air pistol identification - with photos

[TARGET-MISSER]

hi i went to my local car boot sale today and saw the pistol i liked it and it was £25 pounds but he took £20 i cant find it on the internet anywhere so wondered if any of you on here might of seen/owned/heard of them before all i know is its 177 has plastic handles and was made in italy

heres pictures

http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/y...PICT1174-1.jpg

http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/y...2/PICT1175.jpg

http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/y...2/PICT1176.jpg

http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/y...2/PICT1177.jpg

[lodmoor]

Pretty sure that was made by IGI, via Gun Toys SRL.

In the UK the Panther de Luxe R077 (RO72) was similar but with a black stock and a straight shoulder piece.

Aha, whilst writing above - it is a Kimar marketed equivalent of above, missing all the sights and scope rail. (Page 151 in The Encyclopedia of Spring Air Pistols).

[TARGET-MISSER]

i dont suppose theres a page on the web about them i cant find any thing

[ikarma70]

Its a Panther Artillery Carbine .177, marketed by Sussex Armoury in the early 80's.....the stock is not the original.

[ZAKDINGEL]

Its a Panther Artillery Carbine .177, marketed by Sussex Armoury in the early 80's.....the stock is not the original.

Yes i will second this i had one of these guns that was the gun that stated it all of for me happy days i would get a tin or packet of pellets on a Saturday and would not go back in the house until they were all gone i bet that back garden has got a very high lead content and you got a nice bargain

[Iain K D]

Currently produced Kimar version

http://www.armisport.com/eng/dettagl...ttoFamiglia=7#

The basic pistol only (the K720) at least was certainly imported until recently (it may still be) - I remember seeing it advertised while mail-order was still allowed.

Iain

[lodmoor]

The stock is correct for the Kimar, no idea if it was ever sold in UK.

If you want a copy of the relevent book pages let me know and I will email them.

[ikarma70]

The stock is correct for the Kimar, no idea if it was ever sold in UK.

If you want a copy of the relevent book pages let me know and I will email them.

the thread in post 6 shows the Kimar with black pistol grips, the Panther Artillery Carbine I had in the 80's was fitted with the brown plastics....so is it a Panther with a Kimar stock or a previous Kimar version?

Can anyone answer that?

[lodmoor]

Never seen a Panther carbine with brown stock but logically if the Panther had them then so did the Kimar. My (black stock) Panthers date from the early 80s.