BAREDDA MODEL C4 BLANK GUN - BLACK

This is perhaps our favourite cheapie blank gun we've stocked to this point - mainly due to its excessive light weight, the pleasant balance and ergonomy of the pistol, compact shape and its all-black monotone. The gun otherwise field strips similar to the KUZEY S900, by way of pulling out the anchor-shaped inset, which in this case, is within the trigger guard. Nice feature to this pistol also, is the circular inlay in the extended end of the trigger guard, for resting your trigger finger on, in your "ready" or "low ready" position. Furthermore, the trigger has quite a bit of slack that needs to be taken up before the trigger will yeidl resistance and finally break. That being said as well - this pistol has no convention safety, neither a backstrap safety (like on the similarly priced KUZEY A100), nor a double blade trigger safety (like on the RETAY G19C), but the excess takeup needed on the trigger is, presumably, the safety feature of the pistol. Just be duly aware of this, please.

The pistol is otherwise striker fired, loads up 14+1, the slide catch works reliably and repeatedly so - something certain KUZEY models has not been delivering as of late, but we'll leave it at that...

The cocking serrations on this pistol are broad slants, eight of them to be exact. The blowback spring is not too stiff and the gun racks like a dream. Likewise, this pistol also cycles your anybrand 9x22mm P.A.K's like a boss, whether the rim is nubbed from excessive dry cycling on the gun or nor.

Also here, we have the barrel insert at the front, which does more obviously block the barrel. This can be threaded out as well, like on the BRUNI's as well as the KUZEY's, but we don't recommend this as it can bugger with your gun's ability to fire semi-automatic. We find that this insert isn't all that bad and most people who want to utilize a blank gun for a blank gun's purpose, then this shouldn't be too much of a bother.

The magazine ejector here is perhaps somewhat more of a key feature all on its own - its akin to the HK USP pistol - it is a small ambidextrous lever that forms part of the lower trigger guard, which, when pushed down, ejects the drop-free magazine. So far, this is the only blank gun we've seen that has an ambidextrous magazine release.

As you'll note in the illustrations - the magazine itself has a chrome finish and the magazine follower is somewhat inset into the magazine housing and allows for a more thorough retention over the topmost / last loaded cartridge. We also found that this pistol loads up very, very easy. Pleasantly easy, to put mildly. 

The front side of the magazine height does indicate more or less where the remainder of your ammunition count is sitting at, though not quite exactly, of course.

As for handling ergonomy on this pistol - there are vague finger groove / slopes for the fingers to identify and slot into for a quick, confident hold on the pistol, whereas the dotted debossing on the handle does more to remind you that you are holding the pistol, as opposed to providing better traction. The backstrap has a bit more beef at the base, so that the pistol will fit better into your hand. This way, when you bring the pistol, your sights more or less are in the region of lining up - just the finer tweaking on your muscle memory would be required to get that perfect draw and target acquisition in the same motion.

Overall - we rate this currently as our best budget blank gun, hands down!