Author Topic: New Stoeger F40 Underlever (Read 15273 times))

Mole2017 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 15, 2017, 12:32:43 PM »

Quote from: jmars on March 10, 2017, 08:03:51 PM

These underlever guns with pop up loading ports are very convenient to cock and load compared to guns with sliding cylinders.

Those sliding cylinders scare me to death. They do sometimes get people's thumbs!

When I first got into air rifles, I had been drooling over a Gamo Stutzen. That had a pop up loading port too, though I had forgot about that until now. In the end, I found a refurbished Gamo CFX and really love that rotary breach.

The Gamo CFX/CFR/ACCU rotary breach can be reopened after cocking (and even without cocking, though you have to start the action to get the pressure off the breach first). I would guess that the pop up breaches are mechanically linked to the cocking mechanism, but would actuating the lever again let you open the breach to check for a pellet after it was cocked?

SSG Grampo · « **Reply #21 on:** March 15, 2017, 12:38:30 PM »

David, I have the rotary breach on my BSA Polaris. It is a lot safer to use, that's why I was intrigued by this rifle.

SSG Grampo · « **Reply #22 on:** March 16, 2017, 08:30:32 AM »

All that plastic hanging on the end of the barrel, is a deal breaker for me.
Tom

Tom I wonder how much of that plastic is removable?

Novagun · « **Reply #23 on:** March 16, 2017, 07:32:47 PM »

I think it would be a safe guess to say all of that plastic could come off. Easy enough to make a replacement catch. The only concern would be what the bluing is like under the plastic. They might have made a short cut there.
The other thing apart from the girl with the finger on the trigger in the advertising photos is that the plastic looks to completely cover the crown or perhaps the plastic is actually the crown. That means you can,t see if the steel muzzle is roughly finished.

SSG Grampo · « **Reply #24 on:** March 16, 2017, 07:46:38 PM »

Novagun, good points. The price point could forgive a lot.

Dockey 454 · « **Reply #25 on:** March 16, 2017, 07:50:58 PM »

Quote from: SSG Grampo on March 16, 2017, 08:30:32 AM

All that plastic hanging on the end of the barrel, is a deal breaker for me.
Tom

Tom I wonder how much of that plastic is removable?

Bill, looks like all 1 piece. Problem it contains the under lever detente. You would have to machine something to take its place. That lever dropping down just as you pull the trigger would not be good.
Tom

SSG Grampo · « **Reply #26 on:** March 17, 2017, 04:39:37 PM »

Thank you Tom.

Mole2017 · « **Reply #27 on:** March 17, 2017, 11:07:43 PM »

The promotional video on YouTube is interesting to watch. The detente is like a button at the end of the muzzle piece. The pop-up breach isn't geared to the cocking so much as it is released by cocking the lever, from what I saw. You cock the gun and return the lever to the muzzle catch, then you can load the breech and push it in with your fingers. (Now, would pulling the lever again make it pop back out?) The safety is resetable (a video by a French guy named Benoit Leroyer demonstrated that).

Anyway, the plastic at the end might be a smidgen more gracefully done than the Gamo CFX/CFR/ACCU, but I can't tell how solid it is. The front sight appears to be part of the plastic. On my CFX you can take it off.

GumpIsrael · « **Reply #28 on:** March 19, 2017, 01:31:53 AM »

This rifle piques my curiosity, I know tap loaders are rarely match accurate, but if this comes in .22 I might give it a go. If they are only gonna do .177 then I'll pass.
Knowing Stoeger, the F40 is almost certainly an upgraded clone of a clone. The muzzle brake on my X10 was actually a bear to get off, so it would be my guess that the plastic is well fitted. Can't wait to see a write up when this comes out.

SSG Grampo · « **Reply #29 on:** March 26, 2017, 07:52:08 PM »

anybody seen anything new on this rifle?

GumpIsrael · « **Reply #30 on:** March 27, 2017, 12:16:16 AM »

I did FINALLY find Stoeger's english page on it. It looks like it will only be .177 other than that it will come out sometime mid year.

SSG Grampo · « **Reply #31 on:** March 27, 2017, 06:53:55 AM »

Austin, thanks for the update.

Alanheal · « **Reply #32 on:** March 29, 2017, 01:32:51 PM »

Does anyone know what the price will be?

SSG Grampo · « **Reply #33 on:** March 29, 2017, 01:47:27 PM »

not yet, if it's going to be available mid-year I would think pricing should be available soon.

Dockey 454 · « **Reply #34 on:** March 29, 2017, 03:23:25 PM »

I was on PA's site last night looking for something, and ran across it. They have it listed for 4k.
Tom

GumpIsrael · « **Reply #35 on:** March 29, 2017, 06:19:52 PM »

4k, dockey? Did you mean 400 or 4000? That's a lot for what looks like a copy of a hw57 in a suit and tie.

Edit: can you find me a link, to the site? I can't seem to find it on PA

SSG Grampo · « **Reply #36 on:** March 29, 2017, 07:11:25 PM »

Austin, I think that was So Jersey humor.

GumpIsrael · « **Reply #37 on:** March 29, 2017, 08:01:20 PM »

wah wah wah... got me I took it literal.
It wouldn't surprise me though, is it just me or have their prices been climbing?
I remember I picked up my x10 for just under 140 or 130 at academy way back when. Now they want ~170 for the same gun with a different stock?
Idk... I'm getting old and crotchety.

Dockey 454 · « **Reply #38 on:** March 29, 2017, 09:11:39 PM »

I think this is what you wan't. https://www.pyramydair.com/product/limited-edition-air-arms-rsn70-air-rifle?m=4357
Tom

Dockey 454 · « **Reply #39 on:** March 29, 2017, 09:17:11 PM »

Just wen't back and looked. Got two post mixed up. Chalk it up to old age, and brain fart.
As far as I know we don't have a sense of humor in So Jersey.

Tom

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