The Anics A-101 Magnum

CO2 Semiautomatic BB (4.5mm)

15 shot pistol

A British consumer's assessment

Price and availability .

I started looking into this pistol on the 8th of October 1999 and ended up with a choice .

Buy in England or buy off the Net .

Option 1 : ENGLAND	Option 2: U.S.A.
Anics (UK) Ltd	Pyramyd Corp.
72 Barnet Way	2447 Suffolk La.
London	Pepper Pike
NW7 3AN	Ohio 44124-4540 , U.S.A.
Tel : 0181 342 8170	Call (888) 262-GUNS
E.mail : anics@business.demon.co.uk	E.mail : JoshuaUngier@pyramydair.com
Url : http://www.business.demon.co.uk/anics.html	Url : http://www.pyramydair.com/
PRICE IS AS FOLLOWS in an easy to carry box with two magazines .	PRICE IS AS FOLLOWS in an easy to carry box with two magazines .
A101M £79.95 Plus £3.50 P&P for any amount ordered.	A101M
Total delivered price £83.45	This is a little more differcult to calculate but was very easy to buy from a secure server with my credit card .
Delivery time: couple of days after cleared funds received .	$ Cost of A-101 Magnum  45.00 Less discount    4.50 Plus shipping/handling  23.20 Total $ cost  63.70    £ = Sterling @ $1.619  39.34 Plus Import Duty   1.55 Plus VAT   7.07 Plus Post office charge   1.20 Total delivered price £49.16 Delivery time : Ordered 12th Oct / delivered 21st Oct . I have been told that my pistol had been pressure tested for 2 days .
REMEMBER . Exchange rates are always changing .
The only other reason that I can think of for not going the Pyramyd Corp route if living in Great Britain is for warranty problems but this pistol seems so simple in construction that there isn't much to go wrong .

Consumable costs : My local gun shop sells the 12 gram CO2 cylinders for 75p ($1.20) each and the Copperhead BB's at £2.00 ($3.22) for a carton containing 600 .