Multi-loader air rifle

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A multi-loader air rifle , like other multi-loader weapons, fires ammunition that is individually supplied to the system, or Bullets from a magazine. By repeating the feed (repeating), individual shots can be fired more quickly than with single-loader systems.

Multi-loader air rifles are manufactured in various system designs:

  1. Spring-loaded systems (the compressed air is generated on a compressed air piston via a preloaded spring)
    • Rigid systems with swing lever clamps (side lever clamps)
    • Rigid systems with lever clamps
  2. Systems with pre-compressed air (highly compressed air is supplied by means of a cartridge)
  3. Gas-powered systems (compressed gases, mostly CO 2 , are supplied by means of a cartridge)

What is common to all systems is that the bullet to be fired must be fed into the system individually. This is mainly done with loading pins that transport the ammunition (projectiles) from a rod, drum or bulk magazine into the system, from which the projectile is driven through the barrel by means of the expanding gases after the gas-tight locking. Since multi-loader air rifles generally do not achieve the precision of single-shot air rifles, different projectiles are used that match the respective system. For drum magazines, pellets and pointed bullets are mostly used, for rod or bulk magazines mostly only round balls are used. A known model of the multi loader air guns is the Diana 300 R .