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    GAT Pistol Site.

    Interesting site hosted by a private collector of Gat air pistols.

    https://mkguns.co.uk/

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    Gat pistol site

    thanks for the Gat site information. After completing my Webley pistol collection (within my limited means!) I started to collect some of the so called "pop-out" pistols. There are some very interesting types, and prices are still fairly low for the more common ones.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Abasmajor View Post
    Interesting site hosted by a private collector of Gat air pistols.

    https://mkguns.co.uk/

    Brian
    Hi Brian, many thanks for the heads up. some of the Gats on the site once belonged to me ie the 2 boxed Dolla Mk2s , along with the German Cub, and a few more. plus 2 Quackenbush's nice to see old friends. nice to know he as done a web site about his collection.

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    Nice site!

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    The Gattery?


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    Really nice to see the Web site and see some of the models I have had..... Never seen the red trigger, but where does my Gat rifle fit then..... Its not a pop out pistol!!

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    What an amazing collection. I have only ever owned three - Diana mod2, Harrington Gat and Limit - never realised there were so many variants.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cinedux View Post

    Having looked at Quackenbushe's 1871 sectional view on your site I don't think it's a "slam forward barrel" type.
    More of a concentric...
    Can't quite see how it was cocked either...

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    I thought it was only the TJ Harringtons pop out pistol that was actually called/branded 'The Gat', Others then became known as Gat type pop outs!


    Probably wrong though- Usually am!!


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    Quote Originally Posted by johnbaz View Post
    I thought it was only the TJ Harringtons pop out pistol that was actually called/branded 'The Gat', Others then became known as Gat type pop outs!


    Probably wrong though- Usually am!!


    John
    No, you are perfectly correct!

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    My first airgun was a chrome plated Gat, so I have a soft spot for them.

    I really enjoyed looking through that site - thank you Brian.

    Quite a nostalgic look through the pellet section too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Farsight View Post
    Having looked at Quackenbushe's 1871 sectional view on your site I don't think it's a "slam forward barrel" type.
    More of a concentric...
    Can't quite see how it was cocked either...
    You are right, the 1871 patent is Quackenbush's second pistol patent, which decribes a concentric pistol where the barrel remains static when fired. It was cocked by pulling the barrel forward to compress spring, and then pushing the barrel back into the housing. If the barrel was pushed right in, then a bit protuded at the rear, where you could then insert the pellet or dart. The protruding part could then be pushed back into the housing when the gun was ready to fire.

    Quackenbush was nothing if not a great salesman, as he advertised this particular type of pistol as capable of "throwing for a hundred yards". Throwing what he doesn't say, and I can only assume he means with a following wind of 100 mph.
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