At that time Constable gave this rifle to Freeman and they traveled together to Fort Wayne, Indiana to visit Tippmann Pneumatics Inc.ĭuring this time Freeman would have been the President of Tippmann. This rifle was brought to the United States by Steve Constable when he traveled over from New Zealand in mid 1987 and stayed with David Freeman. In this video I am filling from a 20lb co2 tank that is running low, so the FN-49 has the potential to get a lot more shots off a better fill. FN-49 Live Air Chamber Magazine stamped with the serial number and patent number. Likely March of 1987 and it would either be the 6th gun stamped on the 26th or the 266th FN-49 paintgun produced. I believe the serial number, “8703266,” stamped on the live air chamber, gives an idea to the date this exact rifle was manufactured. In the video I refer to this rifle as the PSI 1200, but the actual name is the FN-49, likely manufactured by Gatenby Automatic Engineering in early 1987, for Constable and his field, the Ultimate Game. This rifle was brought to the United States in 1987 by Steve Constable, of PSI, and given to David Freeman, of Tippmann Pneumatics, Inc. Here is a video I recorded in December of 2014, airing up and shooting the FN-49. Dan airs up and shoots the FN-49 rifle, built in New Zealand in 1987.
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