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About 30 years ago, my friend (since deceased) bought an Anchutz .22 target rifle for his son to use in competition and in earning his NRA distinguished marksman badge. I was joshing that young man today about how his Dad's 52D was not good enough for him and he mentioned that he couldn't find a battery for the electric trigger in that Anchutz anymore. I don't remember too much about that rifle; I only saw it once. Anyone remember the rifle and have any ideas about a battery?
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http://jga.anschuetz-sport.com/index.php5?menu=45&sprache=1
Remember the rifle, no clue about a battery- but I bet the folks up there do.......0 -
Seems like Remington had one of those for a few years as well, maybe the same battery? 0 -
The Remington had electric primers in the cartridges The Anchutz had an electric trigger to release the standtype firing pin for the 22 LR cartridge . High Standard made a target pistol with electric trigger but it was outlawed for Bulls-Eye matches. 0 -
I remember them 9 volts in the handle for some rifles. I figure if dude has one of the old dead battery he could go and find one that's similar in CVS battery rack. I know batteries change code/numerations but will still make the item work.
If dude has the manual with the battery number he'll spend a wee bit of time online going through codes. Then spend a few "extra" bucks trying to fit batteries from CVS.
I suppose Radio Shack might have books of batteries or rig up a different set up all together.0 -
Anschutz target rifles have always been very high quality and pricy rifles. It might be more viable for him to attempt to sell or trade it to a collector, rather then rework it to take a battery thats available on the U.S. market.
Have him check out the on-line auctions to see what used older model Anschutz's are going for.0 -
It shouldn't be hard for a gunsmith to modify the battery compartment to take a more common American battery. We're not talking rocket surgery here. [:D] It should just be a simple DC circuit. If you can physically fit in a battery with sufficient voltage, it should release the firing pin. [:)] It would be a fun project to try. 0 -
rufe-snow: I'm sure you can understand that selling a rifle that his deceased father gave him--a rifle that he used to earn his distinguished marksman award would be almost impossible for him to do. Even if it turns out that it's only a wall hanger. 0 -
TRY both Champions Choice and Champions shooters supply. Both of these companies go to Camp Perry and cater to SMALL BORE rifle shooters and buy and sell both new and used MATCH rifles they will know where to get batteries. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by andrewsw16
It shouldn't be hard for a gunsmith to modify the battery compartment to take a more common American battery. We're not talking rocket surgery here. [:D] It should just be a simple DC circuit. If you can physically fit in a battery with sufficient voltage, it should release the firing pin. [:)] It would be a fun project to try.
This presumes that the gun runs on a conventional voltage that typical American batteries will deliver, not some oddball one that might require a little more circuitry to rig up.
How hard it might be to modify the gun to accept a more readily available battery depends on the physical characteristics of the battery compartment.
You have to figure that if Anschutz went with some non-standard battery, instead of just an ordinary 9 volt or such, they probably did so for a reason. If the space they had could easily accomodate a common batter type, they would have used that instead.
My quick scan on the internet shows that at least some of the the 1980s vintage Anschutz rifles ran on an 11 volt camera battery (sorry don't have the model number).
If that's what this gun needs, finding a functional 30 year old specialty battery like that might be tough to impossible. . .or it might be trivial. You'd need to know the model of battery.
Even if they don't make them anymore, battery technology has improved so much in that time, that I think someone very clever might be able to fabricate a functional drop in replacement using modern Lithium ion components, etc.
Alternatively, instead of trying to ream out the gun to take new batteries, it might be easier just to rewire it to an external battery pack, or ream out the gun elsewhere (eg the stock) to take one.
You might have to fiddle a bit with resistors to get the right voltage, but this shouldn't be too hard for anyone with a modicum of electronics knowledge.
I'd suggest the FIRST thing to do is to contact either Anschutz directly, or Shooter's choice, which is one of the American Anschutz dealers. They should be able to at least identify WHICH battery is needed, if not necessarily stock it themselves. I would imagine they've probably also dealt with this particular issue before, so they may have a few practical solutions in terms of functional battery conversions, etc.0 -
I like your idea of an external battery pack. In that way, you don't have to make permanent modifications to a possible collector's item or family heirloom. You just build a battery pack to the right voltage specs and attach an adequate length of wire with an adapter on the end to connect to the existing contacts in the rifle. Voila, you're shooting again and you haven't modified the rifle. [:)] Your battery pack could hold enough common American batteries to reach pretty much any voltage and would be cheap to replenish. 0
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