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I've been offered a morini cm 162 ei second hand, going to try shooting it at the club next week and see if I get on with it.
How are they for stuff like spares and servicing?
Any common issues I should watch for?
Any other thoughts on them?
 
I have a Morini CM 162e, so not the 'i' version, and think it's a brilliant pistol. I bought mine second hand from @hants during the last days of AGF1 and it hasn't missed a beat in all that time. Bear in mind that it's now a nearly 20 year old pistol and I think that's pretty good.

In terms of service, I believe that a chap called Iqbal Ubhi is the main (only?) Morini service agent in the UK. Hants said to me that he'd had some conversations with Iqbal whilst he owned the pistol and had some good advice re servicing. That is, keep shooting it whilst everything seems ok. He can apparently still service older models so I assume that you'd be pretty safe with the ei.

That's all I've got really except that, when my pistol shuffles off this mortal coil, I wouldn't hesitate from buying a new one.

[Edit. I believe that Iqbal hails from the Birmingham area so he should be quiet close to you.]
 
I’ve had a go on a few 162ei’s and have to say they’re fantastic guns, very solid and shoot lovely. I guess the only real concern could be the circuit boards for the trigger but haven’t heard of any going wrong.
Recently Lacey Shooting Services has become a Morini partner so should be able to help with any parts and servicing, a big plus as I believe Iqbal has gone quiet recently?
As long as it operates nicely and the price is good, I’d say go for it! 👍
 
I have a Morini 162ei, yes it's fine pistol and shoots very well, however, I have had a problem with the electronic trigger. One day, it just went as dead as a Dodo, all the usual tests showed a fault on the circuit board which is completely covered with some sort of epoxy potting compound. At the time, around 2-3 years ago, the only options I could find were a new circuit board from Morini for £300 or send to India for repair, I didn't really fancy either option so decided to make my own CB from scratch.
It works just as good as the original except that it has no auto-shut off - if you leave it switch on the batteries will go flat in a couple of days.

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Thanks gents, useful info.
I guess with the relatively small numbers of 10m pistol shooters it's not reasonable to expect a wealth of spares and servicing options no matter what gun I go for.

The electronics aspect does worry me a bit, I can fix most mechanical stuff but my electronics skills are basic.
 
Benp said:
I've been offered a morini cm 162 ei second hand, going to try shooting it at the club next week and see if I get on with it.
How are they for stuff like spares and servicing?
Any common issues I should watch for?
Any other thoughts on them?
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4th target pistol already? 😂
 
Benp said:
Thanks gents, useful info.
I guess with the relatively small numbers of 10m pistol shooters it's not reasonable to expect a wealth of spares and servicing options no matter what gun I go for.

The electronics aspect does worry me a bit, I can fix most mechanical stuff but my electronics skills are basic.
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I would be very wary about buying an expensive air pistol/rifle with electronics again. The electronic trigger on the Morini is good, but not noticeably better than the mechanical one.
 
1066 said:
I would be very wary about buying an expensive air pistol/rifle with electronics again. The electronic trigger on the Morini is good, but not noticeably better than the mechanical one
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I'll keep that in mind, I think I'm going to shoot the thing, get a feel for how well it's been cared for and go from there.
 
Ade C said:
4th target pistol already? 😂
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I always do this.
I avoid spending money and get something basic, then keep upgrading bit by bit instead of just going full tilt at the beginning.
I'm really enjoying the Izzy but this morini has come up at good price with a grip the right size. I need to clear out a couple of rifles anyway so I'm seriously considering it.
 
If the price is right and you’ll use it, go for it. They have a great pedigree and stand on their own merits. You’ll always be able to sell it if you don’t get on with it! 😊
 
I think you should try it first to understand if you like electronic trigger. Then, if you like it and the price is right, you can buy it.
 
Every so slightly off topic, but I had a Steyr Evo 10e for about 4 years and that was from new and my circuit board needed replacing after 3. I bought the e version as I thought it would be more reliable than mechanical. To Steyr UKs credit, they took the part out of a new gun and sent it next day as they didn't have it in stock. Cost about half as much as the price quoted for the Morini in post 04.

I have the Walther LP500 now which can use either mechanical or e trigger unit in the same pistol. I bought the mechanical version 2 years ago and am still using it; that's not to say I wasn't tempted to buy the e trigger at first but that's worn off.
 
Also, I've already sold one and will probably move the Izzy on if I get the Morini.
 
Ade C said:
Yes, but in 4 months? 😂
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If you can afford it, you should try every available one, moreover, you can sell those pistols if you want to.
I bought a used LP300XT and then sold my Izh-46 and junior Izh mp-657. Then a couple of weeks later i found a junior Feinwerkbau c2 and understood that i want it :LOL:
I bought that Fein, and a few days later my friend told me that a batch of 10 Snowpeak pp20 were available in the gunshop, 5 of them were sold, so i also bought that one.
I understand that if i need money i can sell some of that guns, now i use Walther and sometimes Izh 672 that i've bought a year ago when training in the club, and Fein and Snowpeak at home😺
 
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