides a ridge carved into the grip right at the trigger guard, a fine file will correct this.

The design, ease of use, ergonomics, and of course, the grip itself. This is an easy gun to use and to shoot accurately.

In my opinion, the cocking level is obtrusive. As such, I shortened mine, and it works just as well but looks much better. The gun has typical blemishes and mars that one often sees on Russian weapons, but overall is finished fairly well.

Extremely accurate - excellent practice for your aim and steady hold. Very nicely constructed and blued. The set of sight blades, tool and cleaning rod, and a spare seal kit is a nice extra. Within a very short time I was punching ragged single holes in targets. The trigger is excellent and the 2nd stage breaks like an icicle. The rifling on the barrel is beautifully machined and polished including the breech and muzzle. No fill bottles or CO2 so it'll work anywhere as long as you have ammo. Yup, it is a bit pricey, but compared to high-end German PCP target pistols (admittedly the pinnacle of accuracy to get you that last 5% of perfection), it's a bargain. Awesome pistol overall and mechanically brilliant, yet simple. It's become a go-to shooter!

Trigger guard has a hard edge where my index finger rests. I will smooth that with a Swiss file and re-finish it. I will probably also whittle down the grip a bit for a better fit -- it's close but needs a little work. There is no provision for mounting other sights, i.e. flats w/mounting holes, dovetails, etc. without add-ons (see below).

As others mention, the trigger pull is VERY light out of the box. To avoid mishaps I recommend adjusting it higher until you get the feel of it. This pistol isn't very picky about pellets -- Meisterkugeln, Qiang Yuan, and RWS R 10/R10+ group tightest, but even RWS hobby and Excite wadcutters group reasonably well. Last, if you want to mount a red-dot or scope, the B-Square barrel-mount picatinny rail for the Baikal IZH-46 (if you can find one) fits perfectly without modifications. Note that this rail has narrow recoil grooves that might not fit some models of sight cross-pins without a bit of filing, but once it's fitted, it's solid and doesn't move.