Umarex Legends M712 Blowback Automatic .177 Caliber BB Gun Air Pistol

You'd be hard-pressed to tell this from the original without close inspection; it's THAT realistic. The bb magazine and the CO2 cartridge are cleverly located in the drop-magazine and you can order separate magazines as allowing you to drop a magazine and insert another. Magazine insertion, I should note, requires some force to get it to seat. The safety is paced and functions as with the original. The blow-back / cocking action are very impressive. Full-auto is extremely impressive and a LOT of fun. The bolt functios in a blur and it actually has a impressive kick and some muzzle-climb. The downside to firing full-auto is that it quickly depletes CO2 cartridges so I recommend that you stock-up on cartridges if you going to fire it frequently in "giggle mode". The only "fault"that I see is that the lanyard ring looks like a blued, thin key-ring (perhaps because it probably is one). The weight, incidentally, requires you cup the magazine in one hand to have any steadiness and thus accuracy. If you want a realistic, fun and just cool looking bb pistol that has the extra fun of full rock-n-roll this is it.

Wow, another quality replica piece. I am impressed. Am anxious to get to plinking.

This air handgun is even more fun to shoot than expected. The accuracy isn't too bad. In automatic it is just plain fun. I've had no problems at all with function. I've sent quite a few magazines of bbs down range and the gun continues to perform flawlessly. This was a great purchase.

Good price, high quality. Works well , pain to load

I just happened upon this while looking at CO2 pistols for my son and was immediately drawn to it for its realistic appearance and blowback operation. I watched a few videos and showing it shooting on full auto and decided it was definitely a fun option - especially for 14 year old! When I got it I was surprised at how heavy it is. It is constructed of all die-cast metal, and I guess that's the thing in air guns. It's got that big, blocky, bold feel of the original, and I really like touches like the selector switch and safety lever, both designed way back when all this stuff was just being figured out. The magazine is also sturdy die-cast metal except for the threaded CO2 plug! One would think that would be the one part they would make out of honest steel, but not so. Maybe it's because the system needs a little "give" to avoid over tightening and the metal magazine body is unyielding. As with all these blowback BB guns, the heart of it is really the magazine. That's where the BBs go and where the CO2 cartridge goes, and where the firing valve is located. Looking closely you can see the large external hammer really impacts a solid steel "firing pin" located below the bolt and this transfers the impact to the magazine mounted CO2 Valve. I decided to do a test run so I added a drop of 3-in-1 oil to the top of a CO2 cartridge, inserted it into the magazine body and tightened down the plug being careful to not over-tighten it after I heard the hiss of gas being expelled, suddenly silenced as the O-ring sealed. I loaded up the magazine with some Zinc coated steel BBs and touched off a few shots in semi-auto. It worked perfectly! The bolt cycled back just like an original (BB adaptation of course) and re-cocked the hammer. The BBs easily penetrated two layers of Amazon shipping box cardboard from about 12 feet out. I then rotated the selector to full-auto and sure enough, "BbbbrrrrrapP! It spewed out a half dozen BBs instantly with a quick squeeze. I double-checked the magazine to see I still had ammo and loosed another short burst, and another, and M712 performed flawlessly! I didn't want to waste CO2, so I flipped back to semi-auto to shoot the last few BBs. Even when the gun runs out of BBs, as long as there is CO2 it will continue to cycle which can also be fun. Then a strange thing happened. I racked the bolt and saw I had one more BB in the barrel, and when I pulled the trigger nothing happened! The hammer dropped, but nothing happened. I pulled the magazine to inspect the valve, checked out the long firing pin and hammer and was totally perplexed as to why the gun suddenly refused to function! All the controls looked good...I even used the end of a large Allen wrench to press the CO2 valve and was rewarded with a powerful hiss of escaping gas so I knew the gun should work. Well, it took me a few minutes to figure out that I had manually lowered the hammer after checking the chamber. Apparently the bolt must cycle back to cock the hammer to properly "set" the firing pin and since I had been trying to shoot it by manually cocking the hammer without cycling the action nothing happened. As soon as I racked the bolt back to cock the hammer and saw the stainless steel firing pin protruding out I knew what I had been doing wrong. Sure enough, a pull on the trigger and the gun shot and cycled as designed! The problem was not the pistol but my lack of familiarity with how it works and not following the proper sequence. Time will tell how well the M712 will hold up, but it looks pretty sturdy and because it's marketed by Umarex I know I will be able to find replacement parts if and when I need them.

It's a fun shooting good time

I wasn't sure what to expect. I had just recently bought Umarex's MP and I was really happy with it. I'm still waiting for them to release their grease gun so I figured I'd try out one of their other Legends offerings. The broomstick gun has always been pretty high on my want list. Ever since playing DOD Source in my heyday, I've had my eye on replica WW2 BB guns. Anyway, this thing is full metal, except for the grips. It is impressively heavy and the full auto fire has unlimited smiles-per-cartridge. Speaking of, I am only able to get two mags' worth of BBs through one cartridge. That's not terrible considering the full rate of fire but make sure you bulk up on cartridges. As another reviewer mentioned, the grub screw underneath the barrel does come loose. Mine case loose after 2 CO2 cartridges. I was able to red loctite it and it hasn't come loose since. Overall, very happy with this purchase. The price point is outrageously low for a full auto, full metal replica. I hope Umarex Legends comes out with more stuff soon. They've made a loyal customer out of me.

There are alot of good things about this gun and a few bad things. Ill start with the good: Its really cool It has a metal housing so it feels real. The full auto is crazy fast The bad: the bolt housing for the co2 chamber is plastic. The metal housing is built upon a metal inner frame Not only is the barrel shroud (which is the fake outer barrel) loose, but the barrel inside that which actually shoots the bbs is also very loose... and there is no way to tighten it. This made the accuracy absolute garbage. I had to make a shunt with tag board. I wrapped it around the actual barrel underneath the screw where thr barrel shroud attaches to the frame... this made it more snug... and was a necessity because thr actual screw goes all the way through the shroud and falls out the other side against the actual barrel! Which means without a diy fix you cannot tighten either barrel. This worked to tighten both barrels. Using the oppsing force of each to stabilize the other. You will get two magazines of full auto fire per co2 cartridge. Big waste of co2... but fun... The safety latch is loose. And after taking the gun apart you can notice that it would be quite simple a task to snap it right off the frame as loose as it sits. The handle is plastic. The most important parts of this gun... the inner mechanisms are plastic. The reason probably being if they were metal like the rest of the gun, it would cost as much as a real gun to make! You pay a cheap hundy for this one so... BUT! the drawback is that the actual moving parts that slam together and do all the work are made from plastic... so this gun will eventually break on its own and end up living the rest of its days as a paper weight. Overall this gun is nothing more than a novelty item to show off to your buddies... just for the full auto... But that is all it is good for. You wont hit anything accurately over a few feet.