Most graceful air rifle ever designed?

[johnbaz]

Saying that - the Crosman Mod 70 is no munter.

Can't help thinking that Crosman looks like this Anschutz




I actually like the lines of the Streaks, Just don't go a bundle on pumping them!!



Have to say, I love this long 600 of Lawries even though it's not actually a rifle!!




John

[buttloaves]

Can't help thinking that Crosman looks like this Anschutz




I actually like the lines of the Streaks, Just don't go a bundle on pumping them!!



Have to say, I love this long 600 of Lawries even though it's not actually a rifle!!




John

Wwwwhats thart please..

[johnbaz]

Wwwwhats thart please..

Which one Butty??


EDIT- I presume you mean the carbine that belongs to Lawrie?

It's a Crosman 600 pistol- Same as the pistol above it, It's had a longer barrel fitted, A shoulder stock and a longer cylinder, Maybe for bulk fill Co2 or maybe HPA..

John

[Geezer]

This is getting off topic.

Mk1 Airsporter is the most graceful mass-produced air rifle made.

Graceful. Everything swoops and tapers and just fits together fluidly. It has grace.

Not most appealingly Gothick (Mk2 Service?). Not most Baroque (1950s Diana 50?). Not best handling (lots of contenders). Not best looking (ditto). Not even most classical (FWB Sport?, Beeman R1?), just graceful.

Certainly not "best". Not even necessarily best-looking. Just most graceful.

Ironically, the Airsporter when introduced seemed jet-age modern, like contemporary cars, despite their pre-war underpinnings (Google "Bristol 401" - lovely and then some). Later it seemed old. Now it seems historic.

It helps that the early 'sporters are also built well, and shoot fairly well.

[greenwayjames]

Howa 55G

[Garvin]

No offence to anyone but it's just silly to state as a fact which is the most graceful air rifle. It's completely in the eye of the beholder.

Personally I find the Airsporter (MKs 1&2) pretty but the knowledge of their awful triggers spoils the visual image for me ().

To me the Mk2 Service is the most graceful air rifle ever made and I'm sticking to that.

[flogger]

Iwill second that motion.

[Geezer]

No offence to anyone but it's just silly to state as a fact which is the most graceful air rifle. It's completely in the eye of the beholder.

Personally I find the Airsporter (MKs 1&2) pretty but the knowledge of their awful triggers spoils the visual image for me ().

To me the Mk2 Service is the most graceful air rifle ever made and I'm sticking to that.

Yes, alright. Of course, you are wrong on the MkII, which is visually a bucket of bolts and very "steampunk ", but that's entirely a matter of taste. . Not "graceful", in my personal book, but very appealing.

In architectural terms, the MkII is 1300s Decorated Gothic, whereas the 'sporter is 1800s Greek Revival classicism, or even 1900s Le Corbusier modernist.

Whereas things like the Webley Tommie and Longbow have the functionally best stocks ever in a factory springer. Not graceful, but brilliant handling.

(Is it only me where the spell-check tries to change "factory" to "Fat Tory"? Weird.)

[45flint]

Personally I find the Airsporter (MKs 1&2) pretty but the knowledge of their awful triggers spoils the visual image for me ().

If it would warm up here I would happily test your theory, but I did test my MK2 with a couple shots over the chrony when I got it, and noticed a long two stage trigger that seemed to hit a wall? Wonder how many lbs. it takes to release? But Grace can overcome many things.

[cinedux]

Howa 55G

One for sale at TradeMe right now!

[Citizen K]

In the eyes of this beerholder the Air Arms SE90 has always raised a neck hair or three, I think it more elegant than a Pro-Sport.

Not mine.


Polar opposite

[buttloaves]

Which one Butty??


EDIT- I presume you mean the carbine that belongs to Lawrie?

It's a Crosman 600 pistol- Same as the pistol above it, It's had a longer barrel fitted, A shoulder stock and a longer cylinder, Maybe for bulk fill Co2 or maybe HPA..

John

Its very nice how did you know?

[I. J.]

I actually like the lines of the Streaks, Just don't go a bundle on pumping them!!

John

The post refers to the 'Most Graceful ......' It doesn't say anything about its shooting qualities or abilities. The Crosman is mainly plastic and looks better than it shoots.

ATB
Ian

[artschool]

HW100 all the way.

[I. J.]

HW100 all the way.

HW100? While I agree the HW100 is one of the best pcp I, personally, wouldn't class the standard factory versions as graceful.
Even I only class my personal, well modified one as 'passable'.