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Maverick
A 100% handmade Sporting Pneumatic
rifle designed for #3 buckshot ball (25 caliber).
#3 buckshot ball - tap loader. Just roll it in the hopper, rotate
the wheel to pick it up and tighten back down.
Heavy billet machined aluminum parts. Integral trigger housing
and guard inlet into butt and forestocks.
Classic polished brass and aluminum with blued steel and walnut.
Detail - stock ring machined from solid brass - carefully inlet
into forestock
Quick fill integral machined reservoir cap. Butt reservoir inside
the stock on this model. Keeps the traditional look, which large
reservoirs fight.
This rifle may be set up in various power modes from mild to wild.
You can find a power suitable for your properly equipped back
lot or garage.
Wouldn't matter how neat it looked
if it didn't shoot. Here's a very early testing group of five
buckshot ball right out of the bag. That's using a 4x quick acquisition
shotgun scope. I love these little scopes, but they are (of course)
not the finest target scope for 12 yards. Too much eye relief.
I'll stick a target scope on later.
Oh ... please note
... I get questions regarding this: "Hey ... can't you hit
the dot?" and "Why are the groups not in the center
of targets?" The reason is simple ... if the first shot took
out the dot ... what would you aim at for the second shot? A ragged
hole doesn't make a precise aim point. Shooters, testing accuracy,
often position their group so as to NOT be right on top of their
aim point. A few clicks of the scope and the spot is gone ...
no worries. ;?)
Buckshot are a harder lead than pellets. They'll penetrate pretty
well. That's a 2 by 4. I sliced through the wound channel with
a band saw - thru the ball too. There's the other side of the
ball. You note that the ball was spinning enough to resist the
travel thru the wood. When I cut thru it, the band of rifling
was still around the ball in the correct orientation.
Being shrouded and made to easily detune, the rifle can be enjoyed
in an urban setting with proper precaution. Above, I had it running
pretty hot. Still within an easy fill pressure of about 2,800
psi, I starting right off at the peak of it's curve. I filled
to 2,800 and shot 925,942,946,945,940,932 ... it was then down
to about 2,250-2,300 psi. The core - very tight - of the "hot"
range. Very easy to recover back to fill pressure too. No ultra
high pressure carbon fiber tanks required. You can get good milage
from your normal SCUBA tanks. If you have ultra high tanks, a
fill will last seemingly forever.
How Many shots does
it get per fill? One
of the endless questions that do not have simple answers. Here's
a very good lesson that it takes many a long time to absorb: Shooting
"hot" uses VASTLY more air than shooting just alittle
slower. For example ... I detuned this rifle alittle bit.
Filled it to 2,625 psi. Started shooting at about 650 fps ...
it gradually climbed into the middle 800's ... then decended to
around 650 again when I stopped ... After 23 shots
on this smaller reservoir. It also allowed me to use down to around
600 psi remaining in the gun's butt reservoir. How'd you like
to use your SCUBA tank fills down below 1,000 psi? ;?)
Going just alittle
faster doesn't use just alittle more energy ... it uses vastly
more energy. It's nice to be able to pick the cycle, and set your
rifle for the power level which is appropriate to your need.
Mounting a 6 by 18X Bushnell scope,
this shows the accuracy potential better. Remember, that's not
match grade pellets ... that's #3 buckshot from Hornady. This
rifle is set up to shoot that 23.7 grain ball ammo purchased in
five pound bags. And it does so very well indeed. These were shot
at around 700 fps - very smooth and quiet.
The small format solid brass receiver
can still handle this good sized scope. That's an ultra-glide
hammer driven by coil spring with over/under custom guides.
I like this one alot. Hope you've enjoyed
seeing it. It's soon off to it's ledger owner.
As shown $5,250 US
Or available in a Breech loading traditional bolt action. Same price.
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