Post by talyllyn on Feb 18, 2022 22:17:35 GMT
UMAREX LEGENDS COWBOY RIFLE
I know they had to give this gun a name to so it wasn't confused with the Walther Winchesters that they make but I wish they had given this a better name (Frontier Rifle maybe?) but that is a minor gripe.
This is my latest acquisition and it is really satisfying:
Box by Thorness, on Flickr
Boxed by Thorness, on Flickr
Right side by Thorness, on Flickr
These are sold as BB shooters but seem to work pretty well with pellets too.
As everyone probably knows these are shell loading and powered by two 12g CO2 capsules placed base to base in the carrier in the butt.
The button on the butt is pressed and turned to unlock the buttplate and the CO2 carrier is removed using the built in hex key.
Butt by Thorness, on Flickr
Inside Butt by Thorness, on Flickr
Butt and key by Thorness, on Flickr
Key and carrier by Thorness, on Flickr
The green ring is the seal for the CO2, there doesn't appear to be any seal for the individual capsules:
CO2 carrier by Thorness, on Flickr
The other end that can be seen inside the butt looks exactly the same.
Shells with your choice of pellet or BB are loaded through the loading port on the right side of the gun (same as the real thing)
Loading port by Thorness, on Flickr
I've found getting the last shell all the way in is slightly difficult without a "pusher" (another shell) so you don't nip your finger.
Working the action
Action by Thorness, on Flickr
cocks the hammer
Hammer by Thorness, on Flickr
and feeds a round into the breech
Open breech by Thorness, on Flickr
for those who want it there is a manual safety catch behind the hammer that locks the action completely.
Working the action again ejects the "spent" shell and loads the next round.
The sights on the gun are a round brass bead fore-sight
Foresight by Thorness, on Flickr
Sharp end by Thorness, on Flickr
above the recessed muzzle
Muzzle by Thorness, on Flickr
and a buckhorn rear-sight
Original sight by Thorness, on Flickr
with a ramp for vertical adjustment
Sight ramp by Thorness, on Flickr
but no provision for lateral adjustment.
The gun is a pleasure to shoot, the trigger is crisp and it seems to be quite accurate, although due to the atrocious weather I've only been able to test it at short range so far.
This has however shown that it shoots quite a bit to the right so some sight modifications are in order.
It seems to splatter pellets well
Shot pellets by Thorness, on Flickr
The left hand side showing the saddle ring:
Left side by Thorness, on Flickr
Sight mods to follow.
Cheers
Don
I know they had to give this gun a name to so it wasn't confused with the Walther Winchesters that they make but I wish they had given this a better name (Frontier Rifle maybe?) but that is a minor gripe.
This is my latest acquisition and it is really satisfying:
Box by Thorness, on FlickrBoxed by Thorness, on FlickrRight side by Thorness, on FlickrThese are sold as BB shooters but seem to work pretty well with pellets too.
As everyone probably knows these are shell loading and powered by two 12g CO2 capsules placed base to base in the carrier in the butt.
The button on the butt is pressed and turned to unlock the buttplate and the CO2 carrier is removed using the built in hex key.
Butt by Thorness, on FlickrInside Butt by Thorness, on FlickrButt and key by Thorness, on FlickrKey and carrier by Thorness, on FlickrThe green ring is the seal for the CO2, there doesn't appear to be any seal for the individual capsules:
CO2 carrier by Thorness, on FlickrThe other end that can be seen inside the butt looks exactly the same.
Shells with your choice of pellet or BB are loaded through the loading port on the right side of the gun (same as the real thing)
Loading port by Thorness, on FlickrI've found getting the last shell all the way in is slightly difficult without a "pusher" (another shell) so you don't nip your finger.
Working the action
Action by Thorness, on Flickrcocks the hammer
Hammer by Thorness, on Flickrand feeds a round into the breech
Open breech by Thorness, on Flickrfor those who want it there is a manual safety catch behind the hammer that locks the action completely.
Working the action again ejects the "spent" shell and loads the next round.
The sights on the gun are a round brass bead fore-sight
Foresight by Thorness, on FlickrSharp end by Thorness, on Flickrabove the recessed muzzle
Muzzle by Thorness, on Flickrand a buckhorn rear-sight
Original sight by Thorness, on Flickrwith a ramp for vertical adjustment
Sight ramp by Thorness, on Flickrbut no provision for lateral adjustment.
The gun is a pleasure to shoot, the trigger is crisp and it seems to be quite accurate, although due to the atrocious weather I've only been able to test it at short range so far.
This has however shown that it shoots quite a bit to the right so some sight modifications are in order.
It seems to splatter pellets well
Shot pellets by Thorness, on FlickrThe left hand side showing the saddle ring:
Left side by Thorness, on FlickrSight mods to follow.
Cheers
Don
