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By Dwayne Dees
Published: December 8, 2003
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In my search for good low cost guns to recommend to brginner players I found this little gem that has earned a place in my own growing arsenal.
I admit to being a little skeptical about it at first, mainly because it was a UHC and it was so cheap, but I figured that it wouldn't hurt to take a look at a gas pistol with decent looks for under $50.00 retail.
When it arrived I was surprised by the nice packaging on the pistol, the box it comes in can be folded into a BB trap and the graphics and logos are better then many of the other pistols I have purchased.
The pistol itself has a nice look to it, although it is all ABS plastic. It is a non-blowback, so it doesn't waste gas by cycling the slide, but it is unique in the fact that you must charge the slide by pulling it back (like a blowback pistol) to load your first BB. The looks and feel are right, even if the weight is not what a real one is, I can honetly say I have seen the real pistol many times and laying side-by-side it would not be easy to tell them apart without taking a closer look or picking them up.
Now, being an ex-soldier and having alot of experience with real firearms has taught me one very important thing, it doesn't matter if it is ugly so long as it works! I was interested in seeing what this would do since I was happy with the overall appearence, so I loaded it with gas and got to work.
This is not like some of the other cheap guns you can get where you have to fill the gun with gas and then have a little 'twig' of a magazine to fill with BBs. The magazine's exterior is ABS plastic, but all the internals are metal so it has a decent weight and adds to the weight of the gun. It only holds 15 BBs but has one startling feature I am begining to like. Behind the 'feed throat' of the magazine there is a moving part that took me a minute to realize what it was for. This is the 'bolt'/'nozzle' of the pistols gas system and it pushes the BB into the chamber when you are ready to fire. The advantage to this is that it makes a good gas seal on the BB and insures better performance by directing the maximum amount of gas right on the BB as it is fired.
First thing is that I did my testing with Max Power gas, since it was all I had around, and that I do not have a chrono. I read an article about 'pop can' chronographing and decided that I would try that first. 'Ping', it shot right through the first side and almost exited the second, over 300 FPS according to the article I read. I should also mention that it has a Hop-Up unit which is set for .20g BBs only and non-adjustable.
The Hop-up
Now for the real kicker, it has an actual frame mounted safety that WORKS! I am happy to see that in the regard of many other airsoft guns I have handled had safeties that would fail if I pulled the trigger multiple times or pulled hard, this one passed the stress test.
I wanted to see what kind of accuracy this had at a decent CQB range, as I figure that is the most likely use for a pistol in airsoft, and wanted to compare it to my personal field sidearm (KSC Glock18C). I took both pistols outside to my impromptue shooting range (about 10 feet outside my back door) and set up a target at 15 meters, which is about all the backyard I have. I first shot my Glock, to confirm the distance and get a grouping to compare the UHC to as I know the Glock's performance pretty well.
Firing 5 round strings I was happy after 2 targets and switched to the UHC. It has a nice sound when fired and crisp release of the trigger. Unlike some of the other gas pistols I have fired you can feel a definate release point of the trigger when it is about to fire, another nice feature in my opinion.
With 5 shots fired I went and checked the target to see how it was doing, this being the first time I had shot it. I was happy to see that firing off-hand it was staying in a nice 5 inch. group and fairly consistant, no serious 'fliers' widening the grouping.
Now I wanted to get serious with it and braced myself in as rigid a position as I could with the pistol rested on a table and test fired it again. This time it was a tighter group and was under 4 inches. Comparing these to my Glock's targets I found that the UHC was just as accurate as my $100+ KSC blowback and neither had much drop in flight.
The UHC shot straight and didn't have any of the normal 'hop-up dive' at the range I was shooting at. Works for me!
I have since recommended this model to two other people who were doing a little sidearm shopping and they reported one problem to me that we discovered an easy fix for. When you fill the magazine with gas it has a tendency to form a little ice at the fill nozzle and leaks air for a few seconds after filling. If you notice this the easiest fix is to simply blow on it. Your breath is warm enough to melt the ice and allow the nozzle to close and seal, preventing any air loss. One other little surprise was noticed, and that is the efficiency of the gas chamber. A teammate bought one as a primary backup weapon and has fired 5 full magazines of BBs out of the pistol on 1 gas fill! He did experience a drop in performance after the third magazine, but it was still shooting beyond 20 feet on the fifth magazine. Not bad for gas efficiency!
For under $50 dollars I would recommend this to anyone interested in getting a nice pistol for starting out or even someone who has played for a while that just wants a backup that won't cost him as much as his AEG.
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