Saxby and Palmer

[sbd]

...speaking the Safari's were a different beast for all the reasons you identify above, the TAC cartridge was infinitely more consistant and were effectively a knock open valve so either on or off so to speak. The smaller volume was a major boon.

One of my favorite bits of the Safari was the bolt handle and body were linked by a left hand thread so that as you locked the bolt down it took up any variance in COL arising from the tolerances of the components. As to accuracy I can remember clover leafing with them but there were always compromises such as the pellet having to jump from the nose cone to the barrel.

[sbd]

...for the pistols/Safari were the same, pumping them more and more is a a waste of time as you found out, they were never power monsters with 10/11 fpe being tops but 7 is a little low, maybe look to re-set the barrel, the bolt handle should tighten as it's closed, if it doesn't then the barrel may have moved forward a bit losing the seal at the front of the cartridge.

A couple of protos were made using the Herald cartridge, they were a bit pokier

[premierpistol]

...for the pistols/Safari were the same, pumping them more and more is a a waste of time as you found out, they were never power monsters with 10/11 fpe being tops but 7 is a little low, maybe look to re-set the barrel, the bolt handle should tighten as it's closed, if it doesn't then the barrel may have moved forward a bit losing the seal at the front of the cartridge.

A couple of protos were made using the Herald cartridge, they were a bit pokier

Thanks for that SBD. I'll suggest that to him and hopefully get it running right, not that it matters though, it sits in a glass cabinet with the rest of his collection.... just to show off..... the git.

Merry Christmas all!