UNUSUAL AND RARELY SEEN TS-45 SIDELEVER AIR RIFLE - VINTAGE 1980s CHINESE 4.5MM CAL AIR RIFLE ALSO USED FOR MILITARY TRAINING

AN INTERESTING AND QUIT UNUSUAL TS-45 SIDELEVER AIR RIFLE APPARANTLY USED ALSO FOR MILITARY TRAINING IN CHINA. A RARELY SEEN VINTAGE CHINESE TS-45 SIDELEVER .177 IN or 4.5MM CAL AIR RIFLE.

ITS A SIDELEVER SPRING-PISTON RIFLE THAT USES A SLIDING COMPRESSION CHAMBER, SO THE ACCESS TO THE BREECH IS LARGE WHEN THE COMPRESSION CHAMBER IS SLID ALL THE WAY BACK.
 
THE WOODEN STOCK IS MADE FROM SOME KIND OF HARDWOOD. THE RIFLE'S SIGHTS CONSIST OF A HOODED POST UP FRONT, WITH A SLIDING RAMP REAR SIGHT WHICH IS ADJUSTABLE FOR ELEVATION ONLY. MANUAL TRIGGER SAFETY.
 
TESTED AND WORKING REMARKABLY WELL! HIGHLY ACCURATE. A GREAT AIR GUN FOR CAN AND TARGET SHOOTING! STILL STRONG: PENETRATED A TIN CAN EASILY FROM A DISANCE OF 8M.
 
I HAVE OWNED SEVERAL AIR RIFLES AND THE TS-45 IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFULL, ACCURATE AND FUN TO SHOOT AIR RIFLES I HAVE HAD.
 
4.5MM CAL: Being Chinese and from the 1970s, the bore appears large for most pellets. The Chinese manufacturers started rifling their barrels with overbore buttons they could hone and re-hone over time and still be able to rifle the bore.
 
WARNING OF THE BEARTRAP
The TS-45 is a vintage airgun made in China and does not have the same safety mechanisms found in similar spring-piston air rifles made today. If you fail to restrain the cocking sidelever (by block or arm) while loading, the gun can slip off its sear and send the sliding compression chamber forward with enough force to amputate your fingers during loading. The TS45's are hence not kids' guns. Please don't buy these to hand to an eight year old and send them on their way.
 
MARKINGS: 8503396
TS-45 AIR RIFLE: IT IS CHINESE TS-45 AIR RIFLE APPARENTLY USED FOR MILITARY TRAINING IN CHINA APART FROM BEING SOLD AND EXPORTED. THE TS-45 SIDELEVER AIR RIFLES WAS MADE BY DIFFERENT COMPANIES IN CHINA. TS-45 IS HENCE MORE OF A GENERIC TERM FOR A GROUP OF SIMILAR AIR RIFLES MADE IN CHINA.
 
Size: 1,05m Long  Weight 3,2KG

Condition: A FEW SCRAPES ON THE WOOD. METAL HAS SOME STAINS. OVERALL GOOD CONDITION.
TESTED AND WORKING VERY WELL PLEASE SEE PHOTO OF TIN CAN. THIS WAS AT A DISTANCE OF 8M. HIGH ACCURACY.

PLEASE ALSO SEE MY OTHER ITEMS LISTED. NOTE I HAVE EXTENDED THE CLOSING TIME FOR MY ITEMS TO 22h15 OR 22h30 IN ORDER TO CIRCUMPASS LOADSHEDDING AND GIVE CUSTOMERS TIME TO BID.