Description
Airsoft Pistol Product Details
ASG CZ Shadow 2 CO2 BB Airgun
The ASG CZ Shadow 2 CO2 Airgun pistol takes its styling from its real steel counterpart and delivers on all the same great features.
The slide is crafted out of anodized aluminium and features a less rounded and more angled design with a slight weight increase due to a wider slide. The added weight and sharper design of the slide eases recoil management and allows for more precise shots on the target. The serrations on the slide are deeper and more pronounced, thus giving the shooter a firmer grip when racking the slide. The checkering at the front and back of the pistol grip is also more defined and when combined with the CNC machined zinc shells, which are thinner in profile, they promote a much better wrap around the pistol grip.
The trigger guard has also been extended for easier trigger access and to allow smoother operation when wearing gloves. The Shadow 2 also features a new grip angle cut, which is deeper at the beaver tail.
Along with a new undercut at the trigger guard, this lets the Shadow 2 sit more firmly in the shooter’s hand and promotes a better recoil management. The enlarged magazine release catch is adjustable with three available positions which can be set using only a hex key. The magazine catch has a more pronounced profile to give the shooter a positive confirmation when pressing the catch.
Airsoft Pistol Product Features
Sits more firmly in the shooter’s hand and promotes a better recoil management
Slide is crafted out of anodized aluminium and features a less rounded and more angled design with a slight weight increase due to a wider slide
Added weight and sharper design of the slide eases recoil management and allows for more precise shots on the target
Checkering at the front and back of the pistol grip is also more defined and when combined with the CNC machined zinc shells, which are thinner in profile, they promote a much better wrap around
Enlarged magazine release catch is adjustable with three available positions which can be set using only a hex key; 18-Round magazine
Information on the Types of Airsoft Handguns
Learn about airsoft handguns and pistols and how you can use them as backup guns or as primary weapons on the airsoft playing field. Practicing your shot accuracy and getting the ideal sidearm can make an impact in hitting your shots. Pistols, by nature, are shorter range airsoft weapons. They are usually made after real handguns or miniatures of genuine pistols. Quite a few airsoft pistols are completely certified variations of their actual pistol counterparts. These airsoft guns can function (short of shooting bullets) in the same ways and appear almost identically to the real guns they are modeled around while blasting airsoft BBs in place of real world bullets.
There are several kinds of airsoft handguns including CO2, propane or green gas (blowback and non-blowback), spring powered, and AEG automatic electric sidearms. Each of these varieties of pistols come with negatives and positives connected with them. Learning about the kinds of airsoft handguns allows you to make a decision on which type is right for you and your airsoft game play style.
CO2 Airsoft Handgun Details
CO2 airsoft guns are one of the most heavy duty and common types of handguns. These handguns use sealed CO2 gas cylinders to propel airsoft BBs out of the handgun barrel.
These styles of airsoft handguns are good for airsoft games in colder weather conditions considering that the compressed CO2 gas is stored in the sealed cylinders and less sensitive to variation by low temperature. This gives CO2 airsoft pistols good FPS and shot consistency while playing airsoft in the winter for example where other varieties of handguns like green gas stop functioning or hardly shoot pellets.
Info About CO2 Gas and CO2 Cartridges
CO2 airsoft handguns are powered by basic 12 gram CO2 cartridge cylinders. These cartridges look similar to a metal cylinder and hold high pressured CO2 gas made up of just one carbon atom and 2 oxygen atoms, consequently the molecular formula is “C + O2 “. These atoms are attached in the following alignment “O= C =O”. The gas is kept in the 12 gram cartridge cylinders under extremely high pressure of near ~ 800psi that correlates to 55bar.
They come sealed to keep the CO2 gas securely within, but soon after they are opened (shooting them inside of an airsoft weapon breaks the cartridge seal) they will start to lose pressure if they are left unused. If the airsoft matches end and you still have CO2 gas left, use the chance to do some handgun target practice and use up the rest of the remaining gas.
CO2 cartridges can be stored for a longtime if the cylinders are stored sealed. They are made with the manufacturer’s expiry date usually noted on the box or cartridge, however, they will last for an extended period past this date if the cartridge seals are not punctured.
Info About Green Gas Airsoft Handguns
Green gas airsoft handguns resemble CO2 guns, but they do not use CO2 cartridges. Rather, they use green gas or propane gas for propellant to fire 6mm airsoft pellets. The outcome on the airsoft battlefield and green gas handgun efficiency is just about the same as CO2 handguns with the guns shooting up to about 300+ feet per second (FPS). Shots are quickly fired in automatic or semi-automatic firing modes and accurate at very short to mid-range distances.
