A special Original 75

[RobinC]

I posted on this some time ago and can't find the original to bump it so I'll try again with a refresher as I am serious about recovering this rifle.

My wife shot in the late 70's in the GB squad and internationaly with an Original 75, it was one of the first into the country when she got it as she had previously been using a 66. We sold it when she changed to a Walther and its the only one of her match air rifles rifles that we did not keep and we now wish for nostagia to find it.
It was sold in Norfolk in the early eighties.

It had been shortened significantly, the trigger had been modded for a very short reach with a diferent alloy trigger bar, and the trigger guard had been skeletonised to clear the trigger. The cheek piece was built up with polystyrene and covered with grey sueude. The stock was the early type and when sold was covered with GB team stickers and equipment control stickers.
The action had been replaced as it had suffered faults so may not be the version matched to the stock.

If it still exists and has not been restored to original it is quite distinctive and I could recognise it. I could build a replica but prefer to find the original rifle.
I can email a picture if any one thinks they've seen it.

Any help would be appreciated.
Robin

[wonky donky]

Hi Robin, I've been keeping my eye out for it ever since you mentioned it to me & will continue to do so Sound like Pam & Barry had a matching pair of right & left handers!

[zooma]

Hi Robin,

I have been actively looking for Pam's Model 75 for a couple of years now but have not seen anything that resembles it.

On the "number three bus" principle and the fact that winter is approaching fast why not make a replica and use it as bait?

I have some Model 75 rifles here at the moment and a nice winter project could see Pam shooting a Model 75 Special again.

This is when the "number three bus" theory will probably "kick-in" and the original Pam Special will turn up and give you the opportunity to see how good your memory of it was and if you have managed to make a better conversion this second time around.

The final part of the project would be to find some competition stickers from the time period and have them scanned and reproduced to see if you can remember where they were positioned on the stock. This could replace the "pin the tail on the donkey" game over Christmas !

Having reached this happy situation ( and Pam's Original Special makes a predictable re-appearance) you can then choose whether to keep your new replica, sell it, or use it in your current training project where it could come in handy.

[RobinC]

Thanks Guys
We are determined to find it and Martini has offered to host the picture on here so you can see how short it is espescialy as the guy stood next to her has a full size one.
It would be interesting to see how it shoots compared to her current modern Walther special (also a prototype) which is state of the art and Walther has now just started to do a production version of it.
I had thought of a replica, I think the stickers would be the the difficult bit, any one got a GB spare squad sticker from the 70's? I did wonder if the KNSA had any EC stickers from the Haugue Intershoots in the 70/80's sat in a drawer some where.
I hope its sat somewhere as it was and has not been restored which is so much the case now.

Wonky you don't know how close you are, Irene Daw at the 80's squad training used to make them shoot with some one elses rifle, "you are at a match and your rifle is stuck in customs" training. When they both had LGR's Pam and Barry used to swop rifles even though he was a lefty and she right handed!
Robin

[martini1215]

Hi Guys, Here are two parts edited from the picture Robin sent me
Hope it helps Robin
http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/z...psa75b6bab.jpg
http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/z...psa9d928a5.jpg
Regards Martini

[RobinC]

Well, here we go, probably the last plea before I give up!! Its been over 5 years now with many people looking for it, we've posted on many sites, local newspapers, clubs, dealers, you name it we've done it, even offering £100 recovery or even "information leading to recovery", and this still stands, but still no luck.

She has very trick modern state of the art rifles for all the events she shoots, and she is still winning! But for nostalgia she would love the one she had her first success's with.

I can email pictures if any one wishes.

Best regards
Robin