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G&G PIRANHA MK1 GBB
the accuracy of many of my pistol collection would
start to fade a little beyond that distance though,
the Piranha is still bang on the button. Upping to
20m using the classic three-dot sights I was still
happily hitting sandbags!
G&G Armament really seem to be pushing
things forward right now when it comes to
interesting and unique design concepts, and I
have to say that to date I’ve thoroughly enjoyed
shooting the GTP-9, the SMC-9 (which shares the
pistol operating system), and now the Piranha
Mk1. As I write, G&G have just added the Piranha
TR to their pistol line and this adds a top rail to the
overall feature set.
Whilst this a great addition for those that want
to run some form of Micro RDS on their pistol,
for me it detracts from the sheer elegance of the
Mk1 which harkens back to the “feel” of the
original CZ75 and the Browning Hi-Power. Both of
those models were, and still are, superb “combat
pistol” designs that were slim, light, and easy to
manipulate, and IF there is any nod to them in the
overall design for the Piranha, then the G&G pistol
is all the better for it!
My thanks go to G&G (www.guay2.com)
for providing this sample for evaluation and to
NUPROL for facilitating this as my country G&G
distributor. The Piranha is currently available in
plain black or black/silver as tested. AA
IT’S GOT TEETH!
I set the Piranha up
with .20g RZR BBs
for chrono in the
24BB magazine (this
is slightly larger than
the magazine of the GTP-9 and
sadly not compatible) and got a pleasingly consistent and
perfectly playable 0.8 Joule/295fps over the course of the
magazine on NUPROL 2.0 “Green”.
And as much as the Piranha is a very attractive,
lightweight modern design and a lovely thing to behold,
at the end of the day it’s how it performs that we all want
to know and if anything, it shoots even better than it
looks! As I stated earlier, for me a handgun is a backup and
certainly one that needs to excel on the 10m range, and
as I’d hoped, at this distance the Piranha has some serious
bite! Once you’ve set the “muzzle hop” with the sweet
little “bullet tool” to your chosen weight of BBs (0.25g
worked well for me), at 10m it’s deadly accurate! Where
“THE PIRANHA IS A VERY ATTRACTIVE,
DESIGN AND A LOVELY THING TO BEHOLD,
DAY IT’S HOW IT PERFORMS THAT WE ALL
ANYTHING, IT SHOOTS EVEN BETTER THAN IT
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JUNE 2020
LIGHTWEIGHT MODERN
AT THE END OF THE
WANT TO KNOW AND IF
LOOKS!”