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28 SHOOTING SPORTS MAGAZINE

RETURNFIRE

I have just picked up a second hand

Sako QUAD switch barrel rifl

e, I read

your article on it in Shooting Sports

that I think was in Second Thoughts

or Second Hand Focus a few years

ago. I decided on just two calibres -

22 Long Rifl

e and 17HMR, as they do

seem the best and most logical

choices. At the time you mentioned

the Burris QUAD scope, which would

also seem like a clever idea, have you

any idea of where I could get one?

Paul Brasher

Paul

We have not seen a QUAD scope for many

years and looked on Burris’ website, but it did

not show anything. The spec is 3-9x32, the

reason for the smaller objective is that the

scope does not have to be removed to

change barrels. This is due to the fact the

barrel has to be angled up on the way out,

which does foul on larger objectives. Both

elevation and windage turrets are colour-

coded as are the QUAD’s barrels. This then

allows you to set individual zeros using these

coloured calibre bands as reference points.

We imagine that there must be some QUAD

scopes around second hand or even new in

shops that have never sold them. We

recommend you speak to the UK importers

GMK Ltd, as they might have some stock left

or know of dealers who might have them.

Good luck

The Burris QUAD scope

dedicated to the Sako QUAD

switch barrel rimfire rifle

Heavy hitting,

FAC-rated

PCPs like this

Wolverine

303 need a

specialised

moddy to

keep them

quiet

I have just purchased a new

Wolverine 303 HP in .22 calibre which

fi res at 60ft/lbs. It came with a

Daystate Airstream silencer and I

have fi red it with Monster air pellets,

which were recommended. An

excellent gun, however it is

incredibly noisy - perhaps I should

have anticipated this. I have

subsequently tried both the Air Arms

and Weihrauch moderators, but

neither helped. I was wondering if

you were able to recommend another

brand which may improve the

situation. Someone did suggest I try a

centre-fi

re moderator, what do you

think?

John Bowman

John

This is a common problem with this grade of

high powered airgun. An enormous amount of

air needs to be used in order to produce

60ft/lbs of energy; in fact you may be

NOISE REDUCTION

DIAL A CALIBRE

surprised to learn that’s ten times the amount

compared to 12ft/lbs. This quantity of highly

compressed air has to go somewhere, and a

much magnifi ed muzzle report is the result.

Silencing this level of power output is all but

impossible, but ‘moderators’ can make a

difference. To our knowledge, no standard off

the shelf moderators are available, that would

signifi cantly cut the noise levels on your

Wolverine, so a specialist engineering

company, prepared to undertake the job

is your best bet. To our reckoning, you’ll

need a can at least 10” long, possibly of

the over-barrel ‘refl ex’ design, with a

series of baffl es and vents designed in.

The key is to capture and signifi cantly

slow the air down, before dissipation

takes place. Expect to pay £300-£400

for a custom made fi tting along these

lines though.

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