Umarex T4E Smith & Wesson M&P M2.0 .43 Caliber Training Pistol Paintball Gun Marker

I have an real M&P 9 M2.0 and this one is very very close to it. It models after the full size without the thumb safety. I loaded it with a couple of C02 cartridges and some metal balls and gave it a good go.Sound isn't that loud. It sounds like a muffled fire, maybe quarter of the sound of open air. It's enough that it fooled my neighbor and she is an avid shooter. Blowback is nothing. There is a little bit, especially on a new C02 cartidge but it decreases.And speaking of C02, I got off about 20-30 rounds before the degredation was significant enough for me to consider replacing it. By round 40 the pressure wasn't enough to reset the barrel and I had to do it manually to use the rest of the C02.The cartrige was old (from my other painball gun) though, so others might get better performance. I order the high-grade cartridges so maybe I will get better performance, but 20-30 is good. That's 24 solid rounds on one cartridge.Now for the bad. Well, for the okay.Big drawback is that you have to walk around with the hex key to change the C02. That is my biggest complaint. Every other paintball gun I owned, even the BB guns when I was younger, all had a turn switch built in. You put in the cartridge, turn the switch, and you're good to go.This? If you forget or lose the hex key your day is done until you get it.That would be the only thing I'd change. At the end of the mag is a sliding cover for the screw. I might have made it a bit thicker and used an actual turn switch and used the cover to conceal it, and it would still look like a replica.Other than that, there is only one thing to be aware of. Not really a complaint though. Just an observation.Early use the action is very consistent. For the first 15-20 rounds or so, the C02 is strong enough that barrel slides back far enough to reload and ready it for firing again, (it cocks just like a semi-automatic), but as the C02 gets weaker, you'll have to manually cock it for each shot.I guess you could hold down the pin on the slide, but that's pointless because the pressure won't be enough for the hammer to slide all the way back anyway.As you get used to it you'll be able to quickly cock and fire anyway, so it's just something to be aware of if you're going to use it for paintball or war games or something. Find a good hiding spot and don't lose your hex key between cartriges lol.All in all, it's a great gun, and yes, as the title says, a good training pistol.Just remember to buy a cleaning kit with cleaning rounds. This came with a brush, but if you really want to take care of it spend a couple extra bucks and buy a cleaning kit, preferably one with oil drops.Also, this is good for home defense, which is why I bought this one. It does fire .43 cal pepper balls.I may buy a second for recreation though because I will be using pepper balls in this one. Or I may just buy an extra magazine for it and clean the barrel between uses. Last thing I want is to tag some poor opponent and there's powder residue from the pepper balls. They're gonna have a bad day. lol

I'm a former Marine so guns are my thing but this sets the bar for an exemplary non lethal firearm. It's even better than I imagined it would be and you can fire .43 pepper rounds through it. Perfect for my wife! It is accurate and powerful for what it is. If you are looking for a pepperball gun stay away from the 500 dollar plastic pieces of garbage. This is the product you are looking for!

Best airgun pistol I’ve ever owned. .43 cal of goodness. Well made.

This is a great replica/pellet gun. Literally feels and looks like a real gun, I purchased the quick peirce magazine because I don't like the idea of fumbling around with a hex key in a defense situation. I am loading this 3 and 3, glass breakers, steel kinetic rounds, and pepper balls for less lethal home defense option. If you hit someone in the face with a round it would definitely stun someone. Good value!

