Paul air shotgun

[Lawrie Amatruda]

Here is an unusual airgun a (Paul air shotgun) which I would think not many people have had the pleasure of handling, I have just finished resealing it for a friend. As you can see the valve is quite crude but it is very efficient, (looks like it could have been designed by a plumber). As you can see it has a large reservoir and I put about 40 pumps into it which produced 5 shots. Many thanks to Garvin for help with the pictures.

http://pic16.picturetrail.com/VOL683.../335881161.jpg

http://pic16.picturetrail.com/VOL683.../335881138.jpg

[fat man]

hi lawrie, thats looks awesome.

[wild dogman]

never seen any thing like that before is it any good what range dos it have and what number shot dos it use

[oldhw77]

Very interesting. I never knew anything like that existed. A search threw up this link.

http://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2005/...d-vincent.html

[Lawrie Amatruda]

never seen any thing like that before is it any good what range dos it have and what number shot dos it use

Thanks to "oldhw77", you can get all the information you asked for from the link he provided.
Cheers, Lawrie.

[Kingplinker]

Excellent work Lawrie , I don't know about the 150 pumps per 10 shots though You would have to make those shots count I guess . lol

atvb

Dave

PS : Many thanks for the phone call mate

[trevor1]

That is an interesting looking valve Lawrie.I've never handled a Paul-I suspect very few of them left the States.In fact,"off-shore Pauls "are probably the result of international trades.You certainly seem to be restoring some beauts!Trev

[Hsing-ee]

Here is an unusual airgun a (Paul air shotgun) which I would think not many people have had the pleasure of handling, I have just finished resealing it for a friend. As you can see the valve is quite crude but it is very efficient, (looks like it could have been designed by a plumber). As you can see it has a large reservoir and I put about 40 pumps into it which produced 5 shots. Many thanks to Garvin for help with the pictures.

http://pic16.picturetrail.com/VOL683.../335881161.jpg

http://pic16.picturetrail.com/VOL683.../335881138.jpg

You aren't kidding, that valve looks like something I replaced in the toilet cistern of my old flat. The one I replaced, not the new one.

Its certainly unusual, I had only heard of the 'Setter' air shotgun and the Crosman air shotgun, that plumber's mate looks far more businesslike. Is it FAC? With a single slug it would be over 12 fpe I guess.

[DT Fletcher]

We'll see if a link to AVA forum works over here, if it does, then here is the catalog published for the Paul shot gun. https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/Amer...uns-t8235.html

[Mark D]

Interesting advertisement for it. Says 1 good compression will give 1-5 shots.

[greenwayjames]

We'll see if a link to AVA forum works over here, if it does, then here is the catalog published for the Paul shot gun. https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/Amer...uns-t8235.html

Thanks for that link. The catalog is scarcer than the gun then. I know which I would prefer

[DT Fletcher]

Here is an unusual airgun a (Paul air shotgun) which I would think not many people have had the pleasure of handling, I have just finished resealing it for a friend. As you can see the valve is quite crude but it is very efficient, (looks like it could have been designed by a plumber). As you can see it has a large reservoir and I put about 40 pumps into it which produced 5 shots. Many thanks to Garvin for help with the pictures.

http://pic16.picturetrail.com/VOL683.../335881161.jpg

http://pic16.picturetrail.com/VOL683.../335881138.jpg

Looking at the picture of the exhaust valve, I have no idea what's going on. Reading the patent, I get the impression that this is what Wolff calls an "indirect trip" battery; that is, the hammer action hits the exhaust valve open and then moves past the valve, rather than staying in contact with the valve like most modern "direct trip" air gun batteries.

One question; Where is the air exhaust port?

Two question: Does the exhaust valve automatically reset?

[Lawrie Amatruda]

Looking at the picture of the exhaust valve, I have no idea what's going on. Reading the patent, I get the impression that this is what Wolff calls an "indirect trip" battery; that is, the hammer action hits the exhaust valve open and then moves past the valve, rather than staying in contact with the valve like most modern "direct trip" air gun batteries.

One question; Where is the air exhaust port?

Two question: Does the exhaust valve automatically reset?

Hi Dean,

I’m sorry I can’t answer either of your questions, I resealed the Paul shotgun about ten years ago, and I just can’t remember the details, I should have taken more pictures at the time, I think my pal still owns it, but it would be a lot of hassle to get it back and strip it down, I will in future document in more detail any of the rarer airguns that go through my hands.

Kind regards, Lawrie.

[mickson]

Like that can see the comparison with an old fashioned ballcock, great find for the owner, ...mike...