Just imagine if it had been built from quality alloy, with a solid barrel, instead the 2 half casing with seam.
#HEALTHWAYS PLAINSMAN 175 PELLET PISTOL CRACK#
Triggers and the pivot bearings would crack after a few 1000 cycles.įor my money, Plainsman were onto a world beater with this design concept, but used the wrong materials. Beautifully sleek and a joy to handle. The pistol is littered with die cast parts which are subject to metal fatigue after quite short use. The gun was imported here into England during the 70s in large numbers, together with the venerable Crosman 1300 pistol, but while some of those 1300s are still going strong, the Topscore (as it was called here) failed within weeks of shooting it. It might even be quite an important piece in that condition as very few survived. This topic was modified 4 months ago by Septicdeath.Īs a word of warning here, be very careful with it and maybe keep it as a none shooting collectable which will surely gain in value, in the fabulous condition you have there. A very innovative and thought out design, something different.
The Plainsman 175 sharpshooter is so much fun to shoot in a compact sleek pistol. Tested over crony 10 shots averaged 318fps. The one pictured here is fantastic condition. The later model, theTopscore featured a slide on top of the barrel. The BB magazine was accessed through a hopper under the barrel, a system found mostly on Sharpshooters. Although it was little BB repeater, The whole barrel and action were raised to force back the piston which was located in the gun's butt. Then In 1973 Heathway produced another pistol, a spring/piston powered one, first called the Sharpshooter then the Topscore. Heathaways best known the plainsman 175 co2 pistol. Healthways made four basic CO2 pistols, the Plainsman, the Plainsmaster, the Shorty and the Western.