Best sidelever tap loader

[mrgeoff]

I enjoy my Air Arms Hi-Power, but it does twang a little due to the plastic stock!

I like the format of the sidelever taploader, it kinda works for me, so are there any other rifles of a similar format I should look at? Needs to be capable of 11ftlbs without a "special" tune in 22.


Cheers - Geoff.

[rabbitwrecker]

Older Hammerli or Webley Osprey/Tracker - can't think of much else that fits the brief, though you might be able to find a 'woodsman' stock for your Jackal...

[TonyL]

Although I'm no expert on these, I have liked them ever since they first came out. And, at last, at our Boinger Bash events, I finally got to try a pair of them out......The Air Arms Khamsin....To my mind, the classiest of the breed. Beautiful styling, the looks and feel of a fine sporting rifle and pretty good trigger, too.

I WILL have me one, one day!

[mrgeoff]

I have heard mixed reviews on the Webley Tracker, but I do like the look.
A friend has the Hammerli Mod4, not over powerful, so thats out.
The Khamsin is the thumbhole version? If so, probably not, as im a leftie!

So its maybe a Tracker, or more likely one of the Air Arms.


Cheers!

[Shed tuner]

The latter AA rifles were OK, especially in .22

[Artfull-Bodger]

I have heard mixed reviews on the Webley Tracker, but I do like the look.
A friend has the Hammerli Mod4, not over powerful, so thats out.
The Khamsin is the thumbhole version? If so, probably not, as im a leftie!

So its maybe a Tracker, or more likely one of the Air Arms.


Cheers!

Plenty of trackers or Viscounts about, but get a .177 or you will have trouble matching a pellet to the old .22 barrel!

[TonyL]

Did the Air Arms EX88 have an ambidextrous stock?

I had the pleasure of trying one at the last Bash, and very nice it was, too.

[johnbaz]

THIS SE90 is my fave, It came from the Vintage airgun fayre at Melbourne

My reserve fave is this Camargue


John

[Blackrider]

Better bring these down to the next Spring Do John !

[Blackrider]

Better bring these down to the next Spring Do John !

Truely Sumptuous !

[Blackrider]

Whoops, so good I said it Twice !

[johnbaz]

Better bring these down to the next Spring Do John !

Shall do I think John

[Geezer]

And there is the Air Arms Camargue, with a groovy Tyrolean stock. Though I do not know if they made a lefty variant.

Funny thing about those up-market AAs is that they cost more, new, than HW80/77s, FWB Sports, Omegas, and pretty much everything else with a spring. I'm amazed they sold any, given that they are basically an improved Webley Osprey in a pretty stock.

May not be the best, but for me the coolest sidelever taploader apart from the Jackal AR7 is a Webley Tracker deluxe with a front sight and a Beeman/Williams peep rear sight, or a Viscount Deluxe.

[Blackrider]

I have heard mixed reviews on the Webley Tracker, but I do like the look.
A friend has the Hammerli Mod4, not over powerful, so thats out.
The Khamsin is the thumbhole version? If so, probably not, as im a leftie!

So its maybe a Tracker, or more likely one of the Air Arms.


Cheers!

As a fellow Southpaw, I find it slightly awkward using a side lever on the right hand side of an air rifle however like many instances, you learn to adapt to the operation as I have with my Fwb300S.
A bit like loading TX when ideally, I need three arms !
A left side mounted cocking lever would be pretty cool though but I'm unaware of any ?

[Helm]

hi had a mistral that made 10.4 with superfields,had a lovely walnut stock that was for me to small but shot nicley...
i then got a mistral ex88 that 11,4 and was more accurate (differant barrell ) nice stock didn't use it for 4 -5 months so sold it
both where 22.....just always pick up something else for a plink usually the annie 335 (at last im going to chrono it this afternoon)
cheers ian