Quote Originally Posted by 45flint View Post
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.
Regarding the bear trap, these can easily be 'disabled' if the action has not been assembled correctly. If I recall it's when one of the pins has been inserted the wrong side of the safe ratchet spring

ATB

Chris