I wonder how accurate it will be when a broadhead is attached to the shaft – velocities are pretty high.

The Hy Score model 805 that is another name for the Diana model 16 is a perfect example of a smoothbore airgun that could be used with darts. The middle 'barrel' is no more than a shroud over the operating spring and was not part of Quackenbush's original patent.

Other Harrington products included the 'Ding Dong' slingshot and the 'Little Kraka' fishing reel, both using similar die-cast construction. Just don’t shrink the rear end so that it would still act as a bellows and expand when hit with air. It is set up as a shot gun with a long “ventilated plane” above the barrel and a round brass bead at the muzzle. My Stepfather hung a piece of scrap plywood on the coal house door, having marked out a rudimentary dart board on it, with chalk. Thank you, I had looked at that Wraivi and if nothing is forthcoming I might have to consider this option.

Uniquely, their durable frames mean many darts can be reused even after being fired once unless the shape has been deformed by previous impacts. There is a little electronic hand scale (with a ring on top and a hook at the other end to hung mostly plastic bags) that measure up to 40kg.

Putting a long flexible arrow into a high-acceleration environment will raise some interesting forces – which is probably why the Pioneer applies the energy to the front of the arrow and the rest follows along for the ride. A common replacement, given the nature of the pistol's users, was to replace the pin with another screw or other sort of extemporised plug. The spring pops out with enough force to punch through a brick wall – a fact that got me grounded for a month when I did just that – in my bedroom.

The barrel and piston are driven forward when fired, air passing into the chamber from two small transfer ports drilled at the rear of the barrel, just ahead of the leather seal. If you don’t want to watch the entire video, which is a great one by the way, you can stop after the first 31 seconds. I kinda wondered if this gun was just a catapult gun until I picked up some BB’s and it was every bit as powerful as my old RedRyder, I expect pellet gun speed.

I shoot at the smooth back because if the darts hit the steel wires that separate the scoring sections on the front the tips are damaged quickly. what made me think about this was seeing darts available for modern air rifles and then finding pictures and information about an antique Oscar Will Bugelspanner air rifle that used darts. When I plinked around with my cheap darts board which is made of tight-rolled paper and has a hard-wood bulls eye, I realised it needed a flat backing, lest it lost it’s shape and the bullseye could easily get pushed out if/ when hit.

Every test described above would involve dry-firing as spring-piston gun and that’s something I won’t do.I believe the long Gats were made near the end of the company’s run, in an unsuccessful attempt to revive the product line. by a minimum 1-year manufacturer's warranty from the date of purchase unless otherwise noted on the product page. In the case of the latter airgun the power may be too high for good success, but I don’t know that yet — hence the need for testing and a lot of it!