what pistol was the aa s200 based on ?

[hwtyger]

CZ is a different company as Tau.
Tau is Tau Brno, and they have an different range of guns and stuff than CZ.
The Tau 200 is a Tau product as far as I know, and not CZ.
Allthough many czech companies have links to eachother, have been 1 company once and/or use each others stuff/designs.
Like AlfaProj and Tau. They are quite similar.

[harvey_s]

So given that the S200 is definitely made by CZ.
and the Tau 200 is made by Tau BRNO (a different company to CZ).
It's looking like the the original S200 was a new design based on a conversion done by others to a Tau 200 rather than a conversion of a companies existing product (unless Tau was a subsiduary of CZ at any time)
Whether this was commissioned by Air Arms or CZ is another question.
There appears no lineage from any pistol thus far...

Perhaps someone here knows someone at AA who might know?

[Bjacobs571]

there was a rifle based on the Alfa Proj Co2 action which is probably where you got the Idea from. The Alfa action is quite similar to the CZ action. I have included a link to the Alfa web page where they show both guns.I think the pictures show the old breach mechanism they are bolt action now.

http://www.alfa-proj.cz/en/products/...d-rifles-alfa/

The alfa proj classic is a great pistol and if you wanted a pistol based on the S200 it is very close but legal. I think you can get 50+ shots from a 12g Co2 cartridge. Plus I have one for sale

[hwtyger]

IF its based on the Alfa Proj Rifle thán TS is correct that the S200 is based on a pistol, as the AA rifle is simply a prolonged AA pistol.
The Tau 200 is a totally different rifle though, not based on any pistol.

[harvey_s]

IF its based on the Alfa Proj Rifle thán TS is correct that the S200 is based on a pistol, as the AA rifle is simply a prolonged AA pistol.
The Tau 200 is a totally different rifle though, not based on any pistol.

S200 looks nothing like Alfa Proj rifle (and they in turn look like copies of the Aeron B95/B96 guns) and they didn't start their association with AA till after the S200 was on sale, so definitely not a relative.
I can't see any connection to a pistol and even the Tau 200 connection appears strained...

[Bjacobs571]

I wasn't suggesting that the AA S200 has any connection to the Alfa pistol. What I was suggesting was the the fact Alfa make a pistol and a rifle based on the same action may have suggested to people that the S200 was based on a pistol.
The one thing that may suggest the S200 is based on a pistol is that there is a mounting stud coming down through the "pistol grip" on the stock which is more common on pistols than rifles.

[Andy478]

The cz/s200 and the cz260 pistol share what is essentially the same action

http://www3.telus.net/public/a5a3652...djustments.jpg

http://www.gunsandgames.com/smf/inde...h=131099;image

[Bjacobs571]

Both the pistol and the rifle have similar actions based on the FEG GP-02 pistol but they are not the same. The pivot points of the cocking lever are in different positions and the bolts are different diameters. So the CZ 200 is not a CZ 260 action with a longer barrel and a rifle stock. The alfa rifle and pistol share the same action. I doubt there are many interchangeable parts in the two CZs, but they are defiantly related

[hwtyger]

But wasnt the CZ pistol much later on the market than the S200.
I agree the S200 doesnt look like éither the Tau 200 ór the Alfa CO2, but iirc, it wás based on a co2 tsjech rifle conversion.
Much like the AA Alfa pcp pistol now.

[Bjacobs571]

the earliest reference I could find to the CZ260 was about 2006. The FEG GP was originally a Co2 pistol But I think the CZ was always a PCP. I don't know when the S200 came out

[Jonster]

on one of the .cz forums there was a guy who convers the cz200 back to a pistol

shortened screw cut barrel, shorter air cylinder with guage and pistol grip

looked stunning to be honest

[harvey_s]

on one of the .cz forums there was a guy who convers the cz200 back to a pistol

shortened screw cut barrel, shorter air cylinder with guage and pistol grip

looked stunning to be honest

You can't convert it back to something it wasn't in the first place...

[dave hunt]

Those guys sure know a bit about engineering.