I think every C1 I have seen in the U.K. was a .22”. Which makes sense in what’s basically a barn gun, and is also consistent with the 80s conviction that .22” was “more powerful”, “the hunting calibre”, “a man’s gun” etc, with .177”s only really suitable for target shooting or for pathetic weakling oddballs.Originally Posted by Thegreg
Whereas, by the 1970s, and certainly the 80s, the American market had got obsessed with muzzle velocity, and hence focussed on .177”.
So I strongly suspect that, in the round, the calibre split for the C1 was less unbalanced than, say, the Vulcan, which was mostly a U.K. market gun and made 90% (educated guess) in .22”.
So most of the .177”s are in the States. Most of the .22”s are in the U.K. Tightened (silly) import and export rules in both countries mean they are now mostly staying where they are.
By the way, I think the US market C1s were made to “export standard”, making somewhere between 11.99 and 14 ft-lbs.
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