That side lever is one seriously ugly duckling I'm sure they will be accurate and an amazing feat of engineering, but I think I would have to take leave of my senses to spend £1200 on such an ugly beast lol. Still beauty is in the eye of the beholder I suppose
You can spend thousands and still miss a barn door or spend just enough and enjoy yourself. If you haven't got the talent to start with a million pound won't fix it. Whippet, Russell, a few bang sticks and a flat cap. http://www.smart-tech1st.co.uk
You can spend thousands and still miss a barn door or spend just enough and enjoy yourself. If you haven't got the talent to start with a million pound won't fix it. Whippet, Russell, a few bang sticks and a flat cap. http://www.smart-tech1st.co.uk
Members here have payed huge sums for for PCP actions bolted on to scaffolding boards cause BullPups are the fashion.
Ugly, Ugly, Ugly at least this rifle has one good side!
Then there are the rifles that seem to be made out of a random collection of metal bits, they fold, they function but Oh Dear the aesthetic pain...
Ora
A ProSport that went to Ibiza, drank too much Malibu, had sex with a bag of spanners and now this!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is true for UKAHFT but it isn't true for FT.
For any BFTA events in the UK and for the World Championships ( WFTF ) JW's / SR's etc are classed as Piston rifles and compete in the Springer/Piston category.
The T16 would be legal to use in both the BFTA Grand Prix series and the WFTF World Championships in FT - competing in Spring/Piston category.
Far too many rifles to list now, all mainly British but the odd pesky foreigner has snuck in
Interesting idea and great to see a new British rifle!
I am a big fan of recoilless (twin opposing piston) springers however I believe that this idea is not new and a rammer prototype has been made by Ben Taylor before, have a look at these links:
http://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread....k-piston/page2
http://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread....oben-Whiscombe
Bengarzy = Ben Taylor (As in TheoBEN) for those that don’t know. Ben talks about issues with the rams and patents that have been taken out; I am not sure if this may cause any patent issues, but as Theoben no longer exists, maybe not?
Hopefully this rifle will come into production, but considering that someone like John Whiscombe (who is a Genius) took years of research to produce his guns which could still be further improved, I would think that a lot more research and planning is required before this comes into full production.
How long will it be before we see it in production?
It would be great to see more pics of this gun. Do both pistons produce power like on a Whiscombe?
Will this gun be a single cocking gun or double/triple like the Whiscombe? Single would be preferred I guess, and that’s why the massive side lever?
The Park only had 1 power producing piston and was a single cocking gun, but it struggled to produce 12ftlbs in .177.
Good luck with this project and please keep us posted!
Last edited by nurek; 21-02-2018 at 04:42 PM.
I far as I could gather both pistons working together (opposing) and both cooked with a single stroke - the really clever part. I was speaking to the designer and he said he had put 6000 hours into perfecting this design so it's not an over night dream. Not sure how long before production sorry.
Daystate Owners Club new site: www.daystateownersclub.com/forum
You can spend thousands and still miss a barn door or spend just enough and enjoy yourself. If you haven't got the talent to start with a million pound won't fix it. Whippet, Russell, a few bang sticks and a flat cap. http://www.smart-tech1st.co.uk
I think going on his original reply he's a mass lover of HW's (a bit like TonyL) and won't have a bad word said about them, we've all bought bad guns that have not performed to our expectations, I've had lots of HW's (that's why I won't entertain them anymore) and even my beloved BSA's that have disappointed me but sometimes a rifle turns up that just hits the spot and heals your faith in a brand (mainly the gooduns in my BSA collection).
The Prosport just hit the spot the first few shots I put through it after that I was smitten.
Pete
Far too many rifles to list now, all mainly British but the odd pesky foreigner has snuck in