Weirauchs! I'm not on the bandwagon...

[Artfull-Bodger]

* I still wince everytime I thumb a pellet in, wondering whether this is going to be the time when the cocking arm lug shears off and my thumb is crushed*

That's because Weihrauch slide breech rifles should not of been allowed into the country until an adequate fail safe mechanical lock was placed on the compression tube. They're dangerous make no mistake about it. I can scarcely believe they get away with it to be honest. Plus to rub the salt in; they cheekily provide some pointless safety engraving on the rear block. I wouldn't buy another Weihrauch because of that alone.

Oh yeah and the thousands of people who have lost their thumbs just this year is testament to that!

You do realise the safety, trigger and cocking linkage would have to fail, at the same time, to get your thumb crunched?