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based on the fact they could readily covert the pistols into illegal fi rearms. The name ‘Brocock’ came to be used as a defi nition in law to describe an illegally converted fi rearm. More and more started to appear, some of them in the wrong hands, and before long the Home Offi ce stepped in and the 2003 Anti-social Behaviour Act was passed, consigning the self- contained air cartridge to history. The legislation allowed existing owners to apply for a special licence that allowed them to keep the pistols but never to sell them. The solution was as ineffective as it was unconventional and resulted in most owners simply throwing their Brocock pistols away. They still turn up in landfi lls to this day.
The current
chapter and the turning around of Brocock begins when, in 2014, the group that also owns Daystate bought Brocock lock, stock and barrel – literally.
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Unsurprisingly, the Act was a disaster for Brocock and the Silcock brothers who’d seen the principle reason for acquiring Saxby and Palmer disappear in an instant. The company needed a new direction and fast. An opportunity in the early 2000s came in the form of another fl edgling airgun manufacturer called Falcon which was experiencing diffi culties of its own and was looking for fi rstly a wholesaler (and Brocock fi tted this bill) and latterly a partner to make parts. Having picked up a contract as UK agents for Umarex, Brocock had not long moved into larger premises and, spotting an opportunity, struck a deal with Falcon. Ultimately the deal fell through and Falcon who by this time had moved into Brocock’s premises, went into administration and moved out, leaving
behind staff, parts and machinery. It wasn’t long before a new range of pre-charged pneumatic Brocock air rifl es that were eerily similar to those previously made by Falcon emerged. For the next 14 years, Brocock
marched on. The products improved but never made up for the loss of the air cartridge pistol technology and when the relationship with Umarex broke down, the brothers who by now it’s fair to say were not getting along that well, decided to that perhaps it was time to move on. The current chapter and the turning
around of Brocock begins when, in 2014, the group that also owns Daystate bought Brocock lock, stock and barrel – literally. The initial plan was for it to continue operating as a separate entity. However, a year later, the need to drive effi ciency saw the
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Brocock Orion pistol with self- contained air cartridge system
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Brocock is popular arround the world. here a shooter in Mexico show the Commander
3 Brocock Sniper XR
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