Reply With QuoteHaving spoken to an "authority" on Military Patterns a few years ago..he did suggest that there were a few....modern copies out there manufactured by some clever chapies involved in the trade....just my pennies worth.
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... Now that has truly made me giggleOriginally Posted by silva
Have you considered a job with the government ?. Ha ha ha. Thank you for lightening an otherwise drab day
. Atvb my friend: Gareth.
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Having spoken to an "authority" on Military Patterns a few years ago..he did suggest that there were a few....modern copies out there manufactured by some clever chapies involved in the trade....just my pennies worth.
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Hi Gareth - Any new updates on the .25 Military Pattern ! Cheers
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Hi. Forgot all about it to be honest, as this was all before my three weeks off line with computer probs, and since being back on line from just before Christmas, have been preoccupied with festive stuff
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I'll keep this short. I got it wrong. On my earlier visit he was showing me so many wonderful, and rare, old collectables, that my mind must've hit overload, and caused an amalgamation of information ... But rather than fudge round the issue, or B-S my fellow collectors, am going to put the record straight.
Hi. Forgot all about it to be honest, as this was all before my three weeks off line with computer probs, and since being back on line from just before Christmas, have been preoccupied with festive stuff
The Military pattern in question, was not a .25, but a .177, believed to be one of around one hundred made. Its Military Pattern stable-mate was/is a .22 however. The .25s he showed me were a Standard, and an Imp Mod.D. Sorry for potentially misleading you, it was wholly unintentional.
I now feel duly chastised by myself, yet at the same time, strangely purged, now that I have investigated further, resolved the problem, and come clean. There ya go, I'm now expecting it, so fill ya boots. I've broad shoulders
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... Just remembered this post ... Seems you know me all too well.
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Gareth....I'll keep this short. I got it wrong. On my earlier visit he was showing me so many wonderful, and rare, old collectables, that my mind must've hit overload, and caused an amalgamation of information ... But rather than fudge round the issue, or B-S my fellow collectors, am going to put the record straight.
The Military pattern in question, was not a .25, but a .177, believed to be one of around one hundred made. Its Military Pattern stable-mate was/is a .22 however. The .25s he showed me were a Standard, and an Imp Mod.D. Sorry for potentially misleading you, it was wholly unintentional.
I now feel duly chastised by myself, yet at the same time, strangely purged, now that I have investigated further, resolved the problem, and come clean. There ya go, I'm now expecting it, so fill ya boots. I've broad shoulders
Surrey's Anglo Saxon
You told me it was a 303
Retired Mod & Airgun Anorak Extraordinaire
... 302 cloth earsYou told me it was a 303
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...need a drink after all this excitement !
I did see an advert in one of the airgun mags or Gunmart last year from someone selling a .303 style military training airrifle ...its true honest , and his asking price was almost as high as Knibbs want for his Military Pattern
Re the .25 cal - I was once corrected by someone when I mixed my Standards and Improved Models up when querying the .25 calibre . I was told that the .25 cal was The Improved Model D - ie bayonet underlever only and apart from one offs (from the above posts ! ) there never was any done ex factory in the later push button style Standards .....
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