Thanks everyone for your replies. I see it is a pneumatic. the shooter I watched in the video firing the gun did not appear to require much effort to cock the rifle. The FWB's just look cool, and being German should be a precision tool.
Anyone here own or shoot one of these? I watched a video on this springer last night and it looks impressive. Of course it should for the price. From what I gather its either no longer made or imported to the U.S.
The part about being 3 am makes this hard to believe. My guess is some liquid refreshment was consumed, and he shot at something. His story was it was an Armadillo. It might have been a car, a rock or other hard object.
I am Norton. I participate on Glock Talk and a couple of other forums. Mostly a powder burner, reloader and bullet caster, but I also have a selection of air guns. My principal air gun shooting is with an RWS 56th and a Hammerli Pneuma precharged air rifle. Have been watching Teds video's...