Recoiless vs recoiling FWB experiment

[Garvin]

"A by-product of this delayed recoil sequence is almost total silence on firing a result of the air-flow principle."

Sounds like dishonest cobblers to me! Or maybe they believed this twaddle (surely it was actually nonsense?).

[ptdunk]

"A by-product of this delayed recoil sequence is almost total silence on firing a result of the air-flow principle."

Sounds like dishonest cobblers to me! Or maybe they believed this twaddle (surely it was actually nonsense?).

Definitely a load of flannel….

To be fair ‘Air rifle headquarters’ was an American catalogue written by Ian Law, I think he was trying to convince Americans of the advantage of airguns over firearms, in comparison they probably were a bit quieter. Nothing to do with the ‘delayed recoil’ though…He mentions the ‘virtual silence’ of airguns a lot actually, as well as the accuracy and also the revelation that they don’t produce any smoke!

Matt

[Garvin]

You might find these scans, which tell the story when ARH went belly up in the early '80s (apparently their finances weren't helped by the generous terms they offered customers), interesting Matt:

https://forum.vintageairgunsgallery....ers/#post-5021

[ptdunk]

You might find these scans, which tell the story when ARH went belly up in the early '80s (apparently their finances weren't helped by the generous terms they offered customers), interesting Matt:

https://forum.vintageairgunsgallery....ers/#post-5021

Thanks Danny,
seems like ARH got the U.S airgun ball rolling, and Beeman ran with it? ... fair enough.
Beemans 1982 'Safari' to all the German airgun Factories sounds like my dream Holiday.

Will try and have a wander round Zella Mehlis one day...

Cheers,
Matt

[Geezer]

seems like ARH got the U.S airgun ball rolling, and Beeman ran with it?

Cheers,
Matt

That’s about right, though it was (your earlier post) Robert Law, not Ian Law, who was, IIRC, a British FT shooter.

[ptdunk]

That’s about right, though it was (your earlier post) Robert Law, not Ian Law, who was, IIRC, a British FT shooter.

Of course…
I have been leafing through old 80’s issues of Airgunner, so that’s probably where that came from.

Incidentally a gentleman spotted his name in that 1979 results list, so the booklet is winging it’s way to him by way of a memento.

Cheers,
Matt

[Geezer]

Of course…
I have been leafing through old 80’s issues of Airgunner, so that’s probably where that came from.

Incidentally a gentleman spotted his name in that 1979 results list, so the booklet is winging it’s way to him by way of a memento.

Cheers,
Matt

That’s very nice to hear, Matt.