ANA Quigley Multi-Pump Air Rifle
I recently had the chance to borrow a rifle out of ANAa first limited production run of an innovated new rifle design. Multi-Pump Airgun Designs A good number of airgun hunters in the USA got their start airgun hunting using multi-pump designs that ranged from the Crosman 2100 to the cream of the crop in American airguns, the Benjamin – Sheridan 397 and Streak models. These pneumatic powerplants generate decent power for hunting, and can be quite accurate. An advantage of the design worth note is that the guns are fully self contained, and additionally the power can be adjusted by adjusting the number of pumps to suit a specific shooting application. Pump 2-3 times when plinking in the basement range, then up to 8 or 9 pumps when in the field hunting. But the flip side is that the gun must be pumped several times to get up to maximum power, and as in most designs of multi-pump rifles all the air is dumped with each shot, it is necessary to fully pump the gun between shots. This makes a quick follow up impractical. While there have been a number of multi-pump air rifles manufactured in the USA and Japan, the most popular and my personal favorite is the Benjamin and Sheridan design. In stock form this gun can be pumped up to 12 times and generate velocities in .20 caliber up to 685 fps.There are also companies that will do a tune to this rifle, such as Mac-1Read More →