Cunning '77 Modification

[Black Beard]

How would it get past the cylinder. An elderly gentleman at my club has made a tool for loading his 77. A sort of lolly stick with a piece of rubber to hold the pellet in place

Pete

It drops out of the way before the cylinder is closed. This would need a hole in the bottom of the action for it to go through.

[martin75]

The Diana slide breech rifles have a tapered breech makes for easier pellet loading.

I don't know why the other manufacturers haven't adopted this design.

The AA Prosport is unique in that it has a cut out at the bottom of the cylinder and a hidden interceptor anti bear trap device.

I still like the Theoben enclosed slide breech, swing out single shot tray with a loading probe seating the pellet within the breech.

The BSA rotating breech RB2 was a very good mass production idea as an alternative to slide breech, albeit the transfer port being quite long as a result.

[hmangphilly]

alignment would be the critical bit

I'm not even a fan of probes nd channels for loading pellets

[Geezer]

The Diana slide breech rifles have a tapered breech makes for easier pellet loading.

I don't know why the other manufacturers haven't adopted this design.

The AA Prosport is unique in that it has a cut out at the bottom of the cylinder and a hidden interceptor anti bear trap device.

I still like the Theoben enclosed slide breech, swing out single shot tray with a loading probe seating the pellet within the breech.

The BSA rotating breech RB2 was a very good mass production idea as an alternative to slide breech, albeit the transfer port being quite long as a result.

Always liked the RB2/Superstar design. BSA could have executed it a bit better though.

[air-tech]

I think the "mod" - well, built in design - would look and work similarly to how a semi auto shotgun feeds cartridges. The only issue I see is that for a properly designed loading guide you need some space below, where the cocking link normally resides, and the cutout size may also weaken the external cylinder if too generous.