Quote Originally Posted by ccdjg View Post
I should have mentioned that this same problem was discussed in a thread almost a couple of years back, and various options were put forward then, but none very convincing. https://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread...ighlight=Eagle

The most popular suggestion was that it was muzzle loaded. However, the gun was advertised as using conical as well as BB pellets, and would have needed a ramrod, but no such thing is mentioned in any of the adverts.

Guy, It certainly is not a repeater. If the end cap slid out, then somehow the means by which it is attached to the barrel would have to avoid the cross screw in the process. The same cross screw causes a problem for any sort of loading into the barrel.
(Incidentally the Stinger appears to have been made by Webley according to literature, and the gun itself is marked 'Made in England'. This does not exclude the possibility of course that Webley bought in some or all of the components and assembled it themselves.)
A possible though admittedly unsatisfactory solution is that the vertical screw in the rear of the cylinder unscrews to reveal some sort of channel reservoir for the ball ammo that angles at 45 degrees (or so) down into the barrel (ie. above the crossbolt).

If instead you prefer to use the single shot function you pull off the (push fit/bayonet) rear plug and insert the pellet downwards into the top of the ball channel (it's open at the back). A short flexible bit of wire fixed to the inside top of the rear plug advances the pellet beyond the slight constriction that holds balls in a queue (to be release one at a time with a sharp tap on a firm surface).

If you're shooting ball, you rotate the plug so the wire is in the cavity under the crossbolt. There's a seal around the plug...