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Cybergun/KWC Jericho 941 Baby Eagle CO2 NBB

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Cybergun Jericho 941 'Baby Eagle' Co2 NBB Review
by Moondog


REAL STEEL HISTORY
The Jericho 941 is a double-action, semi-automatic pistol made by Isreali Weapons Industries. It's design is based on the venerable Czech made CZ-75. It was originally made in both a 9mm and .41 cal versions, hence the name 941. In the US it's imported by Magnum Research which sells the Uzi and Desert Eagle and sold under the brand name 'Baby Eagle'.

CYBERGUN PACKAGE
Cybergun's packaging tends to be toylike and busy. And embarrassingly, they advertise 425fps using .12g BB's on the box. Never use .12g BB's in a gas pistol as the BB's are likely to jam or shatter from the high pressure. Inside you'll find the pistol, instruction manual, and a bag of .20g BB's and a large allen wrench for the CO2 cartridge.


EXTERNALS
The pistol is made for Cybergun by KWA of Taiwan, known for making durable and reliable airsoft weapons. Because of Cybergun's licensing, this pistol carries full manufacturer trades. The IWI trades are nicely embossed on the grips but unfortunately the trades on the frame are printed, not engraved. On the left side of the frame a product safety warning is annoyingly printed and the KWA brand is engraved with a serial number.

The pistol itself has is a non-blowback design with an ABS plastic body with a fixed slide. The orange tip glued to the barrel. The finish is matte black and from a distance looks good but up close and in the hand, it definitely feels fake and a bit toylike.

The slide release is cosmetic but thankfully the on-slide safety is functional. The trigger, barrel, magazine and firing mechanism are the only metal parts. In fact most of the weight of the pistol is in the magazine which is likely lead weighted. Without the magazine the rest of the pistol is disconcertingly feather light.

The magazine holds 15 rounds of BB's. The CO2 cartridge is housed within ejectable magazine. You unscrew the base cap, insert a cartridge into the chamber, then screw in the cap which pushed up into the feeding nipple suppling the pressure for the magazine and the pistol. The plug, oddly enough is plastic, not metal as in most other CO2 pistols.

Unfortunately you have to bring along a large allen wrench to reload, unlike other CO2 magazines with built in keys or screw caps that tighten with a coin. It does make for a more realistic profile to the magazine base. Fortunately because it's a non-blowback no gas is wasted on moving the slide, so don't be surprised if you can fire over two hundred BB's before needing to change out the CO2 cartridge.

Oddly enough, the pistol has a double hammer. A fake cosmetic plastic hammer is visible. Under it is a the actual firing hammer which moves with each trigger pull. The pistol advertises a BAXS shooting system, Cybergun's brand name for their hop-up system. Testing it with .20g, .25g, and .28g BB's, I found it's fixed hop-up worked with either .20g or .25g BB's with a slight aiming adjustment.


PERFORMANCE
All gas powered weapons require ambient heat to expand the gas, so your FPS will vary depending on how warm it is. At 72º room temperature, this weapon was firing 330fps with .20g BB's.

Firing manually with pistol bench rested, accuracy was excellent at 25ft, sighting a bit low but with all falling within a tight 4'-5' group. At 50ft, accuracy dropped considerably, with only 1 out 5 shots managed to land within 1ft of the center of the target. I attribute the longer trigger pull of a NBB with the hammer down for much of the degraded accuracy while firing.


CONCLUSION
This Baby Eagle is a mixed bag. It's plastic body is bit disappointing up close. While that's typical of many cheaper NBB's at $65 I expect a better build feeling gun. On the up side,if you're an anime fan, you'll recognize the 941 as the pistol used Spike Speigel from Cowboy Bebop and Batou from Ghost in the Shell. So kudo's to KWA/Cybergun for making the Jericho 941 so we have more options aside from the vast sea of M9's, 1911's, SIG's and Glocks.
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