Single stroke pneumatic rifle? (are there any?)

[norris]

The chap presenting the Paradigm, wouldn't allow members gathered to cock it themselves, only he cocked it at the time.
That alone rang "alarm bells" with me !
If the rifle, albeit a prorotype required lets say, "specialist handling" then I could foresee future problems developing on production guns whenever they began to be purchased and used en mass !

Well I've not been lucky enough to see the Paradigm in the flesh, I would like to and talk to its designer.
That too would ring alarm bells but a Dragon isn't straight forward to use.
You have to set the valve in the right sequence, I think mine constantly changes the sequence!

[Phil Russell]

Re Paradigm. I saw it at the Shooting Show when the show was at Newark. I spent a reasonable time with the inventor and had several goes with the rifle. To begin with it was very awkward to operate but then suddenly I 'got the knack' and it was really quite easy. Had it gone into production I would have bought one.
The Dragon is a nice rifle but a bit quirky and I never really understood the principle behind how the power was adjusted apart from the fact that a grub screw was twiddled (Mods: I am not looking for information here!). They are also not too difficult to reseal but clearly need to be used to maintain the seals.
The Daystate Sportsman is easy to work on but two pumps for full power is a bind, and very tiring after a while.
So ... a nice easy single stroke pneumatic that was reliable and easy to work on would, I believe, be a success.
Cheers, Phil

[norris]

Re Paradigm. I saw it at the Shooting Show when the show was at Newark. I spent a reasonable time with the inventor and had several goes with the rifle. To begin with it was very awkward to operate but then suddenly I 'got the knack' and it was really quite easy. Had it gone into production I would have bought one.
The Dragon is a nice rifle but a bit quirky and I never really understood the principle behind how the power was adjusted apart from the fact that a grub screw was twiddled (Mods: I am not looking for information here!). They are also not too difficult to reseal but clearly need to be used to maintain the seals.
The Daystate Sportsman is easy to work on but two pumps for full power is a bind, and very tiring after a while.
So ... a nice easy single stroke pneumatic that was reliable and easy to work on would, I believe, be a success.
Cheers, Phil

The inventor apparently took his creation to China and it can take time to go in production.
It's a pity that it doesn't go in production, preferably made here at a sensible price tag.