Greetings everyone,
I'm about to discuss an "air" revolver, that most of you've probably never heard of and by the way, I'm not making this up, this thing actually exists and it's awesome as it can be, it's like a true S&W classic, but miniaturised in terms of its caliber, to shoot airgun pellets instead of .357 or otherwise .44 slugs.
So, I have this pellet revolver, chambered in 6mm flobert/ .22 caliber, that's absolutely unlike any "air" pistol or revolver out there. Most "Air" pistols or as I've already stated, revolvers - I'm just going to refer to them as air pistols for the sake of complexity or there lack of, are either powered by air (in example: PCP pistols, such as certain Artemis PP series or the Marauder Silhouette) or otherwise by CO2 gas... This thing of mine is different however.
It uses those tiny, acorn shaped, 6mm flobert blanks as propellant, to launch .22 pellets of all kinds out of the barrel's muzzle and yes, you've read it right, it uses blank rimfire cartridges with powder in them to shoot pellets out of the gun and therefore falls under the category of airguns/alarm-signal guns by my country's law. My version has a 4.5 inch barrel and is chambered in .22 / shorty 6mm flobert blank as stated above, but there is also a .25 caliber variant out there and I'd love to get my hands on that piece someday, especially if it would have a 4.5" or even a 6" barrel; I don't particulary like snubnosed revolvers, because they're even a tad louder than those with longer barrels. To load the thing, I must first insert the pellets into each individual chamber through the front end of the cylinder and then the blanks into the chambers at the rear end of the cylinder, like you'd load a regular firearm revolver. It's got a 6 round cylinder capacity and the bore on this thing is not rifled, it's smooth, but with proper blanks - RWS makes the best, with cleanest powder, and projectiles/pellets, either COAL wadcutters or JSB Jumbo Express 5.51mm pellets, this thing shoots like a champ! The Crosman "Vigilante" / 357 can take a walk with its grooved barrel compared to this smooth-bored powder burner of mine. I own both guns and I can tell the difference, the Ekol is a tack driver at 10 meters, you'd be able to take out a dime at that distance. In terms of accuracy at 10 meters or so, I've had the best success so far with RWS/Geco blanks and JSB KnockOut slugs, which this thing absolutely loves and shoots with utter precision.
So now, that I've given you folks a general rundown on this thing, I'd like to know whether you're familiar with any similar revolvers to this thing, with perhaps any Colt SAA replicas, that function on a similar principle or perhaps any derringers as such?
- Triglav
I'm about to discuss an "air" revolver, that most of you've probably never heard of and by the way, I'm not making this up, this thing actually exists and it's awesome as it can be, it's like a true S&W classic, but miniaturised in terms of its caliber, to shoot airgun pellets instead of .357 or otherwise .44 slugs.
So, I have this pellet revolver, chambered in 6mm flobert/ .22 caliber, that's absolutely unlike any "air" pistol or revolver out there. Most "Air" pistols or as I've already stated, revolvers - I'm just going to refer to them as air pistols for the sake of complexity or there lack of, are either powered by air (in example: PCP pistols, such as certain Artemis PP series or the Marauder Silhouette) or otherwise by CO2 gas... This thing of mine is different however.
It uses those tiny, acorn shaped, 6mm flobert blanks as propellant, to launch .22 pellets of all kinds out of the barrel's muzzle and yes, you've read it right, it uses blank rimfire cartridges with powder in them to shoot pellets out of the gun and therefore falls under the category of airguns/alarm-signal guns by my country's law. My version has a 4.5 inch barrel and is chambered in .22 / shorty 6mm flobert blank as stated above, but there is also a .25 caliber variant out there and I'd love to get my hands on that piece someday, especially if it would have a 4.5" or even a 6" barrel; I don't particulary like snubnosed revolvers, because they're even a tad louder than those with longer barrels. To load the thing, I must first insert the pellets into each individual chamber through the front end of the cylinder and then the blanks into the chambers at the rear end of the cylinder, like you'd load a regular firearm revolver. It's got a 6 round cylinder capacity and the bore on this thing is not rifled, it's smooth, but with proper blanks - RWS makes the best, with cleanest powder, and projectiles/pellets, either COAL wadcutters or JSB Jumbo Express 5.51mm pellets, this thing shoots like a champ! The Crosman "Vigilante" / 357 can take a walk with its grooved barrel compared to this smooth-bored powder burner of mine. I own both guns and I can tell the difference, the Ekol is a tack driver at 10 meters, you'd be able to take out a dime at that distance. In terms of accuracy at 10 meters or so, I've had the best success so far with RWS/Geco blanks and JSB KnockOut slugs, which this thing absolutely loves and shoots with utter precision.
So now, that I've given you folks a general rundown on this thing, I'd like to know whether you're familiar with any similar revolvers to this thing, with perhaps any Colt SAA replicas, that function on a similar principle or perhaps any derringers as such?
- Triglav