I purchased 2 of these last Summer after a lengthy period reviewing LTL Self-Defense tools for my kids under 18. Although it might be controversial to the Gun Control fanatics, this is not in fact a firearm and you can't just give Teens firearms for use without supervision. That said they are none the less still living breathing beings with a right and need to defend themselves from aggression if it arose and at least in our State Of Texas Pepper Ball Launchers, Paintball Markers and such are legally allowed. so I finally purchased 2 of these for my boys and I was pretty skeptical at first. I had to come back and write this review today after working with the Glock version of this pistol and asking one of my kids to turn over his so I could compare it to the Glock. I really want to impress on the reader the quality and realism of this marker. I initially first chose the M&P version...because I am a proud American who chose to buy American first with my real steel firearms and thus own actual M&Ps which I'm proud to say are also world class and identical in function, materials reliability, etc to the world class German arms they compete with like H&K, Walther and Glock though the last is Austrian. They are all among the finest arms money can buy so its a special kind of pride to know we put out one identical in quality and performance reliability, etc to the best the world has to offer among the German arms. Hence I ended up getting the M&P replica paintball first from the T4E line because we already own the Air Soft Versions and own the real firearms. The T4E replica is identical in size, weight, feel, handling, ergonomics, markings, etc. If presented to a bad guy it would be a very convincing persuasion to go pick on someone else. That is both a asset and liability depending on how you handle it but it is a compliment for this marker because I don't believe anyone, including trained professionals could tell the difference between this replica and the real thing. I can literally put them side by side on a table and until you pick one up you practically can't tell by sight.these ar e"half blow back" meaning they do cycle the slide a little bit but not the full range of a real one or even the Air Soft version. That is probably more to reserve as much power from the gas to launch the ball down range and not waste it on the action. That would have been a very nice feature to be honest. All of the Umarex BB, Pellet and Air Soft replicas went through this evolution as well: with early versions only half blow back and thereby giving the market something to g and buy later when the full blow back version came out. Let us hope they do this with these and not sacrifice the limited power of the ball and keep them around 350 fps or so. the only complaint I really have for this marker is that the grip feels thin and flimsy in the hand. because it comes with removable back straps, the way they achieve that is to leave a completely open space in the back of the grip unlike actual M&Ps which are solid there and just allow you to slide on the backstrap to lock in place. there is literally no reason why Umarex could not have actually done the same thing so the grip would feel more solid in the hand. It actually is distracting to grip it every time and feel the backstrap slip slightly under your palm heel because it take your mind off what you are doing and forces you to stop and check to see if something is coming apart. I actually tried supergluing this in place from the inside to make it feel more solid and if it weren't for this minor flaw the ergonomics would feel fantastic in the hand. Other than that it's a great little marker but the description here says this is a 5J version. If that is so, you should not by this marker and buy direct from Umarex instead. At least in the US you can get 7.5J markers and if you are going to use one for LTL self-defense also you want it to be as effective and hit as hard as possible without actually being instantly lethal, hence why we say "less than lethal". That stated it does feel good and has a good pop to it that gets your attention. If you are in a place where firearm restrictions are over zealous...or you have minors who are not allowed to carry them and the very real concerns that comes with that, something like these could be a fantastic option to train them with and for 18 or at least 16 or older they should be a great tool. they are not going to result in loss of life but should be effective enough with the correct balls to thwart violence if it actually came to that. I put a weapon light on both of them so if one of them are out walking the dog they can ID someone, blind or stun them with a strobe and God forbid plug them with pepper rounds mixed with Kinetic solid ball rounds and there is no loss of Life but it should be effective to deter violence with good shot placement. Of course they are great for drills, reactive drills, target shooting and paintball as well. If Umarex would just improve on a few things in later versions it would get a perfect 5 from me. Future versions should have the following features:full blow back and retain 350 fps or greater.full take down with working take down lever, etcmore solid grip and backstrapalternate "self-defense" magazine that allows more gas or energy for much harder impact in cases of cold weather, thick clothing, etc.If Umarex would do this they could make a pistol nearly identical in form and function to the real firearm in every way save that one uses powder and real ammunition...which is not their business and the other uses high pressure gas and delivers ball ammo under less energy than the real thing allowing for training, competition and LTL self-defense.

A wonderful trainer. It’s accurate and feels like the real deal. Works great as a primary or secondary marker.

Perfect

Love it! Well worth it!