My speculations about the Linden & Funke and Falke air rifles

[Garvin]

Strange that they look so alike, but that Airsporter is something different, l would like to know it works, with the tube being under the barrel.

Mick I'm guessing the loading must be automatic, perhaps with starting to close the cocking lever pushing a ball into the loading tap (a bit like the Haenel 28R repeater loads balls), then the tap rotates 45 degrees as the lever clicks shut, or something like it?

[micky2]

Hi Danny, thank you for your theory, yes l would go along with that. it does make into a repeater without it having a small magazine where the breach is. which sometimes looks like a sore thumb on some rifles.

[Garvin]

For more pics of this BSA Airsporter repeater, see here:

https://forum.vintageairgunsgallery....ter/#post-9306

Unfortunately the owner didn't photograph it with its stock removed, so we can't see the loading mechanism much more clearly.

[Dornfelderliebe]

For more pics of this BSA Airsporter repeater, see here:

https://forum.vintageairgunsgallery....ter/#post-9306

Unfortunately the owner didn't photograph it with its stock removed, so we can't see the loading mechanism much more clearly.

I've tried to compare with mine and still can't see how they did it. So neat and the magazine looks so suited to the rifle it looks like it could have been designed like that.

[Lakey]

Quote Originally Posted by micky2 View Post
"Strange that they look so alike, but that Airsporter is something different, l would like to know it works, with the tube being under the barrel.
Mick I'm guessing the loading must be automatic, perhaps with starting to close the cocking lever pushing a ball into the loading tap (a bit like the Haenel 28R repeater loads balls), then the tap rotates 45 degrees as the lever clicks shut, or something like it?"

The loading Tap would no longer need to rotate, as it doesn't matter which way the ball ammo went in, and if as supposed some kind of vertical transporter/slide moved the balls from the magazine into the bore, there would be no need for a tap lever, on a tap that didn't need to rotate.

Just a thought......

Love this thread - "Every Day is a school day "

Lakey