I had a Daisy powerline...
Pretty dire to be honest
Although there have been many different configurations of spring air pistol, I’ve only come across a small number of side lever spring air pistols - the Warrior, the Feinwekbau 65 (and follow on models 80, 90) and the FB Record Champion:
The Record Champion has the cocking lever on the left and pivoting at the front, the Feinwerkbau 65 has the lever on the left but pivoting at the back and the warrior has the lever on the right and pivoting at the front. Are there any more examples of side lever air pistols? Are there any with a cocking arm that pivot from the rear right?
I had a Daisy powerline...
Pretty dire to be honest
And apologies, I've just re-read your post... Spring was the keyword, I'll get me coat
I can’t think of any others. Surprising how few there are (were).
Here’s another for you
HS 71. Pivots rear right
Morally flawed
I have a really good condition boxed 71. Never worked unfortunately as piston washer completely degraded. Do spares exist? Steve
This one dated to about 1850, shows there is nothing new under the sun.
It was the last pistol I got from Europe before Brexit put a stop to all that but I guess that’s not what you mean ! Not much to add to geezer. Here’s the box:
The balls are fed into a container that surrounds the true barrel using the little funnel you see in the box. It’s a fun little thing but not exactly precision machinery
Morally flawed