Daisy, Powerline 5501 Air Pistol, CO2 Semi-Automatic Blow Back Action, 15-Shot Clip and Metal Frame with Molded Grips, 430 Feet Per Second (fps)

This is my FIRST ever BB pistol. After a lengthy search I picked the 5501. I feel I picked well and really enjoy shooting and have gotten quite good at 20 yds. Gun sighting is pretty accurate and had to adjust slightly up for best hits. Since I've never fired ANY gun in my life the blowback works but I have no way to judge how accurate it is to a real weapon. On to the packaging... Box looked like it was open, the plastic was ripped off the cardboard backing and the gun and contents were loose rattling all over the box with just a couple of bubble bags as protection (Inspection?) Gun seems fine but just wanted to mention because it seems to have happened to other purchasers and other brands as well. (redesign?) Good first choice. U P D A T E: After about 250 shots I thought the gun was jamming but it turns out after each shot it decocks and you have to cock the barrel AGAIN basically turning into a single shot. After re-reading the negative reviews it seems that it is the knock on this gun and more common than I wanted to believe and hit or miss on getting one that will actually keep shooting after some use. Pissed is a word I'm feeling and since I CAN'T return to Amazon I'll most likely have to pay shipping back/forth to Daisy to get a $60 item repaired. What a scam. UPDATE 6/12/20: I contacted Daisy around 2am explaining my problem and asking for advise on how to refund or replace gun. and was waiting on a reply. In the meantime after trying a few more misfire shots, the CO2 cartridge was empty. Still in a pissed of mood I popped in another CO2 cart and low and behold gun works as it should. Later in the afternoon I get my reply from Paula at Daisy. They where going to replace my gun free of charge! I informed her that the gun is now working as it should so I would keep the one I had. She then offered to send me the O-rings for that model in case I needed them in the future. To me that is taking care of the customer and class customer service. I have raised my rating back to 5 stars. I hope my experience helps anyone that might have trouble with misfires, might as simple a fix as your CO2 is low! Did for me

Seems well built, has the feel of a real gun, fun to shoot

I don't shoot bbs out of my Co2 bb guns. I enjoy locking the bb pusher in load mode so the slide stop is disengaged. This allows it to fire like a pop gun, or a blank gun. Super fun. You can play cops and robbers with a friend or whatever. Shoot at the bad guys when watching a movie. The blowback action is mandatory for a pop gun. This inexpensive Daisy can hold it's own with replica pistols costing 2x more in terms of good loud POP and recoil feel. The weight is spot on. It has a de cocking lever so you can rack the slide in between blasting at movie villians. It will also function by removing the bb magazine, but the grip is too short that way. Have fun

Pictured: Daisy 5501 (bottom), my CCW: M&P40c (top), Crossman Vigilante (right) I bought this during the Coronavirus ammo panic to get some handgun practice in and it's served me extremely well. I've put about 15 CO2 cartridges and about 1000 BB's through it without any signs of wear or breakage. It does have a decent amount of power - enough to send a spam can flipping - and the blowback is strong and satisfying with enough force to make you reaquire your sight picture. The attached grouping was shot standing off-hand at 8 paces against an 8" target. The sights are a nice, readable front white dot and blacked out rear. My basement's lighting is crappy right now so I'd prefer a fiber optic front but this still works and is closer to my carry gun anyway. You can see them side-by-side in the first picture; the sight radius is nearly the same. There are 2 notable weaknesses: the CO2 puncturing pin and the BB clip. Using Crossman 12g cartridges I'm barely able to puncture a canister with the final twist of the setting screw. This is pretty surprising as the canister is a really tight fit in the compact-length grip. I put pellgun oil on top of every canister before loading and this seems to keep CO2 loss during this dubious process to a minimum and keeps guts of the gun running smoothly. Attached is a picture of the spent cartridges, which seem more dimpled than punctured. The gun still works perfectly despite this. The clip is the biggest cause of grief - it caused every failure I've experienced. There's a hole near the base designed to allow hand feeding and there is no mechanism to prevent the BBs from coming out of it once loaded. This can happen before or after loading the clip into the gun - the former sending BBs flying around the room, the latter causing a failure to feed. Simple fix: don't fully stack the BBs, only load 14. The clips are also a bit flimsy to get in the gun; your usual mag slap won't help and more likely just hurt your hand against the CO2 setting screw. Instead you'll have to delicately press it in with two fingers searching for the elusive "click." This gets easier with practice. I highly recommend extra clips and a speed loader to keep your interactions with the clips to a minimum because the rest of the gun is really great. I can easily burn a slow quarantine hour with this thing and I'm already showing improvements with my carry gun in drawing and acquiring my sight picture. For the money I don't think you can beat this as a gbb training pistol / casual plinker. It may not be a replica of a real pistol, but if you're buying this to shoot stuff instead of LARPing you'll quickly forgive its appearance.

5501 mixed reviews. Mine working well so far. Came real fast. Few clips shot through so far. The clip itself is a little jank, small but works. Heavy feal, good action. Neat bb pewpew