Milbro G4

[RobertH600]

A friend of the family has got a Milbro G4 air pistol. Does anyone know if this is worth anything or is collectable?

It is in its original box, rust-free, 6 darts (don't know if they were supplied with the gun or not) and a tool for removing the darts (again, I don't know if they were supplied with the gun or not).

It says somewhere, on the box or a sheet, "New improved micrometer click action sight".

Judging by the style of box and pistol it could be 1960s.

Thanks.

[ogilkes]

Yes its a copy of the old EMGE Zenit pistol of the 1930s. Milbro made two versions if this. Its a fun little gun. depending on condition it might be worth anything up to £70 boxed with accessories. I paid £50 for a good condition examples in box with no extras a few months back. I'm not sure if it was ever really intended to shoort darts, as I'm not too sure it its rifled or not.

[Rob M]

There were four versions of this, they went up to a 'MkIV', in some ways (bolted together instead of riveted for instance) they were better than the Zenit pistols they were a copy of.

They can be a nice little plinker if serviced and lubricated carefully. One funny thing about these was that the grooves in the rifling were cut individually, that is to say, one at a time. My brother has one of these where one of the grooves was not cut, but surprisingly it is still a fairly accurate pistol as plinkers go.