Quality Engineering

[Abasmajor]

One of the things that attracts me to old airguns is the very high standard of build quality and finish together with attention to detail resulting in some innovative little extras that would not be financially viable in current times. It's nice to just to pick up and handle these old pieces and admire the sometimes-quirky ideas that probably took more time to design and produce than their use justified. An example is this pellet seating pin attached to the sealing knob on the A.G. Parker crank wound air pistol dating from the 1920s. Once the pellet has been inserted and seated using the attached pin, the sealing knob is retuned to the upright position and tightened down using the knurled head of the knob. There is no sealing washer, so close metal to metal tolerances are needed to prevent air escaping from the breech.



Brian