WTF is this all about? Just been given this .177 barrel and have no idea what it is from or it's purpose?
Surrey's Anglo Saxon
WTF is this all about? Just been given this .177 barrel and have no idea what it is from or it's purpose?
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Yikes…
Looks like maybe someone was trying to fashion an early M16 style muzzle brake?
What rifle is it from?
Matt.
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Yes looks like a try at copying the early AR15/M16 flash suppressor .
Surrey's Anglo Saxon
No idea what rifle it is fromOriginally Posted by ptdunk
Surrey's Anglo Saxon
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Similar to a HW35 but the breech block isn't just quite right...maybe a HW35 Barakuda....that would explain the attempt at making the flash suppressor ??? The gun used a charge of ether from a separate tube alongside the maintube that boosted the velocity of the pellets.!
Known as the Barakuda EL54, the ether ignited giving velocities over 1,000 fps, but it had the effect of blowing the lead pellets apart in the barrel...so they started using steel ball shot....petty dangerous I guess in an air rifle maintube and barrel ?.....that's my best guess anyway.Rgds C
Last edited by rapidshot; 12-10-2021 at 07:41 PM.
Muddled
Its a Round Tuit.
Ive been meaning to get one for years.
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