Record Air Pistols

[coburn]

Now I've never paid these much attention when I've seen them at Arms Fairs but I noticed the other day that this company still exists in Germany.

Their model range is fairly small a smoothbore fixed sight Model 1, a fixed sight rifled Model 2 and a "match" version Model 3 with rifled barrel, adj sights and better grips.

There cheap and cheerfull but look like fun so I've just ordered a Model 3 from Germany for the equivilent of £65, I dont expect it will set the world on fire but looks a fun plinker.

Anyone got one of the older models here in the UK, info on the web is very limited.

http://www.record-firearms.de/en/pro...dell-lp-3.html

[tinbum]

Oh great, another thing to add to my "must have" list!

When i was a boy the gun shop in Maidstone used to have the 1 & 2's and I coveted them both. A model three? Well, I gotta get me one! Please tell me all I need to know to make my wife despair, can I just order it from t'interweb? she's had it too easy for nearly a week now.

[Ferrets Bueller]

My first ever airgun was a,record model 2 when I was 11 years old, shooting bulldog pellets I shot many thousands of pellets thoough it until one day it broke, I was gutted.

I believe they are made from die cast metal so are,prone to breakages.

Always wanted a jumbo and will get one and another model 2 when I can.

[tinbum]

My first ever airgun was a,record model 2 when I was 11 years old, shooting bulldog pellets I shot many thousands of pellets thoough it until one day it broke, I was gutted.

I believe they are made from die cast metal so are,prone to breakages.

Always wanted a jumbo and will get one and another model 2 when I can.

I had a jumbo deluxe! You could put pellets in the grip and shake it like maracas!

[JD75]

I have a Model 68 that I've had for over twenty years and also a Jumbo that I got off here a few years ago.

[eyebull]

Now I've never paid these much attention when I've seen them at Arms Fairs but I noticed the other day that this company still exists in Germany.

Their model range is fairly small a smoothbore fixed sight Model 1, a fixed sight rifled Model 2 and a "match" version Model 3 with rifled barrel, adj sights and better grips.

There cheap and cheerfull but look like fun so I've just ordered a Model 3 from Germany for the equivilent of £65, I dont expect it will set the world on fire but looks a fun plinker.

Will be interested to see what you think when it arrives, keep us posted.

It may go on the 'list'.... loving the mail order at the moment!


As an aside, does anyone know why they stopped making the Jumbo? I would love to buy a new one of these...

[coburn]

I am off to Bisley this Saturday for the Trafalgar Arms Fair and meeting, I suspect there will be a very well known trader there with one or two on his stand.

I like the idea of an old Model 2 with the white grips.

[p.m.h]

I have an older LP77, looks very space age, or it did when I first saw it many years ago.

Cheaply made and very rattly, but still a unique gun looks wise.

Kind regards,




Phil

[Iain K D]

It used to be the case that the Model 1 was smoothbore, fixed sights; Model 2 was rifled, adjustable sights; and Model 3 was rifled, adjustable sights and large grip. Older versions had a different barrel casing as well, without the foresight hood.

As for the Jumbo, did its demise coincide with the rise of the Umarex CO2 replicas? (I don't know, that's just a guess.)

Iain

[Binker]

I had a jumbo in the eighties, loved it. Thought seriously about replacing recently but fear that guns may be like cities - you shouldn't go back?

[anightrains]

i also had a jumbo crackin little gun mine had the walnut grips
yes i would buy another

[scrubsboy]

I'd never heard of them before, but a work colleague told me he was after one and a few weeks after that Tony advertised his. I agreed to buy it on behalf of my mate and then he changed his mind and bought a Scorpion I felt obliged to go through with the sale even though Tony said it was fine to pull out.
Glad I did, the guns a belter - loads of fun.

[JD75]

Bulmer does a strip of the Jumbo in one of the mags a few years ago.

He said Record guns (at least the older ones) improve greatly with proper lubrication.

The first airgun I ever fixed was a Model 1. The sear had worn and needed to be reground, fits with the idea that the metal was to soft.

[Tony.T]

I'd never heard of them before, but a work colleague told me he was after one and a few weeks after that Tony advertised his. I agreed to buy it on behalf of my mate and then he changed his mind and bought a Scorpion I felt obliged to go through with the sale even though Tony said it was fine to pull out.
Glad I did, the guns a belter - loads of fun.

Really happy you're pleased with it! That was a deal gone wrong that turned out for the better!