Haenel 33 Senior Hugo Schmeisser genius German k98 military training air rifle 49 310 vintage airgun

Review of the Haenel 33 Sportmodel Senior air rifle.
Designed by Hugo Schmeisser and manufactured by the Haenel company in Germany from 1933 to 1942.
It is believed that it was called the '33 Sportmodell' to get around the Treaty of Versailles restriction on producing military training weapons by making it sound like a sporting airgun.

Exact details about who may have used it for training purposes are not known, but it was recommended to the Hitler Jugent for training purposes, along with a Diana model 30 which looked similar but was an underlever tap loader, so wasn't a bolt action.

A really great design that would live on for another 50 years in fairgrounds everywhere through the Haenel 49 & 310 and Anschutz 275.

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