CZ P-09 Duty CO2 Pistol

Things I liked: The feel in the hand is nice, and it is pretty accurate out to 25 feet. The blow-back is crisp because with the CO2 and pellets installed it is still about one pound lighter than the actual firearm. There's little weight to keep the muzzle down, so it bounces quite a bit.

Things I would have changed: The trigger is slightly heavy and very creepy in DA. In SA it is slightly better but not great for SA. If it were slightly heavier, it would feel less like a toy and more like a firearm. The thing I would change, however, is the second thing other airgunners should know, below.

What others should know: First, it much prefers hard Crosman pellets over H&N and RWS pellets, which are unusable in mine. Crosmans stay tight in the magazines but the others all slip backwards and jam the pistol. Now the real problem: This pistol CANNOT BE USED AS A TRAINER for the real firearm because the SAFETY OPERATES IN REVERSE. It is easy to remove the stupid extra button on the safety, but regardless the pistol goes on Safe by pushing the safety lever DOWN! To take it off Safe, the shooter must flick the safety lever UP! UP for FIRE? DOWN for SAFE?

Things I liked: When it's just lying there the gun looks quite cool. It's comfy in the hand, and I LOVE the fact that you don't see the little Co2 tab poking out the bottom of the grip like some other guns. In fact, I think ASG was quite clever in the way they hid it. It shoots well, no jams at all using a variety of crosman pellets (no wadcutters though) and even some RWS Hypermax so you shouldn't run into any difficulties if you stick to basic pellets. The gun is large, much bigger than the CZ 75 P-07 and the full size rail allowed easy installation of a laser sight - accuracy problem solved.

Things I would have changed: Ditch the molded, suggestion of an ejection port and supply the gun with an ejection port akin to the CZ 75 P-07. The molded fake port just cheapens the entire gun. Increase the weight! This gun is way too light to take seriously. While it's sturdy enough, I can't help but equate the feel of it to guns half it's cost. The new blowback S&W M&P 40 has a poly frame and a metal slide and it comes awfully close to the real deal. I wish this did. Perhaps a better slide might help? I'd like to see something like the magazine used on the Beretta CX4 Storm, where the mag employs a 30 round belt instead of an 8x2 rotary mag. I feel like those 8x2 mags turn this semi auto pistol into something far too similar to a plain old revolver. If BB guns can have 20+ round mags why can't these guns have at least a 16 round mag that doesn't need switching half way through? And lastly, a functional slide catch.

What others should know: This gun is LIGHT - like plastic squirt gun light.For as cool as it looks and as powerful as it is I can't shake the feeling that I'm holding a toy. Take your time replacing the backstrap once you insert the Co2. I find that if I rush, it's difficult to get the plastic to snap into place and I can see easily breaking it. It's a decent gun, though if I'm honest, I think it's price point is about $20 too high. It should be right about where the Sig 250 is as I feel these guns are very nearly the same in terms of usable controls (the only thing that works is the safety, everything else is useless).