The green gas is sealed in the pistol’s grip within the magazine which can typically hold in-between 15 to 20+ 6mm airsoft BBs based on the pistol model. A set of valves, rubberized stoppers, and o-rings keep the propane sealed in the mag up until the handgun’s trigger is pulled. It is a good plan to top off and refill your propane reserves in your magazine each time you reload it. Pistol-wielding players can also take extra bottles of propane in the field for reloading mags in-between breaks in the fight or between activities.
When bringing a green gas sidearm on the airsoft field as a backup or primary weapon, bringing additional handgun magazines is encouraged for rapidly reloading and engaging opponents. Having additional magazines allows you to reengage in the action throughout firefights or while clearing structures in CQB (close quarters combat) room-to-room battles.
Green gas pistols are great for CQB at airsoft fields considering that long guns and full-sized AEGs are normally not enabled to be used for indoor game play. This is a safety standard because of the close range proximity of players during shooting engagements. While green gas pistols still fire airsoft BBs at about 300 FPS, the shorter pistol barrel aids to keep the joules and energy pushing the BB at a lower level compared to AEGs, sniper rifles, and other long guns.
Thinking About Green Gas Blowback (GBB) VS Green Gas Non-blowback
There are two different varieties of green gas airsoft handguns. There are green gas blowback pistols or GBBs and non-blowback pistols. The green gas non-blowback airsoft pistols use a stationary slide which does not move.
About GBB and Green Gas Issues
Due to the fact that the green gas or propane gas is stored in the magazine using rubber seals, o-rings, and gaskets, the cold can negatively affect these seals and allow the gas to leak out prior to shooting the pistol. This can make the airsoft BBs to merely shoot a couple of feet (like 10 feet in the cold ) when the green gas pistol would normally shoot BBs over 100+ foot distances in warmer weather conditions).
One fix to this issue is to make the GBB handgun mags warmer by putting them next to your body before game play starts. If you absolutely need to play with a reliable airsoft handgun in the cold, it may additionally be worth getting a CO2 version of your preferred handgun.
Spring Airsoft Sidearm Facts
Spring airsoft guns are powered by strong coil springs that fire the airsoft BBs down the pistol barrel. They are normally single-shot. The manual actions of cocking, shooting, and reloading spring guns makes the weapon’s fire rate much slower than CO2, green gas, and GBB pistols. This makes spring airsoft guns entertaining to use, yet they can be less effective when engaging challengers on the airsoft field with advanced weaponry like auto airsoft AEG SMGs, sniper rifles, and CO2, green gas, or GBB airsoft pistols.
Spring airsoft guns perform most effectively in springer battles where airsoft players can exclusively use comparable, single shot spring guns or as a transition backup weapon for CQB buildings when you can often sneak up to other airsoft opponents to get an assured one-shot-one-kill. In the latter circumstance, a fast second follow-up shot will not be needed given that the other player is now hit by the first shot and out of the game play or headed back to respawn. When engaging a number of enemies given that the spring gun only shoots as fast as you can re-chamber an airsoft BB by hand, be cautious.
About Spring Handgun Performance
Spring guns are incredibly useful under the most ideal scenarios and airsoft games. Their FPS usually chronos at about 250 FPS to 300 FPS with lighter weight 0.12 gram airsoft BBs. These pistols typically fire the lighter weight airsoft BBs because the springs are less powerful than other kinds of airsoft guns like rifles. Spring pistols can normally shoot up to 120 feet or more with 0.12g BBs however the ability to hit targets accurately is reduced rapidly. Shooting normal 0.20g weight airsoft BBs, you will very likely have a decreased shooting distance of about 60 to 80 feet with heightened precision.
AEG Automatic Electric Airsoft Pistol Details
AEG airsoft handguns or AEPs (automatic electric pistols) are definitely a good choice to bring into the field as a secondary weapon on the airsoft field. These automatic electric handguns are typically powered by mini stick batteries in the pistol’s grip. They operate just like an AEG gun and use compressed air pumped through electrically cycled pistons, cylinders, and gearboxes to shoot airsoft BBs quickly and very quickly at that.
