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I have a very old and beat up BSA Meteor thats older than I am, and was also my first rifle.

And a very fine (if heavy) Weihrauch HW80 that I inherited from my Dad.

I also have a GAT gun and a Webley Premier somewhere...

FredB wrote:That's all right Chris---at least I am better informed than you!
Fred

seen one at online ,

well an hw99 joins my little collection

And a very fine (if heavy) Weihrauch HW80 that I inherited from my Dad.

but great gun ,havent got one ...yet

Air Arms S410 Carbine in .177

Phew! Off the top of my head, I have BSA R10 FAC, BSA R10 Bull Barrel, BSA Airsporter, bought in 1960's when I was 15 for £8. Diana No 2 pistol, my first airgun 1958. Webley Premier, bought new for £9-19/6.

Two 1920's BSA Light pattern .177 under lever. Walther CM2 CO2 match pistol, Original 6m recoilless pistol, Walther LP 53, Hammerli CO2 target pistol, 2 x CP-1 CO2 pistols, QB 87 CO2 rifle, Webley Jaguar junior rifle. A very tatty meteor.

I gave away about 20 when I moved several years ago, three or four I wish I'd now kept.

1066 wrote:Phew! Off the top of my head, I have BSA R10 FAC, BSA R10 Bull Barrel, BSA Airsporter, bought in 1960's when I was 15 for £8. Diana No 2 pistol, my first airgun 1958. Webley Premier, bought new for £9-19/6.

Two 1920's BSA Light pattern .177 under lever. Walther CM2 CO2 match pistol, Original 6m recoilless pistol, Walther LP 53, Hammerli CO2 target pistol, 2 x CP-1 CO2 pistols, QB 87 CO2 rifle, Webley Jaguar junior rifle. A very tatty meteor.

I gave away about 20 when I moved several years ago, three or four I wish I'd now kept.

just a few then

I've just bought a cheap Chinese import SMK XS78 as a surrogate .22lr for garden plinking. No FAC needed, so I can get some practice while applying for mine. It's not bad quality, wood and metal not plastic with a weight and feel that are pretty similar to a .22lr. It's CO2 but only single shot bolt action out of the box. You can get some magazine add ons but I haven't tried them yet. Crosman also make the 10/77, a .177 semi-auto CO2 gun, allegedly inspired by the Ruger 10/22, but I think it looks more like a Marlin except for the rotary magazine. I went for the XS78 because it is supposed to be more accurate and easier to get up close to the 12 foot pound limit with replacement seals and a little tuning.

any photos of ya air rifles guys

I could only find a couple of pics of any of my airguns. The first one is a Hammerli CO2 Target pistol - just about state of the art in 1960's - Not very common here as CO2 airguns were FAC only at the time. Still shoots very well.

The second one is a QB 78 CO2 rifle - As seen here, I had converted it to "airsoft" for my grandson - I fitted a smoothbore barrel, made from 6mmID aluminium tube, home-made moderator and reduced the hammer spring so he got around 100 shots with the 6mm plastic balls from the CO2 capsules. Fitted with a cheap Chinese bi-pod and a £30 red dot sight. Great fun in the garden and would hit a matchbox at about 10 yards consistently.

Hammerli CO2 Target pistol looks great a certain style to it

Only air pistols, a Steyr Lp2, a very accurate pistol but lacks the visual appeal of my Walther Lp 3, again an accurate pistol as you would expect from Walther but harder to shoot well as the weight of the pistol is towards the hand and it is easy to push or pull the front sight sideways if your trigger pull or follow through is not first class. Last pistol is a Feinverkbau Mod 100, my favourite pistol that I enjoy shooting but it is heavy, would not like to do a 60 shot plus sighters competition with it as I am over 70 and my arms are not up to it now. Waiting for a Pardini K58 arrive from a friend in the club and can't wait to get my hands on it. It is similar to the FWB 100 but lighter.
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Stuart