Quote Originally Posted by Eagleman View Post
In my early days of airgunning (Mark 1 Airsporter) I yearned for a Model 50. I just thought they looked the dog's business and I imagined them to have enormous power. Of course in those days I had never heard of a chronograph and stuff like "foot pounds". It was all to with how flat the pellet was when striking an iron sheet or how well it killed stuff.


Eventually, about 15 years ago I finally got a Model 50 and boy was I disappointed. It was producing about 7ft lb and I just got rid of it.
Yes my early model 50 is the same, in German they were into target guns at the time. Even with a better power plant this later model is in the 9 FPE. Reason I’m sure it didn’t continue as power was king in the 1980’s. In German these older rifles bring a premium given their limits are 6 FPE.