Hi Nikos

Here are a few posts I did on the Browning ATD. It's actually quieter than an air rifle.

I love airguns, specifically, old springers, but when I shoot grackles, I like my Browning ATD .22short, with CCI CBcaps.

Excuse the rimfire post but I got distracted by the pigeon shooting.

I lightened the recoil spring a bit, slick stoned the trigger and lapped the block so CB caps will cycle like silk. Say that three times.

Quieter then my TX200MkIII and full tilt, fire as fast as you can pull it 15 times. That's what I was into for years before losing my heart to springers.


I own two of these, both in .22 short. A blued version that I shoot with a little 4x Nikon and a Grade III that I keep with open sights.






Think Straight, Talk Straight

Indeed a nice gun. I bought one in 1985 (.22lr) and it is one of my most loved guns. I put a scope on it which enables it to shoot 1" at 50 meters. The downside is that the scope adds bulk to this sleek gun.

When I watch a movie on TV, mostly I have a gun with me (empty) the same way others have a cat on their lap. This Browning is one of the favorite "laptops" together with my Ruger 77/22rsh .22hornet, my Beretta 950B (.22short) or now - more and more - my Dianas. Often I try to match my "laptop" to the movie: western: marlin / Miami Vice: S&W 4506 or S&W J38 / Enemy at the Gates: Mosin Nagant / Films or documentaries in africa: Remington Safari .375h&h / James Bond: Beretta 950 (I have no PPK) / The Alamo: Kentucky rifle / Films with a lot of rain or at sea: stainless guns / Brannigan: Colt Diamondback / Old police movies: Colt Detective / Bambi: Remington 700 .222 / ...

Don't laugh, in our shooting club (the largest of Antwerp) I know people who are a lot crazier. a lot.

CU

Joris

Hallo Joris
You seem to be quite an enthusiast, and collector. I would like to know what the position is regarding ownership of firearms in your country? Is there any limit on type and number? About the rifle pictured here ,it is strange how most people are attracted to dainty sleeklined rifles. I would love to own a rifle like this , but would never get a license for a semi-auto rifle.

Peet

Marcelo,

Very nice, indeed. I can imagine that shooting CB Shorts at a rate of 15 one-after-the-other is simply heavenly. I have a Winchester 63 (made in 1939), which shoots 10 LRs in similar fashion. I've been offered a 1920s Browning with top loading (not from the butt; from the top of the stock where the thumb goes), in LR configuration. It is veryt tempting, but I seek one chambered in Shorts, with the intention to shoot CCI CBs w/it. It is a savoury and addictive experience to shoot in semi-auto mode without making a racket. Is that a muzzle weight or suppressor, on your Browning?

Back to the airgun track, there is apparently a PCP (pre-charged pneumatic), the Haenel-Suhl B96 Biathlon, which can be converted to semi-auto operation. It is similar to the Steyr LGB1 Biathlon Trainer, but I cannot tell if the semi-auto mod is possible on the latter. Also, the Steyr LP 50 semi-auto pistol has been converted to semi-auto rifle in the States, with great success. I am not too keen on PCPs (don't ask), but for a semi-auto Haenel-Suhl B96 Biathlon I am ready to make an exception...

Nikos!
Nice to see your post! In the US no limitation on number of firearms (thank goodness) although some individual states (mostly in the north east and Mich., Calif.) have restrictive state laws.
Only free men have guns!
Very nbice Browning semi auto, I have Krico bolt action .22 I bought when I lived in British Columbia, Canada and I also have a Winchester Lo Wall in 218 Bee that dates to 1880s! falling block action known as lo wall.
Doug Law
dlaw1940@yahoo.com

I had a Remington 241 in .22 short that I tried a box of CCI pistol match in. I thought they were regular velocity and said "Uh-oh" when I saw they were for pistols, thinking they would fail to cycle. But cycle they did and with no sound other than the action kerchunking back to battery. About like an old cap pistol with no caps. That model had the original springs and a 22" barrel. Sorry I sold it. You may want to steer clear of high speed shorts, since you lightend the spring. Maybe get a factory replacement and try the above? They were accurate, too.

RedFeather

Doug, Hi!

I owe it you for finding this most amazing Forum!

Kricos are so beautifully made. They resemble my Walther KKJ Sporter. The Winchester Low Walls, too, are desirable. I also have a Stevens Model 12 Marksman, made in 1911-12, which has a tip-off, lever-actuated, single-shot action, that looks a bit like a Low Wall (it is not a Favorite). It loves Longs and Shorts, which it shoots as accurately as LRs.

CB Caps, Ah YES!

Even though we are primarilly an Air Gun Forum, discussions of our favorite (oftimes comparable too) Powder Burners are very intresting and welcomed!

 Oh man, a Browning CB Cap Semi-Auto!

 What a DREAM Gun!

  CB Caps have been a passion of mine since I discovered them back in the 70's.

 My favorite CB Cap rifle is this Remington Nylon 12 Prototype that I was lucky enough to find in a Hock Shop.Cost me a whole $70 and has been more fun than watching a barrel of retarded Monkeys try to open a Snickers Bar! It's capable of quite good accuracy, and will smoothlly cycle both the CB Long and Short (It's favorites).

 The Action is an earlier Remington bolt system (rooted way back to a design from the late 1930's-40's) mated to the Nylon stock. Remington engineers took the wonderfull stock components and developed a reliable and attractive trio of Bolt guns, sold for a short term back in the 60's. The trigger is not as crispand clean as the 580 series, and I suppose that this fact combined with the old perception of plastic being for BB-Guns, killed these sweet little rifles before their time. (Gladlly, the  wonderfull Nylon-66 did not fall to the same fate!!!) 

  Besides being lightweightand nearlly indestructable, this particular Nylon-12 has a plesantlly accurate "Carbine Length" bbl. I checked the Proof Marks with the Factory and found that this rifle was a prototype for a sub-model of the Nylon Bolt action line. How it found it's way to that shop, is anyones guess? I tortured myself over using the rifle for years, and finally decided that since it was evidentlly used for testing as a "shooter", that it too was destined for loving and actual "Field Use", by a shooter such as myself so I gave it a fond life... It will go to my Children as a Family Heirloom, along with it's documentation.

 Likely most correct, the rifle helped me clear out a huge Walnut Orchard of hundreds of Ground Squirrels. I convinced the Land Owner that I could Shoot-out the pests instead of his Broadcast spreading of poisoned grain (thankfully saving all the other animals of the Food Chain, a truely fitting Legacy to it!). The little rifle and various brands and case sizes of CB Caps, preformed the necessary task perfectlly!

 I too use a vintage Ithaca Model 49 Saddlegun (Single shot, falling block Martini action, styled like a old Western Lever-gun),  a diminutive "pet" Nickled, 1906 H&R revolver, (commonlly refered to during the SF Barbary Coast days, as a "Whores Pistol"), and a Davis .22 O/U derringer for enjoyable CB shooting. 

 *BTW,  CB caps are NOT toys! My 6" Ruger Single-6, will easilly blast even a CB Short completelly thru my backstop material of 3/4" Cedar Fence boards at 30 yards! They are REAL bullets, and should always be treated as Dangerous and potentially DEADLLY!!!

 Sorry for the krummy picture folks (I messed it up downsizing it...).

 

 

 An enjoyable topic, and I thank you guys for your inputs about it!

 Back to my R&R now,

 ZVP