THE EYES HAVE IT!

Via Blackpool Air Rifles and Kalibrgun, the editor examines the remarkable Argus 60

The ‘Argus 60’; a distinctive name for a distinctive rifle. The ‘60’ refers to this pre-charged multi-shot bullpup’s barrel length in centimetres, and the ‘Argus’ is either a hundred eyed monster from Greek mythology, or a watchful guardian. That’s cleared that up, then. Let’s crack on with the nuts, bolts and performance features of this substantial .22 sidelever.

According to the address on the rifle’s comprehensive instruction manual, it’s made in Prague in the Czech Republic, and the Argus joins the Cricket in its many and various guises, plus the impressive-looking Capybara rifle and the Ocelot pistol in the Kalibrgun line-up. There is also a more compact Argus 45 in the line-up, and that looks tasty, too. I was going to do the fairly obvious ‘Argus catalogue’ joke at this point, but thought better of it.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS