Who has got the earliest Scorpion pistol ?

[gingernut]

I will open with RA 4649. recently chronoed at 5.3 ft lbs and bought from a shop called Toytown in 1973 (I think)- Wnen I was young I didnt keep receipts or boxes.

[red bob]

pa-scorp mk1 .177 1972-1985
ra- mk1 .22 1972-1985

pb- mk2 .177 1985-1994
rb- mk2 .22 1985-1994

very few of us bothered to keep boxs etc but apparently the full kit included ,oil,tin of pellets,pressed steel trgt holder inc trgts,and the famous cocking aid which seems to be one
of the few things that regularly turns up .
i am interested to see if anyone still has the full kit;one example went for £170 in 2009 so whats in the shed or attic.

[Troubledshooter]

Earliest Scorpions:
PA 183
RA 233

Latest Scorpion:
RB 59972

I do have some boxed with their kits.

[ashf9999]

Just the one scorpion for me - complete boxed kit with instructions, test tag & all the bits. RB32999, so not very early at all. Got it for a £125 from the local gun shop about 2 years ago, which I thought was ok for a complete set from a shop.

[red bob]

183 and 123 umm thats going to be pretty hard to beat i reckon,quite amazing that ash was able to pick up a complete set.
if as above your getting around 5.5ftlbs its about right ive heard, as have many alsorts
of imaginary outputs.one point that confused me to start was that in the same gun you can find ba and metric threads ;talk about using up old stock!.

[ashf9999]

183 and 123 umm thats going to be pretty hard to beat i reckon,quite amazing that ash was able to pick up a complete set.

It was a good buy, especially from a shop that's often a little 'ambitious' with some of its pricing. The only mildly annoying thing was that the rivet part of the metal safety knob that holds it on the metal back plate thingy (technical terms, of course ) gave up, but I reattached it with superglue and that seems to have cured the problem. Rest of it's in cracking condition.

[gingernut]

Ash I forgot to say I paid £17 /6sd for mine. And it was new.

[ashf9999]

then keep hold of it! at 17/6 you could make quite a profit in a few years time!