NY State of Mind: Corona Pistol Purchases

[Olle]

Originally Posted by Vlim

Spring/piston. The barrel extension is pushed in, the pellet loaded from behind.

I had a very similar pistol as a kid, me and my cousin bought one ea COD from a mail order company without our parent's knowledge. Or maybe I should say "prior knowledge", they learned about it soon enough when bullet holes started appearing in various items around the house.

Anyway: I don't believe it's an actual air pistol, at least ours weren't. You pushed the barrel back until it locked and put a bullet in from the rear, like you describe. Pulling the trigger released the barrel, which flew forward and kinda threw the bullet out by sheer inertia. The reason I remember this is that I used it as an excuse when my parents asked why the %&*#@ I ordered an air gun: "No, it's not an air gun at all, technically speaking..."