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When scrolling through my photos of the Tell 3 pistol I did find another example of 6 1/3 caliber. Appears that it is the same font used on the Stroud Auction piece. Here is the link from the 15-May-2020 auction. Unfortunately no serial number was provided.
https://auctionet.com/en/1329374-air...ade-in-germany
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Looks to be the same pistol but refinished since sold at the same auction earlier in 2020.
Quite interesting - the Stroud 6-1/3 does look to be the same gun shown by Buck25: check the ding in left side of front sight, position of pivot and lock-screw slots, apparent repaint on left grip emblem. Someone got a bargain in Sweden, now cashing in!
To me the caliber stamp looks real, though typical marking is:
Kal. 4 1/2 mm
cal. .177
So why would they get lazy on the odd gun(s) - possibly a factory worker's personal dart-shooter?
Don R.
I can’t imagine anyone in their right mind boring out a tell 3 to take air soft or removing the .177 stamping and neatly replacing it with 6 or 6 1/3
Equally I can’t imagine the factory making them (with two different stamps) and then two surfacing for the first time ever in Gloucestershire in 2021
Im stumped. I wondered if they were replicas (don’t look like it) or frankenpistols/bitsas. But still why do that in 6mm? So that no one thinks are original ?
Morally flawed
Seen an air pistol from Germany , Junior air pistol , low power really for kids , very odd calibre size firing plastic ammo ( cannot remember exactly but BIG ) .
So for kids they 1/ made less dangerous plastic ammo 2/ made special calibre - thats marketing strategy btw
Dedicated Air pistol ammo means loadsmoney more revenue .
There were German pellets labelled 6 1/3" calibre.
Still doesn't make sense for a pistol of such low power.
Dave
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Not really a weird calibre for a German pre war home market gun. RWS listed pellets in 6mm, 6.2mm, 6.33mm and 6.5mm during that period. might seem strange to us but there was not a lot of standardisation amongst the continental manufacturers at that time. I have seen adverts for darts in all those sizes and even as large as 7mm
Have a look at Smiths book pages 102 -104
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An enigma as to why anyone would do this, to be sure.
But looking at the large images there are strong signs that both these pistols have been tampered with and that they probably didn't leave the factory this way.
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