CO2 has taken this niche over, were there other spring powered Repeaters in the past?
CO2 has taken this niche over, were there other spring powered Repeaters in the past?
One is a very fine pistol from your side of the pond, the Hy-score repeater. As always Trevor is a mine of information: http://cinedux.com/the-hy-score-story.php I am very fond of hy-scores, and concentric designs generally
Record did one as well, the Champion. Not so much hy-score as eyesore IMHO.
There must be others but those are the two that come to mind
Record champion
I think there was a variant of the Gamo Center/Falcon action with a tube mag feeding the flip-out loading gate. That might have been best with lead ball, though it ought to work with pellets of appropriate length.
Here is a more extensive list
Moderately powered pistols:
Record Champion; Hyscore; JBH 54; El Gamo Falcon R20; EM-GE Zenit M; Haenel (ETW) 55R; Stanley Aero-Para; Schmidt HS71
Low powered:
Haenel 100; Haenel 50; Webley Stinger; Daisy 188; Daisy 288; Daisy Targeteer ;Daisy Bullseye; Crosman V300; Crosman Black Fang; Crosman Black Venom; Excellent Phantom Repeater; Marksman series; Healthways Plainsman Western
The rarest would be the German Stanley Aero-Para from the 1930's - no known example but catalogue data and instruction manual are known. It is a neat overlever pistol of Parabellum appearance.
The second most rare and most desirable would be the Haenel 55R - a post-war German Luger look-alike with detachable magazine.
My favourite of (just about) obtainable pistols is the El Gamo Falcon R20, as it is the simplest mechanism and most reliable.
The greatest fun one IMO in the low powered range is the Healthways Western. A thumb operated cowboy "revolver" look-alike. The only spring air pistol in which the spring is stretched and not compressed.
Sorry, you are right. I didn't read the OP properly.
Once you restrict the list to pellets the list drops dramatically to just the Record Champion, Hyscore, EM-GE Zenit M and Haenel 28R. At least I can't think of any more, other than some interesting one-off prototypes. As you say, in theory the El Gamo R20 should work with the right pellets as it uses a similar principle to the Haenel 28R and Zenit M, but I haven't yet been able to find any that work reliably. The problem is that unlike the Haenel and Zenit, the pellets would have to enter the chamber backwards.