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Umiq88 · 2006-02-09 20:45:35

http://cgi.ebay.ie/Brocock-Air-Cartridges-qty-18-hardly-used-Size-22_W0QQitemZ7217040946QQcategoryZ52509QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem saw these on ebay are these for a specific type of rifle or are they available for a standard rifle and what exactly are they

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09-02-2006 9:45pm

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Umiq88

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http://cgi.ebay.ie/Brocock-Air-Cartridges-qty-18-hardly-used-Size-22_W0QQitemZ7217040946QQcategoryZ52509QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

saw these on ebay are these for a specific type of rifle or are they available for a standard rifle and what exactly are they

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#2 09-02-2006 9:57pm
Rovi

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Pretty specific stuff, AFAIK.
Made by Brocock (http://www.brocock.co.uk/), I think they fell foul of the last gun purge in Britain.

Here's a bit on how they work-
http://www.talarms.co.uk/brocock_air_cartridge_system.html

I'm sure someone who knows more will be along shortly

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#3 09-02-2006 10:00pm
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Essentially it is a self contained compressed air cylinder and pellet housing shaped like a centrefire cartridge.

They are primarily used in converted revolvers, but there was also an air rifle on the marked that used them. They were very popular in the UK as they looked and functioned very much like a cartridge revolver, but could be owned without a Firearms Certificate.

The problem was it didn't take an awful lot to convert the Brocock Air Cartridge revolvers into something that could fire a conventional cartridge (however unsafely). This earned them some very bad PR in the UK and led to their manufacture and sale being banned in 2004. Existing owners could get an FAC for them and keep them, but thats about it.

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#4 10-02-2006 12:59pm
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Amazing that Ebay allowed the sale.They are notorious for not allowing sales of things that go BANG.

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#5 10-02-2006 1:16pm
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Clare gunner wrote:

Amazing that Ebay allowed the sale.They are notorious for not allowing sales of things that go BANG.

You can sell empty casings just not guns ore live ammo

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#6 10-02-2006 1:21pm
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Rew wrote:

You can sell empty casings just not guns ore live ammo

You'd think, wouldn't you?

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