Curious, how much more would you pay

[Sawney Bean]

now i am just the opposite . I enjoy the physical workings of a bolt action . IF HW came out with a bolt action break barrel HW77 long i would put a prepaid order in . I know that would be silly but just offering as an example .

I bet they could come up with something much better than what exists now. I haven't actually shot an HW77, but I have fired numerous other underlevers and sidelevers and they have all been either somewhat awkward or very awkward to load. I can't imagine the current system is good for accuracy either. There must be a significant percentage of pellets that are damaged during the process of loading, at least that is the case with me. On some guns like the TX200 every 5th shot or so I'll have to fumble with the pellet to try and seat it in the breach or will accidentally drop it into the loading area.

I don't like the Gamo Swarm autoloader, but it does demonstrate that a loading mechanism can work and I would imagine that if it was a single shot and a company like Weihrauch were the ones designing and manufacturing it that it could both be easier to load and improve accuracy. Maybe a bolt action would be the way to do that.

 

[beerthief]

I bet they could come up with something much better than what exists now. I haven't actually shot an HW77, but I have fired numerous other underlevers and sidelevers and they have all been either somewhat awkward or very awkward to load. I can't imagine the current system is good for accuracy either. There must be a significant percentage of pellets that are damaged during the process of loading, at least that is the case with me. On some guns like the TX200 every 5th shot or so I'll have to fumble with the pellet to try and seat it in the breach or will accidentally drop it into the loading area.

I don't like the Gamo Swarm autoloader, but it does demonstrate that a loading mechanism can work and I would imagine that if it was a single shot and a company like Weihrauch were the ones designing and manufacturing it that it could both be easier to load and improve accuracy. Maybe a bolt action would be the way to do that.

I am thinking about another TX200 to play with IE: open the loading port a bit wider ? that would weaken the gun for cocking , might bend if modified too much maybe need to weld steel strips along the bottom of the tube opposite the leading port ? I have lefty versions of the TX and the loading port is already wider on the left side .
OR make a drop in piece that would guide your finger tips /pellet into the correct position , this sounds like a more do-able project . .

 

[Sawney Bean]

I am thinking about another TX200 to play with IE: open the loading port a bit wider ? that would weaken the gun for cocking , might bend if modified too much maybe need to weld steel strips along the bottom of the tube opposite the leading port ? I have lefty versions of the TX and the loading port is already wider on the left side .
OR make a drop in piece that would guide your finger tips /pellet into the correct position , this sounds like a more doable project . .

I recently picked up a Diana 56 TH and the difference in ease of loading between that and the TX200 is night and day. The 56 isn't much trouble at all to load, while the TX200 is a PITA.