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The rifle is available in .177 (4.5mm) and in .22 (5.5mm) calibre. It is loaded by a break-action system and the pellet is placed into the breach. The rifle has an accurate range up to 50 yards but will still remain powerful up to 80 yards. It weighs 5.7 pounds (2.6 kg) and is 43.5 inches (1,100 mm) long. The barrel is 13 inches (330 mm).
During the 1970s in the UK El Gamo marketed two air rifles, the Marksman, a conventional .22 rifle with a fitted and pre-zeroed telescopic sight, and the Paratrooper repeater, a .177 pistol-gripped repeating rifle incorporating a tubular magazine along the top of the cylinder, and using a rising/falling breech mechanism for positioning the pellet.
The BSA Mercury was a break barrel, spring powered, Air Rifle first produced in 1972 by the Birmingham Small Arms Company and then Gamo (UK) Limited.It was manufactured in .177 (4.5 mm) .22 (5.5 mm) and .25 (6.35 mm), the latter named the "635 Magnum".
The trigger is a two-stage metal blade, adjustable for pressure and it has a simple post and notch plastic sights. The Supersport, being spring powered, suffers from recoil, range is limited to about 40 m, with 25–30 m being the maximum hunting range and the rifle has a "just under legal limit UK power" of 11.2 ft•lbf (15.18 J) of energy. [2]
This makes the "trigger crank" avoid classification as a machine gun for purposes of gun law in the United States, as stated in an IRS revenue ruling [1] and various other private-letter rulings by ATF. [2] [3] However, a battery-powered "trigger crank" (and by extension Gatling gun) is a machine gun as was determined by the ATF in 2004. [4]
The screw is mated with a partially threaded hole in the receptacle: threadless channels in the breechblock screw line up with the threaded parts of the receptacle, and vice versa. The screw can thus be smoothly inserted all the way into the receptacle, after which as little as one-eighth of a turn can engage the two sets of threads securely ...
A trigger disconnector captures the hammer in the cocked position after a shot has been fired, even if the trigger is held to the rear as the gun cycles. This ensures the gun can only fire in the semi-automatic mode, as the trigger needs to be released to 'reset' and have the disconnector release the hammer back to the trigger sear.
A Crosman air pistol trigger mechanism, unmodified (top) and with a sear engagement adjustment (bottom). An adjustable trigger may have ways to adjust all of these stages, plus trigger location. For example, a first stage or takeup adjustment might include weight and travel, a second stage or sear engagement adjustment might include weight and ...