Haenel 303
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| general information | |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | CG Haenel / VEB Ernst-Thälmann-Werk Suhl |
| Development year: | 1966 |
| Manufacturer country: | GDR |
| Production time: | 1967 to 1993 |
| Furnishing | |
| Overall length: | 1090 mm |
| Weight: (unloaded) | 3.065 kg |
| Sight length : | 428 mm |
| Barrel length : | 450 mm |
| Technical specifications | |
| Caliber : | 4.5 or 5.5 |
| Ammunition supply : | Single loader |
| Fire types: | Single fire |
| Number of trains : | 12 |
| Twist : | right |
| Visor : | open sights or mounting rail |
| Closure : | Kipplauf lock |
| Charging principle: | Lever clamp (tilt barrel) |
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The Haenel model 303 is an air rifle made by VEB Fahrzeug- und Jagdwaffenwerk "Ernst Thälmann" (FAJAS) from Suhl. After 1989 production was continued by Jagd- und Sportwaffen Suhl GmbH.
development
The model 303 is a further development of the model series III, the "large" model series. The outer case diameter, which was reduced from 32 to 30 mm for the model 302 in the course of creating a standard air rifle, was retained; the sleeve length has been reduced from 346 mm to a value of 306 mm similar to model III (last type III-284: 285 mm). The side slide lock had already been replaced in the model 302 by a central slide lock with a plastic push button at the end of the sleeve.
description
The model 303 is a break barrel air rifle with a rifled barrel in caliber 4.5 mm. It fires diabolo ammunition . The energy storage system is a percussion spring compressor that is tensioned by the tilt barrel. The cocking process activates the safety device, which must be released before the shot. Diabolog bullets with a caliber of 4.5 mm achieve a v 0 of 175 m / s.
Air rifles of the model group 303 are marked with the Haenel arrow, the Suhl weapon smith, the model name and the serial number; partly also marked with Made in GDR, caliber 4.5 or 5.6 mm.
variants
The model 303 was produced in several model variants, which differed in details such as the sights or stocks. For export it was also made in caliber 5.5 mm. The bottom of the shaft had milled grooves opposite the steel plate of the previous models.
| Model variant | caliber | Identifying features |
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| 303-3 | 4.5 | Slide notch, adjustable in height and side, cheek piece |
| 303-4 | 4.5 | like 303-3, prism rail instead of sliding notch |
| 303-5 | 4.5 | Slider visor adjustable in height, no prism rail, no cheek piece, |
| 303-6 | 4.5 | like 303-5 with strap eyelets |
| 303-7 | 5.5 | like 303-5, slide visor adjustable in height and side (marked cal. 5.6 mm) |
| 303-8 great | 4.5 | Competition air rifle, some with rigid barrel lock, prism rail, rear sight and adjustable target trigger |
In 1991 the model 303 was renamed the Haenel 520; At the turn of the year 1991/92, the company was renamed Haenel 110.
literature
- Ehrenfried Stelzer: Criminalistics and Forensic Sciences , Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1973, Volume 12, Page 109
- Ernst G. Dieter: Air rifles and air pistols from Suhl and Zella-Mehlis after 1945 . In: Under the sign of the armorer . 2nd Edition. Self-published by Dieter, Bad Liebenstein 2012, p. 149-151, 161-162 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Ernst G. Dieter: Air rifles and air pistols from Suhl and Zella-Mehlis after 1945 . In: Under the sign of the armorer . 2nd Edition. Self-published by Dieter, Bad Liebenstein 2012, p. 21 .
- ↑ Haenel 303. (No longer available online.) In: co2air.de. Archived from the original on February 11, 2013 ; Retrieved September 3, 2015 .
- ^ A b Ernst G. Dieter: Air rifles and air pistols from Suhl and Zella-Mehlis after 1945 . In: Under the sign of the armorer . 2nd Edition. Self-published by Dieter, Bad Liebenstein 2012, p. 151 .
