Cybergun is a name we don’t hear much of these days but now they seem to be slowly making their way back. Scott allen takes a look at one of their latest offerings, the venerable “226”.
EVERYTHING CHANGES IN LIFE, SOMETIMES they get much better and other times they get far worse. Full metal Sig CO2 pistols hadn’t really been done very well before but when I heard about the brand new CO2 Sig 226 X Five from Cybergun, I was really looking forward to testing it out, especially given the quality of the 1911s they did not so long ago.
The Sig P226 is a hugely popular and very successful pistol. The “X Five” is a single-action version of this pistol and the Cybergun model mimics the Stainless Elite version very well. The US has a fascination with 45ACP when, in fact, why have 8 rounds when you can have 20? Okay it is a slightly smaller round and in the US some groups would call it inferior. Essentially the only key difference you will see between this pistol and the standard P226s around is the lack of de-cocker and that isn’t a big deal in Airsoft really.
45 VS. 9MM
It is an age-old argument; stopping power vs capacity. Generally speaking getting shot is bad, getting shot a lot is worse. For me getting shot 2.5 times more is pretty grim. I’ve fired a fair chunk of 9mm and 45 and both are fun, the 1911 presents more of a hand cannon feel and the Sig/Glock (or whatever 9mm you are sporting) is a sharp crack. For me personally though, if it was for a chuckle it would be 45 and if I needed something to land on target, be it competition, training or God forbid some kind of genuine exchange of fire, I think I’d want a 9mm. But what do I know?
Gas blow back (GBB) pistols have one huge problem in Airsoft as a general rule; they suck a lot in the cold weather and as you have noticed we are continually stuck in a cycle of fairly poor weather. There are two ways around this for me normally:
Option 1: I just don’t use a pistol in the UK
Option 2: (my favourite) buy a Walther P99 or Socom MK23 non blow back.
This story is from the Airsoft Action - May 2017 edition of Airsoft Action.
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