AEG pistol mags generally can hold around 20 to 30 airsoft BBs. The pistols can fire airsoft BBs approximately around 300 FPS using 0.12g airsoft BBs or about 200 to 250 FPS with 0.20g airsoft BBs. The electrically powered gearbox system can shoot around 700+ BBs per minute assuming you have enough spare mags to reload with and the battery maintains its charge that long. These handguns can efficiently fire airsoft BBs at about 150 foot ranges.
AEG Pistol Quality and Efficiency
AEG handgun quality has increased considerably in the last few years. The initial gens were a bit undependable and questionable, but the more recent models have the issues worked out and make reliable airsoft secondary weapons. They can be modified with enhanced mag storage capacities and also accommodating more powerful batteries.
A huge benefit of using an AEG pistol is that you have the capability to rewire the battery connections to use a bigger battery. Depending on the AEG pistol design, you can get a huge increase in performance by taking advantage of a two cell Lipo battery (2S Lipo) instead of the stock battery.
What Airsoft Pistol is Right for Me to Buy?
Picking out the best airsoft sidearm for you depends on how much you can afford, how much you would like to play airsoft with it, and where you decide to play. Check out a GBB pistol or AEG pistol if you have over one-hundred dollars to invest on your airsoft handgun. These guns are normally the best of the best, have the greatest build qualities, and could be a good airsoft gun to invest in. Take a look at a CO2 handgun or cheaper GBB handgun if you have between fifty to one-hundred dollars to spend. These guns will still function well and will be pretty sturdy sidearms. If you have fifty dollars or less, choose a low end CO2 or spring pistol. You can still buy a dependable airsoft handgun to use for the handgun games.
Airsoft Pistol Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Question: What is the best type of airsoft sidearm?
Answer: The best pistols are often a matter of a player’s preference. CO2 and green gas airsoft sidearms usually are the most durable and dependable. Learn about the different types of airsoft pistols.
Question: What type of airsoft gun is the ASG CZ Shadow 2 CO2 BB Airgun?
Answer: The ASG CZ Shadow 2 CO2 BB Airgun is an airsoft pistol.
Question: Is this airsoft pistol good for first time airsoft players?
Answer: This airsoft pistol can be an ok option for first time airsoft players. It depends on the player’s gun budget, their experience shooting handguns, and how much they believe they will play in the future. The ASG CZ Shadow 2 CO2 BB Airgun is a decent sidearm for most players to use on the airsoft field.
Question: Is this airsoft handgun rentable?
Answer: Lots of airsoft fields rent weapons. You will find most fields rent automatic electric AEGs like SMG or rifles instead of pistols or handguns. Therefore, finding this specific pistol model to use as a rental airsoft gun will most likely be more challenging. Talk to your closest airsoft field near you to see if they rent the specific weapon model.
Question: Can this airsoft sidearm be upgraded?
Answer: Possibly, this depends on the airsoft pistol type and build. It may be able to accept upgrades depending on what is modified. Search for parts particular to the ASG CZ Shadow 2 CO2 BB Airgun.
Question: Are airsoft handguns legal in my state?
Answer: Possibly depending on where you live. Examine your local weapon laws or with your regional police authority. States like Arkansas (AR), Colorado (CO), Illinois (IL), Maine (ME), Massachusetts (MA), Michigan (MI), Mississippi (MS), New York and New York City (NY), North Dakota (ND), Texas (TX), and Washington D.C. do have more stringent laws and requirements which might apply to airsoft weapons like the ASG CZ Shadow 2 CO2 BB Airgun.
Question: What kind of airsoft BBs does this airsoft handgun shoot?
Answer: This airsoft gun usually shoots standard 6mm airsoft BBs which are 0.12g or 0.20 gram. Look at the pistol’s product information for additional information.
Question: How far can this airsoft gun shoot?
Answer: A lot of airsoft pistols can shoot around 80 to 120 feet or more. This may include the ASG CZ Shadow 2 CO2 BB Airgun. Pistol shooting distance depends upon the player’s shooting ability, shooting conditions, weather, wind, terrain, and other factors.
Question: What do I need to know for airsoft pistol safety?
Answer: Safety is a top priority when using airsoft handguns. Game players should always use safety goggles and face masks. The weapon should be used safely with supervision for training in proper environments or for target practice only. You can learn more about safety by reading the airsoft rules of engagement and safety regulations.
Question: Can this airsoft gun shoot real bullets?
Answer: No, this airsoft handgun can not shoot real ammunition and can not be customized in any way to fire live ammunition. It is a toy weapon.
