this one looks ok http://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2009/...-quick-part-1/
this one looks ok http://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2009/...-quick-part-1/
Surely a flip-up (or rotary) could be made that opened automatically like an early Airsporter?
Of course it would add cost and complexity,
I liked the roll breech , like on the Black Fox rifles.
Where you roll it to the side then it's a direct load to the barrel.
I regret never getting one, despite their looks, which I actually liked.
They used to handle quite well.
I have not really tried a 57 so don't know if their accuracy is below par when compared to say a 77. If it was not noticeably worse then the alignment issue might not be anything to worry about. All the fixed barrel loading solutions seem to have at least one "con", as below.
Loading tap - sealing requires precision fit and alignment is also dependant on quality engineering.
pop-up - no sealing issues, just alignment concerns
sliding cylinder - could be dangerous plus adds extra weight
RB rotary type - long tp and a bit fiddly.
flip up - long tp
sliding barrel ala Airlogic Genesis - fit of barrel needs to be good or no better than a wobbly break barrel
Have I missed any??
Plinkerer and Tinkerer
Good point And on the Park RH91/93.
We can add the horizontal rotating breech as seen on the Gamo Falcon/Center, and a similar one on the Crosman SSP250 and a CO2 rifle (the 262?).
And the various magazine/clip systems: SLR88/98, Goldstar, Diana 300.
Oh, and a break-barrel with an underlever on Whiscombes.
That's a point - a gate type system (like the HW 57, Gamo cf-20, or the ASI centre), but using a probe like on the SLR or goldstar to directly seat the pellet from the gate to the barrel...
Short TP (only needs to be a pellet's length), not fiddly, and safe. Just a bit tricky to engineer.
Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.