I once bought a Parker Hale Dragon SSP advertised as 12 ft/lb. Sadley it only put out 10.5 ft/lbs. I wish some mfg would come out with a 2 stroke 12 ft/lb rifle. It's not that much effort to add one pump. What's the deal?
12 ft/lb Single Stroke Pneumatic quest.....
- Thread starter DonC
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Another option would be picking up a self contained PCP with built in pump such as a Seneca Aspen or American Tactical Nova Freedom they shoot 15fpe on LOW setting straight out of their boxes and you can adjust them via hammer spring to lower their power to your preference. Use the pump as a regulator to top off the sweet spot. YO!
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I'M with you, Don. Have actually thought about it a lot. My dream hunter is a two stroke pumper with a two pellet shuttle magazine for a quick second shot. High quality walnut and polished, blued steel.
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Get a RAW HM1000 tuned to 12 fpe. Has 17 shot magazines and with the bottle gets 200 shots. Deadly accurate. Bargain at $1750.
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My Sportsman does 620 w 14.3s on 2 pumps. My Dragon is virtually identical to yours for power but it's a 22. I had a Dragon FT in 177 but it would only do 10.1 ft lb and the trigger/valve assembly was nowhere near as well made as my current one. The Sportsman is much harder to pump. A single stroke COULD be a GREAT Ft rifle if you could actually get 11.5 ft lb out of it without excessive effort. Haven't seen it yet though. A multi pump would need a free floated barrel as the difference in stress from different numbers of strokes causes lateral or vertical change , depending on the direction of pump. My Sportsman (and all I've worked on) moves laterally. The difference between 2 and 3 pumps is 3/4" at 50 yds w 14.3s. My Sharp Aces are better but there is still some. The Benji's, Crosmans, and Sheridans are more difficult to detect because they are under pumpers, but the effect is still there. A single stroke never varies because the stress is always the same.
Food for thought ...
Bob
Food for thought ...
Bob
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Great info Bob. I was not aware of the need to free float. I wish I had a Sharp Ace like you.
The Parker Hale Dragon does have a very nice cocking gear driven cocking linkage. It kinda looks even more complex that my SSP 10 meter Feinwerkbaugh 603. Both linkages give a lot of mechanical advantage. A 2 stroke Field Target free floated rifle would sell like hotcakes. Most countries are limited to only 12 ft/lbs. The market is there and the ability to be free from a refill tank is appealing.
The Parker Hale Dragon does have a very nice cocking gear driven cocking linkage. It kinda looks even more complex that my SSP 10 meter Feinwerkbaugh 603. Both linkages give a lot of mechanical advantage. A 2 stroke Field Target free floated rifle would sell like hotcakes. Most countries are limited to only 12 ft/lbs. The market is there and the ability to be free from a refill tank is appealing.
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