Air Arms Camargue tap loader

[45flint]

Found out from AA the date of my rifle from the serial number. Though they got the type of rifle wrong.

Details of your rifle are as below:
Serial Number Model Details Manufactured
33438 MISTRAL .177 02.12.1986

Pretty early one. In looking at UTubes all the ones I see have antibear traps. You can hear them clicking. Mine does not you can decock the lever. Must be something they added during production cycle? Anyone have one without the bear trap? Given its a tap loader the anti-bear trap seems a bit overkill but the Webley sidelevers had them too.