ACM P226 Full Metal

kdouglas

As per my blog; http://www.airsofthacks.com/2009/04/acm-sig-p226/

ACM Sig P226

Saw this released on rsov.com last week and decided on a whim to pick one up.

I bought my brother a Sig 226 about a year ago as a present because he was such a fan of the 24 TV series in which Jack Bauer uses a P226 in the first 2 seasons. He later moves to a USP (I’ll get that for my brother next christmas )

That one was an all plastic pistol, but despite this had a very nice feel and shot well, however I personally felt the 226 was a very comfortable pistol to hold and have wanted one for myself since, so when I saw the ACM version I figured “Why not?”

It arrived today and upon initial inspection I was quite pleased with my purchase (well, except for the customs charges )
It’s got a nice solid feel, as you would expect from a full metal pistol and I personally find it a very comfortable pistol to hold.

The packaging is nothing to write home about, but protects it well for shipping.

Trades

Trademarks on clone guns lately seem to be getting much better lately, and this one has some very nice trades along the slide on the left side.

Trademarks are missing on the grip, which is disappointing when they even put trades on the magazine.

Some may find the 6mm Para on the inner barrel pointless, but personally I dont mind having the trades say 6mm instead of the calibre of the real deal.

Loading

The follower can be locked down to help make loading easier like most pistols magazines, but I found it was difficult to get it to stay locked back. Once the following is locked, you can load it with a speedloader, but if you have to hold the follower back with your head, it is much quicker and easier to load the BBs by hand.

Firing

Blowback is nice and crisp, however there does seem to be an unusual amount of gas which is vented from the back of the slide on firing. Probably wouldn’t notice this too much in a skirmish, but it is there.

Range and accuracy is good, about what you’d expect from an average GBB pistol. Hopup can be adjusted by removing the slide and turning the adjustment wheel underneath the barrel. The factory setting was fine for shooting at the relatively short range I have here at home, but nice to know you have the option to adjust.

I couldn’t get the slide to lock back on the last shot after emptying a magazine, but it did lock back just fine when the mag had been freshly filled with gas. This may be down to the relatively low (approx 10-12 C) temperature here this evening.

Conclusion

All in all, a good all round full metal pistol and for the price it’d be hard to go wrong. Extra magazines are now available too, which I would have stocked up on if they’d been available at the time I ordered.