Some .22 conversions

[303 Collector]

Its a wet and windy bank holiday and I'm bored so I thought I would post some pictures of some unusual .22 trainers.

Top is a patt 18 303/ 22.
Next a Saxby Palmer conversion
Next a Remington patt 14 .22 trainer
Last a .22 number 5 trials rifle.

The Saxby Palmer is an air cartridge conversion from the 1970's.
Its classed in the UK as a prohibited firearm and illegal possession gets you a minimum 5 years in the slammer. Luckily when they banned them they allowed owners to keep them on a firearm certificate. Only a handful were declared so were any sent abroad or are they all hiding in the UK?
I read somewhere that Saxby Palmer converted around a 1000 No4's to air cartridge.
As you can see from the pictures the conversion is quite extensive and has destroyed the
ability for it to function as a true cartridge rifle.
The air cartridges called TAC's are pressurized by an divers air bottle or pump and the air is released sending the .22 pellet up the barrel when the firing pin hits the base of the cartridge. The muzzle energy is around 12 ft/lbs.
The TAC's are shaped to simulate 303 rounds and fit into charger clips, load from the magazine, extract and eject just like the real thing.

I'm the worlds worst at taking photos but if anyone would like to see pictures of any of the other three rifles I'll see what I can do.

No prize but can you guess what firearm type the red disc in picture 1 marked 190 came from? Ignore the hole and number. The gun is still in service around the world.

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