Mystery piece in a Drulov DU-10 case?

[45flint]

Just in, a as new cased Drulov repeater. Kind of fascinated me for a while given I read it used a similar idea started by Benjamin with their repeater: but done successfully. I had a Crosman 600 for a bit it’s got a lot going on and is a bit of a gas hog. This held gas and works perfectly with its first shoots. Multiple sets of seals came in the case. Only mystery was the solid cone shaped piece. Have no idea what it is for? Any thoughts?

[DrGunn]

Could it be a packing piece so 8g capsules can be used? My Drulov in the satchel case doesn’t have anything like that with it and it looks like it’s home made.

[45flint]

Could it be a packing piece so 8g capsules can be used? My Drulov in the satchel case doesn’t have anything like that with it and it looks like it’s home made.

That makes perfect sense, I have a lot of 8g’s I bought in a close out sale, will test after my 12g exhausts. I have searched the internet for pics and I have seen this piece in another cased set. So I believe it’s factory?

[MDriskill]

Could it be a packing piece so 8g capsules can be used? My Drulov in the satchel case doesn’t have anything like that with it and it looks like it’s home made.

That's a great thought. The Hammerli Master had a very similar bit that fulfilled that very function.

[45flint]

As said this is a piece to put in with a 8 gram capsule. Have a lot of 8 grams and just put one in and it worked perfectly. Shame more CO2 pistols don’t include this? Pretty simple idea?

[Vic Thompson]

From memory Crosman included a similar item with one with their C600 models and I believe that their one was actually labelled "Crosman". I can't remember precisely when two particular things happened, one, the phasing out of 8gm cartridges, and two, the introduction of the Drulov. Having said that, it strikes me that the Drulov was at best introduced at the very last knockings of 8gm cartridge availability for Air Gun use, but maybe, just maybe, they lingered a while to cater to the home brewing market, who knows.

Vic Thompson.

[45flint]

From memory Crosman included a similar item with one with their C600 models and I believe that their one was actually labelled "Crosman". I can't remember precisely when two particular things happened, one, the phasing out of 8gm cartridges, and two, the introduction of the Drulov. Having said that, it strikes me that the Drulov was at best introduced at the very last knockings of 8gm cartridge availability for Air Gun use, but maybe, just maybe, they lingered a while to cater to the home brewing market, who knows.

Vic Thompson.

I have never seen one, hard to believe that Crosman would do this given their 12 grams were a major source of profit. Drulov was brought out in the 1980’s, Benjamin used 8 grams for quite a while not wanting to add to Crosman’s bottom line.