209 Primer powered Air Rifle

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I see Marstar is selling a Pedresoli rifle that fires a 177 pellet powered by a #11 percussion cap. I have heard of some rifles that use a 209 shotgun primer. Has anyone out there heard of a source for these in Canada?

I heard of regular spring powered air guns being converted but is this legal if powered by a #209 as I believe it would propel the pellet above 500 fps. If anyone can supply a website or...?

Cheers. Steve.
 
Neat little rifle, but, I think it would be a PITA to load each time... It's a muzzle loader... Wouldn't be as bad IF you could load the pellet into the 'chamber' and then put the primer behind it...

Cheers
Jay
 
I couldn't find anything on this rifle either. I was curious about the ballistics, and asked the question on another forum. Never got a satisfactory answer, just some amusing stories of what guys have done with pellet guns as kids, and as you've seen, the cost of shooting something like this.

Hope you do better than me in your fact finding mission.
 
Prime Gun

So I found this in my quest. Another neat gun but probably on the pricey side.

http://www.primegun.com/

I have heard of spring powered air rifles being converted and something that was made either in Mexico or further south in a factory. Perhaps due to the gun laws down there? Perhaps just as lethal as a 22 (short?) but almost as slow as a muzzle loader.

Cheers. Steve
 
Curiosity killed the cat. I had a barrel from a pellet gun in my inventory of pieces parts. Turned it down and added materials so it wouldn't damage the bore and chamber in my 410.

A test shot sent the pellet through three 1/2 inch pieces of plywood completed with a healthy smack when it hit the metal backstop.

I guess it's a shot through a chronograph next. Stay tuned.
 
I once had the chance to shoot a .177 pistol. It was a single shot breach loader, you inserted the .177 pellet then a 22cal blank from a starter pistol. I can't remember exactly how it loaded but it was neat and the pellet really flew out of that pistol.
 
In post #9, I made an error. Closer inspection of the plywood showed that the pellet only went through the first one and embedded into the one behind. My opologies for the mis-information.

1025 FPS. That was the reading on the chronograph. The chronograph didn't read the first couple of shots. I can only make an uneducated guess as to why.

My curiosity has been satisfied.

Conclusions: 1) I understand why the Davide Pedersoli is a muzzle loader. The factory made pellets leave a ring of lead in the chamber after firing.

2) If I were to regularly use a rifle like this, I would be more comfortable shooting pellets cast in a different shape.

3) It would be interesting to play with it enough to make it accurate.

4) A bit of a PITA to load.

Cheers
 
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