any info on a great find

[kevin.ronnie]

This weekend i had a great find , a Wagria aerosport delux in vg original condition , apart from the info in smiths gas spring and air i cant find much else , any info on dates and numbers would be well appreciated , a funny thing was it was advertised a s a Wagria AFROSPORT and there was me thinking they were German and not African L.O.L

Rgds kev

[draitzer]

Kev,

Do you have / could you provide pictures? I've always wondered about the Wagria's after first reading the Smith book 25 years ago. I did once snag a really battered Heym rifle that's been relegated to the "someday project" section, but have never seen a Wagria here in the USA.

Thanks for any info you can offer,

Don R.

[air-tech]

Not much but here goes translated

"Manufacturer, former machinery and apparatus GmbH Ascherberg in Holstein
Wagria, former machinery and apparatus GmbH Ascherberg in Holstein (the beginning of the 40-end of the 60s). Inter alia air rifles were also produced.
Known models M50, M55, M56, M58, M59, M60 and M61."

Looks like a pretty decently made gun, and the rarity makes it a definite collector.

http://www.egun.de/market/item.php?id=4554385

Probably the fact that they are so unknown works against them in the value stakes, as no-one really can desire something they do not know even exists! First time for me too.

[frakor]

I have no more info then mentioned above, but I DO have a few of these.

This is the remains of the Aerosport logo on a model 58.





And these are the other family members.



The problem with all Wagrias is ,the rearsight is made from a cheap alloy and (allmost) allways broken or missing.
Build quality isn't great ,but they made some very interesting designs with the multishot versions.





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Frank