Thursday 2 June 2011

Feinwerkbau 300 S (German side lever)
Just back from a service by Feinwerkbau
The 300S is a recoilless match rifle which took the 10 meter world by storm, back in the 80s. The whole barrel/piston section is set on hardened steel rails which allow it to travel backwards during the firing cycle.
Accuracy is rated at 0.040 of an inch!!
Weihrauch HW35 (German break barrel)
The classic high power air rifle. The 35 was powerful and yet very accurate and was considered to be the gun to have some 30 years ago.
Diana 50 (German under lever)
Medium power, but very accurate. Over 50 years old and still working perfectly.
Diana 50 showing fluted barrel
Weihrauch HW77 (German under lever)
A classic from the 90s. Full power but still very accurate.
Sig-Hammerli Mod. 401 (Swiss side lever)
Smaller and lighter but powerful with a nice semi-match trigger.
Loading tap
Diana Mod. 35 (German break barrel)
Late 1950s. Short-stroke piston restricted its power but it still remains one of the most aesthetically pleasing classics. Iron sights and a superb trigger.
Walther Mod. 55 (German break barrel)
Very heavy, with large lead weights in the forend. Bull barrel shroud. Medium power designed for 10 meter target shooting. Match trigger.
Diana 20 1938 (German b/barrel, smoothbore)
Quackenbush (USA) 1890s (barrel pushes in to cock and load, then pulls out to fire)