Air Venturi V10 Target Air Pistol

Take it from someone that's owned most of the competitors. This pistol is easily the best value in a truly competition capable 10M target pistol. I've owned several of these and still keep one as a spare/loaner even though I have an Olympic grade Styer match pistol. It's a really nice option for a beginner league shooter.

Pros
- Excellent ergonomics and balance. The pistol point naturally - Excellent sub 12 oz trigger is capable right out of the box! The trigger is very sophisticated for a pistol in this price range. - The gun is well designed and durable. VG build quality- Yes there is allot of plastic but it's not cheap plastic . -It's a single pump Pneumatic so there are no pumps, tanks, compressors or other expensive and complicated power sources to buy. -Velocity and consistency are Vg for target shooting. The few I've owned and seen, all shot in the 420 ish FPS range with 7 gr match pellets. They have low standard deviations as well according to my radar data. - This is a heck of a value for a entry level target pistol. Nothing is close at even $150 more.

Cons
- a built in rail (or drill and tap arrangement) would be nice to allow a shooter to add a red dot as is common in competition leagues these days. I've seen dots added with double sided tape but accommodation for a traditional mount would be easy to add at the factory. -Cocking effort isn't bad but can be a little stiff for the very young or elderly shooters. Bracing the muzzle on a table helps.

shot at 23 feet one hand no support (age 80+)

Pros
After the initial set up the pistol shoots accurate, Love it

Cons
I wish there are instruction how to lubricate the piston.

Tolerable, not a bottom level item

Pros
Not way overpriced, bought because I couldn't source an all metal FAS

Cons
Change the plastic upper to metal

Those how have sight adjustment problems read this: rear sight left side of blade slot adjusts the gap width, right side screw moves the gap left and right, And the center top screw elevation ccw up and cw down I hope this help.

Pros
After a year+ I now have 2 working V10s . Melted the receiver with military weapons lubs. Air Venturi found a receiver and sent it free of charge.

I now have 2 of these fine pistols, one with a melted receiver(part # 14550) and one working pistol. Air Venturi cannot get parts for these. They have tried for over a year to supply this part for my pistol. I live in the USA and have searched all the suppliers. Gamo Compact is the same basic pistol with the same parts listing, pictures and part # but none in the USA.

Pros
Accurate

Cons
Some of the major plastic parts are not resistant to petroleum products. The receiver will melt from being exposed to military oils such as MILTEC

Pros
Good feel and grip.

Cons
I have sent this pistol in twice now for warranty work regarding gas system. Between 5 and 10, shots I would pull the trigger and get phfft. Recock and it would fire. Now back from repairs and and it is worse then when I sent it in. I am getting one shot out of every 3 to 5 cockings. I like this gun but it is useless in it's current state.

Pros
10 shot string within 7 feet/second out of the box averaging 360 f/s w/ JSB Green 7.33g . One hole group capable and a joy to shoot. It is just expensive enough to feel like you've got something special for a bargain.

Cons
There is no sight gap. My frame to trigger group is clunky.

The price was the major selling point for me. I shoot international pistol nine or ten times a year so I didn't want to spend a lot on an air pistol. The gun is very accurate.

The biggest negatives are the trigger and sights.

I am tall (6' 2"), but not abnormally tall, so the distance from my eye to the sights is probably a little longer than it is for most people. Out of the box, there was no light visible between the edges of the front and rear sights when the sights were correctly aligned. I filed the notch in the rear sight so that it was a little wider. This was not easy to do neatly because the rear sight is plastic.

The trigger pull is 2# and is not adjustable. This is a hard trigger pull for an air pistol.

I also have trouble getting the pellet in the barrel.

In a thirty round match, fatigue from cocking the pistol does become a factor and you do have to be careful not to get any part of your hand caught in the pistol when cocking it.

Pros
Price Accuracy

Cons
Trigger Sights Loading

The gun is accurate and once I got used to it, the grip was fine

Pros
Accurate.

Cons
Hard to load. It took way too long to try to get the pellet in the gun. On several occasions, upon pulling the trigger - nothing happened and I would have to repump. HOWEVER, when I released the barrel to reload, it would sometimes fire. Safety hazard if I were not trained to always keep guns pointed down range. I wish I could love this gun, but it just isn't happening yet. I am thinking that maybe I got the one gun that was bad in all that were made.

This has been a great air pistol
It hangs on the coat rack by the front door, it gets a lot of use, and has had many, many thousands of pellets through it. Even at my age I can still split a 177 in half on a knife blade at 20 feet with it ( 30 years ago I was a professional trick shot ). Mine can still put them in one hole at 10m from a rest, and is still shooting 400 fps

Pros
Everything

Cons
Cocking is not for the weak