How old PCP's are?..... This will change your mind!
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The Austrian army used PCP's of sorts. Lewis & Clark expedition had surplus Austrian military PCP's for hunting. 2 pumps a d ready! Read up, it's amazing what WE don't know!
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I toured Europe 3 years ago, and a castle we stopped at had this air gun on display with other weapons.
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Didn't change my mind. Being a serious airgunner over 60 years, I've been aware of PCP history over half that long.
But it's probably interesting "news" to airgun newbies.
But it's probably interesting "news" to airgun newbies.
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Emu, thanks for posting this. It is an interesting topic & something many new air rifle shooters are not aware of.
As a collector of antique arms I have been aware of early air rifles for years. For some reason I never bought one for my collection.
Bolks generally has at least one in their inventory. Such as this one.
A fine rare antique 18th Century German Air Rifle, caliber 6 mm, length 120 cm, in very good condition. Price 4.250 euro - European&other - Long Guns - Bolk Antiques (bolk-antiques.nl)
At some of the antique longfrifle shows I attend, they are few fellows who make contempoary air rifles of the old designs. Most of them have a ball reservoir , similar to the antique one below.
Pritchard Ball Reservoir Air Gun | Rock Island Auction
As a collector of antique arms I have been aware of early air rifles for years. For some reason I never bought one for my collection.
Bolks generally has at least one in their inventory. Such as this one.
A fine rare antique 18th Century German Air Rifle, caliber 6 mm, length 120 cm, in very good condition. Price 4.250 euro - European&other - Long Guns - Bolk Antiques (bolk-antiques.nl)
At some of the antique longfrifle shows I attend, they are few fellows who make contempoary air rifles of the old designs. Most of them have a ball reservoir , similar to the antique one below.
Pritchard Ball Reservoir Air Gun | Rock Island Auction
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I get a kick reading over and over again how slug and round ball shooting in air guns will ruin the sport. It's been going on for centuries folks! ;<)
In the History of Air Gunning, it is pellets that are in truth the newer kids on the block. LOL!!!
Knife
In the History of Air Gunning, it is pellets that are in truth the newer kids on the block. LOL!!!
Knife
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One of these days I'm gonna get something like this. Where might plans or blueprints for this type of airgun be found?
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Having no clue of air guns what so ever, history or otherwise at @ age 8 or 9, built my first PCP simply having an idea and cobbling a very simple one together. My father was a previous WWII Aircraft mechanic and had lots of Surplus Hydro & Pneumatic valve fittings, tubing etc ...
An @ 6" diameter x 18" long Yellow Military ( US Air force ) breathing oxygen surge cylinder taken from some WW2 or Korean war era aircraft.
Threaded on top a needle valve attached to @ 3 to 4 feet of reinforced rubber hose ( Likely fuel line ? )
Hose terminated into a push button air squirt nosile as one would use to blow off parts in the shop.
Attached to spray outlet an @ 3 foot piece of SS seamless HP tubing of 1/4" od & inner bore that a Daisy BB would just roll down. As I recall I had placed a small pliers pinch to stop the BB near the tubes attachment point.
With a hand pump or a trip to local gas station would fill cylinder to 50-60psi IIRC.
* Crack the needle valve just far enough to create a small leak it would charge the hose to tank pressure.
Pressing the button on sprayer would discharge a small blast of air. Effectively a plenum dump ( Hose being plenum )
BB would fly out pretty hard as I recall.
It worked no lie ... sighting down barrel was able to hit a few birds as well just fool around with my first BB gun being dad had not allowed one at this point & figured this contraption his son had made was so low powered it was just overlooked as being serious.
From there ONLY RECALL GETTING IN MUCH TROUBLE !!!!
BB over the back fence striking a neighbors Back porch sliding glass window and taking it to pieces of glass shards. ( Pre safety glass era being we're talking @ 1967-68 there about )
So I had freely conceived a PCP BB rifle never having a clue of such a devise .. just did it cause I could.
TRUE STORY
An @ 6" diameter x 18" long Yellow Military ( US Air force ) breathing oxygen surge cylinder taken from some WW2 or Korean war era aircraft.
Threaded on top a needle valve attached to @ 3 to 4 feet of reinforced rubber hose ( Likely fuel line ? )
Hose terminated into a push button air squirt nosile as one would use to blow off parts in the shop.
Attached to spray outlet an @ 3 foot piece of SS seamless HP tubing of 1/4" od & inner bore that a Daisy BB would just roll down. As I recall I had placed a small pliers pinch to stop the BB near the tubes attachment point.
With a hand pump or a trip to local gas station would fill cylinder to 50-60psi IIRC.
* Crack the needle valve just far enough to create a small leak it would charge the hose to tank pressure.
Pressing the button on sprayer would discharge a small blast of air. Effectively a plenum dump ( Hose being plenum )
BB would fly out pretty hard as I recall.
It worked no lie ... sighting down barrel was able to hit a few birds as well just fool around with my first BB gun being dad had not allowed one at this point & figured this contraption his son had made was so low powered it was just overlooked as being serious.
From there ONLY RECALL GETTING IN MUCH TROUBLE !!!!
BB over the back fence striking a neighbors Back porch sliding glass window and taking it to pieces of glass shards. ( Pre safety glass era being we're talking @ 1967-68 there about )
So I had freely conceived a PCP BB rifle never having a clue of such a devise .. just did it cause I could.
TRUE STORY
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