Browning airstar

[ras1]

been offered one for £150 in original box in very good condition,were these rifles eny good.I have never heard of these rifles before

[Hsing-ee]

Sounds like a good price. They are quite rare, but really only interesting as a collector's piece or a curiosity.

They have an electric motor which cocks the spring instead of using the shooter's muscle power. According to legend, they are noisy, whirring Heath-Robinson devices which are not terribly reliable, powerful or accurate.

They may have been a good idea for a disabled shooter who might not be able to cock a springer, but this would only make sense in a world where CO2 guns and PCPs didn't exist.

You could buy and probably sell it on for a little profit, or buy as a 'look at this biazarre mooncalf of a rifle!' conversation piece. Sort of like an airgun Sinclair C5.

http://www.airgunbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=305087

http://airgunner.org/?p=145

[Old Brass]

as Hsing-ee said its a c5 a curio

[micky]

Hi l think you will be surprised by the quailty of these guns and at that price a bargain. about £550 when new in 1992, and not so noisy on cocking as some people say. about 720fps in 177

[nanna]

been offered one for £150 in original box in very good condition,were these rifles eny good.I have never heard of these rifles before

Buy it mate

Quirky rifles, but regarded collectable by the quirky people amongst us

Atb

Paul