Price Please On 30yr Gun

[wazb]

BSA MERCURY 30 YEARS OLD IN MINT CONDITION IN ORIGANAL BOX WITH ALL PAPER WORK FROM BSA.IT EVEN HAS THE ORIGANAL RECEIPT FROM WHEN IT WAS BOUGHT.THIS GUN IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS JUST COME FROM THE BSA FACTORY.ALSO DOES THE AGE OF THE GUN MAKE IT MORE COLLECTABLE AND WILL THAT REFLECT ON THE PRICE ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECATED

[Baldie]

Sounds like a rifle 'anorak Adrian' might like to add to his collection.... a.k.a. draftsmann here on the BBS.

Might be worth giving him a PM as I think he's travelling this week, but he is in the UK.

The price you are after is (mostly likely) going to come from a collector, since buying this piece of history would seem like an investment opportunity, though Adrian does actually use the rifles in his collection IIRC.

HTH.

[wazb]

cheers baldie will pm draftsman.any other help with priceing this would be welcome

[Andrew006]

WAZB..you have mail mate. I might be interested.

thanks

andy

[Baldie]

Originally posted by Andrew006
WAZB..you have mail mate. I might be interested.

thanks

andy

"Andrew anorak"? Yep, works for me.


Must be in the name?

[Andrew006]

"Andrew anorak"? Yep, works for me

Aren't you a bit old for calling names BALDIE ?

[Andrew006]

WAZB, if you are interested in selling the mercury, give me a mail.

thanks

Andy

[wazb]

surly someone out there can give me a realistic price for this gem of a gun

[Baldie]

Originally posted by Andrew006
Aren't you a bit old for calling names BALDIE ?

No sense of humour some people......


Grammar sucks too......


"Aren't you a bit old for name calling, Baldie?" Or;

"Aren't you a bit old for calling someone else names, Baldie?"

I'm unaware of an age-limit on 'gentle-humour'.

[Andrew006]

Oh no.......not the old spelling and grammar police again Thought we'd moved away from that? Nevermind eh?

[draftsmann]

Thanks for the PM wazb. Pricing "sleepers" is always difficult. An early Mercury will be the beech stock and will have a single stage trigger (not a bad trigger though) and breech "pin" instead of bolt. Not as desirable as a later "S" or the Challenger, which was the last of the Mercury range with improved trigger and scope rail IMHO.

Nevertheless if it really is boxed and mint/unused with paperwork I'd say it would have to be good for £150 at least and possibly £180 to someone who really wants it.

One of the nicest rifles ever made IMHO.

And yes I am an anorak Geoffrey How are you getting on with the Stalker?

Adrian

[Baldie]

Originally posted by draftsmann
And yes I am an anorak Geoffrey How are you getting on with the Stalker?

Adrian

Hi Adrian,

Glad to see you're not getting upset about a compliment. [This is an Airgun Forum after all].

Have a quick look here: (Posted today but on Page 3 already).