I have a couple Haenel III's. They are DRP rifles. They are keepers. The quality is second to none. I love simplicity and lockup. I have rebuilt both, and they shoot like new. Ninety years young. Anybody else out there feel the same?
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N/A Haenel III
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I agree, I have 2 Model III’s one is nearly 98 years old (10/1927) and was rebuilt last year, the other is tore down at the moment made in 1932 and I have a Model 1 (12/1935) it is rebuilt as well. Attached are pictures of my working model III and model 1.
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Great Pictures. I too have a Model I also made in 1935. I will have to take some pictures. Also, I have a model 4. Which is the smallest springer I have. But it is very quick for its size. To bad we can't take them with us when we leave this world. 
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I had one. A Model III DRP.... Foolishly sold it when I took my journey into the PCP world. What I wouldn't give to have it back again...
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I find them once in a while. I might have one for sale in the near future. I have owned a total of six in the past.
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A friend brings a display of pre-war Haenels to the Hickory show every year and they are AWESOME. Among the most beautifully-made and well-finished factory-made airguns ever, IMHO. The distinctive gray-blue metal finish is especially gorgeous.
Haenel is in the city of Suhl - a traditional center of the German gun-making industry - in the former East German state of Thuringia. That proud tradition shows through In their old guns for sure.
Haenel is in the city of Suhl - a traditional center of the German gun-making industry - in the former East German state of Thuringia. That proud tradition shows through In their old guns for sure.
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They can be a challenge to reseal. Getting the end cap off is the problem. After 90 years, they are stuck.
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Was at a local gun show PB and one seller has a daisy model 25 in poor shape @ $125 and a Hannel @ $150 also poor shape .
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The Haenel model 5 is one of the airgun collector "holy grails!"
It was a fantastic pre-war tap-loading underlever, with an ingenious repeating action that had a flat drum over the loading tap. As you can see from these photos, the cocking lever both indexed the drum, and opened to tap to take another pellet; closing the lever closed the tap. The drum held 18 pellets!
It was a fantastic pre-war tap-loading underlever, with an ingenious repeating action that had a flat drum over the loading tap. As you can see from these photos, the cocking lever both indexed the drum, and opened to tap to take another pellet; closing the lever closed the tap. The drum held 18 pellets!
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I have newer models, the Haenel Modell 303 Super Target and two Modell 303 Plain. I expected to see Haenel on them, but they were Suhl Modell 303. They are well-built air rifles.I know the Suhl also made good target .22 rimfires.
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Haenel Suhl produced a full line of weapons including bayonets and even MP38/40 pistol-machine guns.Their latest development is the Olympic level match rifle Haenel MLG 550, a fantastic rifle. Saw it once a couple of years ago in Hickory, but the owner refused to sell it to me.To my regret, he simply brought his Haenel collection to the exhibition and did not plan to sell anything.
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I mis-spoke a bit! As you can see in the VAG pics, there was also a non-repeating version of the Haenel model 5; and a smaller model 5 Junior in plain and repeating variants.
The model 5 was a "normal" half-stock version of the same basic action used in the Haenel model 4 underlever, a quarter-stock underlever tap-loader looking much like the classic BSA's. All are lovely, rare and highly desirable collectibles. There was a repeater version of the model 4 too.
The model 5 was a "normal" half-stock version of the same basic action used in the Haenel model 4 underlever, a quarter-stock underlever tap-loader looking much like the classic BSA's. All are lovely, rare and highly desirable collectibles. There was a repeater version of the model 4 too.
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