Large caliber air rifles

[tpe]

Anyone knwledgable about large/interesting caliber air rifles...

Apart from Quakcenbush (beautiful but difficult to get hold of) and Chinese or korean (not so sure about the uniqueness), are there any good large caliber air rifles out there? Age is not too much of a problem (nor FAC status), it would be nice to get hold of something (very or reasonably) old, but it would also be nice to get hold of a modern one, even multishot, basically something with nice engeineering.

So anyone know of any peculiarities out there?

tim

[Gary C]

I think Stalker made some

[Raygun]

Barnes in USA
ATB
Ray

[nico243]

try these links:-

STALKER
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~targetts/

BARNES
http://www.glbarnes.com/

[tpe]

Thanks for the names and links. It is wonderfull to see people making their own work, keeping the dream alive and sticking to their independence.

Barnes are beautiful, but the price for the larger caliber are a little on the high side $4700, even with the exchange rate as it is now, is difficult to hide on the bank ballance, so i guess another pipe dream. But in their favor they are the work of one man, that counts for a whole lot in my book and he does do credit terms... Hehe that would piss the wife off.

Not to put the STALKER's down, anyone that can make them is doing well but they are as far as i can make out custom daystates, not independent, and i would rather spend my cash on something that didnt have roots in another make, if for no other reason than financially, i think that modified rifles do not hold their value as much as an original one, which is a shame, i hope they start making their own from scratch, it would certainly persuade me.

What about vintage models, are there any that are still around?

tim

[airgunjon]

There's one in the little guide book that came with one of the mags (What Gun???), a Stalker Puma Pursuance in .50 calibre putting out 300ft/lb