Auto-cocking air rifles

 

— systems that do not require the shooter to take any additional actions to cock the weapon; are found mainly in PCP pneumatics (see "Type"), gas-cylinder models, as well as AEGs (the latter, by definition, are only auto-cocked).

In accordance with the name, a platoon in such weapons is carried out automatically before each shot — usually, with sending the next bullet into the chamber (although there are also single-shot models where the bullet must be inserted manually). Anyway, auto-cocking is extremely simple and easy to use. In addition, even fully automatic weapons can be created based on such mechanisms (see "Advanced — automatic mode"), although most rifles with this feature still work in a single-fire format. Among the disadvantages of such systems, one can note the complexity of the design and rather high cost, as well as the fact that air / gas is additionally consumed for the operation of the auto-cocking. This reduces the number of shots per charge, and can also reduce the initial speed compared to similar models with manual reloading (however, the latter is predominantly characteristic of gas-balloon rifles).