CZ 75 P-07 Duty CO2 Pistol, Blowback

Excellent replica of the form, size, weight, and sights of the firearm. Like all good blowback replicas, this pistol locks back when the BB magazine is empty. However, because the BB magazine is separate from the CO2 receiver, you can drop the BB magazine, and dry-fire the pistol with full blowback action as long as the CO2 cartridge has a charge. I have the MantisX 10 training aid, and can execute drills with full blowback action intact without actually having to fire off BBs. This is a great advantage for training, and an advantage I don't enjoy with my other Picatinny rail-equipped blowback pistols that integrate the BB magazine and CO2 receiver into a single magazine (e.g., the Swiss Arms 1911 TRS). While no CO2 replica can fully substitute for its firearm counterpart, the MantisX shows me that issues that arise when I shoot my centerfire P-07 also arise when I shoot the CO2 version. Training with the CO2 version has greatly improved my accuracy with my P-07 centerfire

I knew in advance that this model does not offer a true DA/SA trigger (unlike its bigger sibling, the CZ 75 CO2), so no gripes per se, though I would gladly pay extra for a DA/SA version if ASG were to make one. My one gripe is that the forward return of the slide does not restore the pistol to full battery. This model actually has two trigger resets. One is a short reset that allows you to release the hammer and thereby fire off a charge of CO2. However, the trigger must actually be released further to the second rest point to chamber another BB. As I mentioned under :"Things I like..." I like that I can release the BB magazine and dry-fire the pistol with full blowback action. Under this condition that first short reset works just fine for that purpose. Still, it would be nice if the forward return of the slide restored the pistol to full battery, thereby allowing the pistol to have a single short re-set.

One other thing I like: the short reset on the CO2 version is much better than the reset on the center-fire P-07. The centerfire P-07 has a good trigger, but the reset has a spongy break. The short reset on the CO2 version, however, has a nice crisp break. While I don't (currently) have the Cajun Gun Works tigger upgrade for the P-07, I've shot a few P-07s with that upgrade, and the reset on the CO2 version comes pretty close. One more thing which you may like or not: other than the white lettering on the right side of the frame indicating that the gun shoots BBs and is made by ASG, there is very little about the gun that indicates it is a replica. For almost all CO2 pistols the "tell" that the gun shoots a small-caliber projectile is the smaller diameters of the muzzle. Not so on this model: the barrel is recessed about 1/4 inch back from the muzzle "crown" and everything is matte black: you have to actually stare into the muzzle to see that a smaller diameter barrel is lurking.

This gun is as close in weight, look and feel to my 9mm CZ P-07 as possible. Even close up it is difficult to tell the difference. PLUS it is fun to shoot and is very accurate. The holster fits both my 9mm and the air gun so I have to be careful to double check to make sure I have the right gun holstered. I use the gun to chase off feral cats and last week I put 5 shots on a coyote in order to stop it chasing my neighbors dog.

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Be careful carrying this gun because it so closely matches the 9mm version, law enforcement officers will think its a real threat and will act accordingly.

I own a real 9 mm CZ P-07 and love that gun. I bought this air gun to practice during the COVID-19 shut down and am absolutely amazed as to how close the replica compares to the real gun. It is fun to shoot - enough said.

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If you use the right target set up you can recover the bb so the only cost is the co2 cartridge.