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Hey all,

I'm thinking of upgrading from my IZH to a Morini.

I have two questions:

1) What are the pros/cons of the Morini? Should I just save up and get the Steyr LP10?

2) What other accessories are necessary for it? Like I said, I currently have an IZH 46 so I have nothing related to compressed air, etc...


Thanks!

You know, the search function of this website is pretty good. You'll get more results that way, instead of making everybody shake his head...

I bought my Morini 162EI Short long before Steyr came out with their electronic trigger. The electronic trigger was the tipping point of picking a Morini over a Steyr with mechanical trigger. Luckily, I got to try both before buying. The benefits of the new Steyr with the electronic trigger seems to be that the grip is more adjustable than the Morini. The Steyr also has some kind of a recoil dampening system. The Morini grips fit me just fine, but with the Steyr electronic trigger, I'm not sure if the Morini has an advantage over the Steyr, except for price. The Steyr costs about $875 more than the Morini.

When going to compressed air you will need a hand operated pump or scuba tank and valve adapter, if you get a tank with a K valve. If you get a tank with a DIN valve you will not need the adapter. This site, in the TenP files, has an excellent article about scuba tanks, etc. I would recommend the scuba tank for filling your air pistol over a hand pump, if nothing else, because you get clean, dry air from a scuba tank.

I have the old 162. The E model. Not unscrewable cilinder, and other E trigger batteries. Biggest downside, for some, is that the E's grip isnt adjustable for cant.
I had the LP10 in my hand, and its grip is VERY thin...nowhere near as good as the morini's. But thats personal. And you can refit yr steyr with a morini grip.
I could hold it still véry well though, the LP10.
Just feel, fit and aim/shoot both, and make a choice. Yr own choice, not ours.

Club colleague has 162IE and its trigger was so smooth that was hard to believe it has more then 500 gr., but it never fail at measurement. We adjusted and re-adjusted trigger on Steyr LP10 trying to imitate the feel. It came close or maybe is even the same in terms of weight of first and second stage but Morini final release always felt smoother then Steyr’s.

Re the grip adjustment in this particular case, Morini’s design was incapable to accommodate anatomy specifics of the hand and the colleague ended buying custom grip from Ciro.

Steyr has no muzzle flip and Morini has, so with Steyr you unmistakeably know did you make something wrong or not. Morini is a bit more difficult to “read” and only when barrel settles after the shot you can judge how well the shot went.