Okay, I've been holding out on this rarity. Submitted for your amusement: a genuine "Made in Shangai, China" .177 pellet rifle. This set me back $29.50 but it was worth it for the grins. thumb1 :)
Matching serial number (yes, singular...there's only one). Side sling swivels, which shows it was obviously for cavalry use, or maybe just for horseplay :))
It'll make mince meat out of an aluminum pop can, but fails to penetrate a thick plastic pail. That sophisticated testing suggests that the ballistic energy is probably lower than a wrist rocket with fresh rubber, but that energy is more concentrated in the smaller diameter pellet, so I sure wouldn't want to be on the receiving end. It might break the skin out to 10 yds and would undoubtedly leave a welt.
P.S. I knew it didn't really fit in lever guns but it doesn't fit here either.
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Johnny....You'll put your eye out!!! rofl2
Looks almost like the same action as my folding stock Ak'ish pellet rifle, just with an under barrel pump and not a side lever like mine.
Walnut trees be damned... Makes a nice nut plucker....so the nuts fall and hit the garage roof with a loud pleasing bang.. rofl thumb1 it's the little things... I have more fun with it than my RWS pellet rifle I paid like 15 times or so more for..
Somewhere....I have a link to a place you can actually buy rebuild kits for them.
Quote from: Greasemonkey on April 03, 2019, 10:20:10 PM
Johnny....You'll put your eye out!!! rofl2
Looks almost like the same action as my folding stock Ak'ish pellet rifle, just with an under barrel pump and not a side lever like mine.
Walnut trees be damned... Makes a nice nut plucker....so the nuts fall and hit the garage roof with a loud pleasing bang.. rofl thumb1 it's the little things... I have more fun with it than my RWS pellet rifle I paid like 15 times or so more for..
Somewhere....I have a link to a place you can actually buy rebuild kits for them.
rofl Yeah, I always have my glasses on, so that should provide sufficient protection.
It would likely benefit from a rebuild, although it was noticeably more powerful and harder to cock after I cleaned it out with some WD-40 and paper towels.
Beware of real flammable chemicals/oils.... You can cause diesleing... Compression ignition and it can wipe out seals due to cylinder over pressure. I've done it a few times with other pellet rifles that died a painful death :) ..pack some petroleum jelly in the pellet skirt.. adds a nice crack.. and a little umph
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8218DZFE9dE
Dieseling fart1 Thanks GM thumb1 good to know...not looking to create a compression ignition cylinder there :o
I’ll clean it up a bit more and try the Vaseline trick.
looks like fun. what propels the pellets? gas fart1, do you pump it?
You cock the lever under the barrel and it 'charges' a large spring in the receiver with a seal/plunger at the front. The trigger releases the seal/plunger under spring tension and forces air behind the pellet and into the bore.
Kewl little plinker Phos. thumb1
Thanks LC!
Yup, simple pump action. Kind of cool to have a quiet "rifle" that doesn't require CO2 or a powder filled cartridge for propellant energy. It even has a rifled barrel, unlike a BB gun.