Pumpers

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Needed a bit of exercise so dug out a couple of my old pumpers which don’t seem to mind being only used on a very occasional basis. Both still produce adequate power with five or six increasingly harder pumps and the Crosman is comparable in accuracy with my Feinwerkbau pre-charged pistol if I do my bit.
I know these were preferred to spring powered air pistols before the popular introduction of CO2 capsules in the USA, but they are far harder to charge than spring pistols where you only need to perform the cocking operation once. I guess the preference was down to being them being recoilless and the limitation on keeping a springer cocked for a continued period to avoid weakening or damaging the spring. Important if using for small game shooting, but these pistols are definitely not considered suitable for any kind of pest control.



Brian