A collection of vintage and modern airguns.
The Milbro Cub “automatic” air pistol is actually a French design that was manufactured by Pneuma-Tir as the “PNEUMA-TIR 500” from the mid-1940s, perhaps 1946, to sometime in the 1980s. That’s quite an impressive production run! Mind you, I’m not so sure that the British Milbro Cub was produced for as long as the French PNEUMA-TIR 500.
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A good year ago I wrote a short article about the J.G. Anschütz Dolla MKII. I mentioned in that article that the Dolla MKII had also been imported to the United States and sold as the “Keenfire”. As luck would have it, a fellow collector from the United States contacted me with a boxed Keenfire that he wished to sell. I’m pleased to say that it has now found a new home in Jimmie Dee’s collection. Continue reading “J.G. Anschütz “Keenfire” (c.1936 to c.1938)”
This is the Predom Lucznik KL. 1970 air pistol. It was manufactured by Zaklady Metalowe Predom-Lucznik in Radom, Poland from at least 1972 to about 1980 according to the last known advertisement. It is a copy of the Walther LP53 albeit far less refined.
Continue reading “Predom Lucznik KL. 170 Air Pistol (c. 1972 to c. 1980) – Cased”
A few weeks ago, a fellow airgun enthusiast asked me if I could service his friend’s BSA Scorpion air pistol. I thought sure, providing I can get the parts I will have a go. Of course it was also an opportunity to fully strip one down and write a service guide for anyone else that may need to repair or service their vintage BSA Scorpion.
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A special case for a special air pistol! Considering the cost of these air pistols, you would expect Weihrauch to supply them with a custom foam-lined case. Instead, they are shipped in a cardboard box. Luckily, the owner of this air pistol stumbled across the custom foam-lined cases on this website and requested one for this air pistol.
Continue reading “Weihrauch HW44 Air Pistol Case”
Here’s another recent addition to the collection. A 1973 Series 2 “Suncorite” Webley and Scott Junior air pistol.
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What can I say! An absolutely fantastic example of one of Webley and Scott’s first air pistols. These air pistols are über rare on their own but this one is a complete package. An original box, an original box of pellets, an original spare breech seal with envelope, an original sales leaflet and a barrel cleaning brush.
Continue reading “Webley and Scott MKI “Double Spring Clip” Air Pistol (1924)”
Finally! A superb example of the BSA Scorpion to add to the collection! This is the later model in .22 and is complete with the case, all the paperwork and accessories.
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Here’s some peculiar targets. I assume they’re German as they came with the Crosman 38T “Target” air pistol from Germany. Very strange, especially the one with the wasps!
A new pistol for the collection arrived from Germany last week. It’s a Crosman 38T “Target” model. The “Target” model is .177 calibre as opposed to the early .22 38T that Crosman produced. It is identical in all ways except externally it has a plastic rear sight and a plastic cylinder. Internally it has an alloy valve body as opposed to the brass valve body of the early model.
Continue reading “Restoration Project – Crosman 38T “Target” – Part 1″
Here’s an air pistol you are unlikely to see. It’s the Fenix manufactured by OJMAR (Ojanguren and Marcaide) in Spain from c. 1947 to c. 1958.
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Here’s something a bit different for a change. I have had this FB Record Champion for quite some time. It’s what you would call a project pistol as it was non-functional with broken or missing parts.
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Another cased Walther LP53 finds its way into the collection! This time it is a first model, smooth finish LP53. This pistol will accompany the cased, crinkle finish, first model with barrel weight LP53 that was added to the collection last Christmas. This particular model is thought to have been manufactured from 1953 to 1957 and this pistol, in particular, was manufactured in 1955.
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This is the legendary Harper Classic “Wolf” electronic trigger, pre-charged pneumatic air pistol! Why legendary Jimmie? Well, if Harper had not designed his electronic firing mechanism, he would not have gone on to design Daystate’s iconic capacitor discharge technology (CDT) firing mechanism for the Daystate MK3 air rifle.
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Quite often you hear shooters ask “What’s the best range to zero my scope at?”. It’s a perfectly valid question and yet the response can be varied from 25 to 35 yards or “the range at which you will shoot at the most”. Whilst there is nothing wrong with any of those answers, they won’t necessarily help the shooter get the most from their rifle and scope combination and there’s certainly never any mention of magnification.
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