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Old marksman question
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 11:47 pm
by elitesniper
Do you guys know any information on this rifle?I found it in my grandpa's old garage I cant seem to find it on Google. Its an old marksman break barrel pellet rifle, it says .177 cal 14.5mm on one side, the other side says model 1780 .177 cal Huntington beach usa. pat 3-908-626
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:39 am
by ghostman01
looks ok ive got the same problem with one of my guns exept mine doesnt have any writing on it lol
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:52 am
by elitesniper
haha, comon please anyone got any info on this thing
fps?
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:25 am
by Eddbot
have fun reading all
this 
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:30 am
by elitesniper
haha well that didn't tell me much about the speific gun though i just wana know the fps really
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:33 am
by Eddbot
can't really help you there, poor man's chrony maybe?
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:44 am
by ammosmoke
Poor man's chrony really only works with .20g plastic bb's...
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:27 am
by elitesniper
aw..thats lame this uses .177 pellets
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:30 am
by Eddbot
then get a rifle you know the fps of, shoot something thick and hard (no male genitalia jokes
) then shoot it with the old gun and compare the depths of penetration, then just make an educated guess
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:37 am
by elitesniper
well its my only rifle now since my dad trashed the other ones 3 years ago, but i do have a 1.5 inch porting piston gun to compare to
, i wonder what a 3 lb slug would do compared to .177 pellets? haha kidding.
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:42 am
by Eddbot
do you have a video camera, or a camera with video function?
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:46 am
by elitesniper
yes of course remember werent we talking about that exilm 10.1 mp camera, anyways thats the one i have.
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:37 am
by Matheusilla
Your rifle is most likely in the 450 fps range. I've had several Marksmans that were similar. They shoot nice and smooth on account of the small spring and piston.
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 11:41 am
by jimmy101
ammosmoke wrote:Poor man's chrony really only works with .20g plastic bb's...
I bet if you googled you could find the "poorman" info for bbs and pellets.
Got a PC and mic? Just record the gun firing and the round hitting something. Not all that complicated. (search these forums)
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:37 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
Looks like it has the same action as the
Beeman FH500 so I agree with Matheusilla, less than 500 fet per second.