Wasn't impressed at first sight because of packaging. After the battle of getting the pistol out of the packaging, it felt good! Nice and heavy but then I pulled the rail back and released it. OMG, what a cheap sound!! It sounds like 2 pop cans being banged together. The magazine is very easy to reload but I have a problem installing a co2 cartridge. My fingers are too chunky to turn the dial easily. I can eventually get the pistol to accept the cartridge but I lose a bit more gas than the user with normal sized fingers. Shooting: AWESOME!! It is very accurate and the blowback sounds and feels great for the first 2 magazines. I was only able to get 3.5 magazines (approx 70 shots) from each cartridge. Overall, yes it is a blowback and any kid would love to have it. But myself, it's way too cheap for my liking, hence the 3 star rating...