Browning Airstar not for the faint of heart, lol

[Biker_Bob]

A prime example of an engineered solution to a problem that doesn't need fixing.
You're right though, 29 years as an electronics engineer has taught me not to rely on electronics
Can't wait till we're sharing the road with Google and Tesla's self driving execution wagons.....

[45flint]

A prime example of an engineered solution to a problem that doesn't need fixing.
You're right though, 29 years as an electronics engineer has taught me not to rely on electronics
Can't wait till we're sharing the road with Google and Tesla's self driving execution wagons.....

Don't the top of the line air pistols have electronic triggers?

[Biker_Bob]

It's the cocking mechanism I was thinking of.

[45flint]

Also just some engineering flaws probably caused by the gun just being made too complicated by all the electronics. Though my issue seems to have been cured by some lubrication of the safety mechanism, there is no provision for any manual overrides if anything gets out of electronic sequence. Luckily I enjoy taking things apart, and it took taking off the stock to decock the gun. Any person that just buys guns to shoot would have to send the gun in for repair with the spring cocked for who knows how long. I think I can see why we don't see the Rutten name on airguns anymore. Lol But still goes down as the weirdest rifle I have ever seen, and I can see why you can get them so cheap. As I said before you don't have to be nuts to buy one but it sure helps.

[Benelli B76]

Also just some engineering flaws probably caused by the gun just being made too complicated by all the electronics. Though my issue seems to have been cured by some lubrication of the safety mechanism, there is no provision for any manual overrides if anything gets out of electronic sequence. Luckily I enjoy taking things apart, and it took taking off the stock to decock the gun. Any person that just buys guns to shot would have to send the gun in for repair with the spring cocked for who knows how long. I think I can see why we don't see the Rutten name on airguns anymore. Lol But still goes down as the weirdest rifle I have ever seen, and I can see why you can get them so cheap. As I said before you don't have to be nuts to buy one but it sure helps.

Agree with your conclusion regarding Rutten, my experience with the underlever version, the Winstar left me with a damaged hand, and my mate shot a hole in his front door with it.

Baz

[gingernut]

I did.
When you shut the underlever it hit the trigger mechanism and the gun went off.
Baz tried to fix it and it attacked him.

Got refund.

[Hsing-ee]

Suddenly my curiosity and interest in being a Browning owner has evaporated. Saved me £400, thanks for this post.