Quote Originally Posted by SRV1 View Post
Hi maximus,
When I get a chance, I will give your suggestion a go. I could safely and carefully clamp the Challenger in the old Workmate, a bit of string on the trigger and fire it in a safe area. It would be interesting to see if the breech section departs from the cylinder. If it looks sound, I'll make sure by getting my wife to put 5 tins of pellets through it........

All the best .....
Luv it SRV1. I reckon your good lady would do the maths first and come up with the force/distance travel of the breech
and barrel then stand in front to catch it bare handed.
Hang on sounds like a good Newtonian homework question for our grandson!!
Good luck.