Some rare stuff here!

[Binners]

http://www.proteksupplies.co.uk/anti...-pre-1939.html

never seen a Fischnaller of Bruneck before their other stuff seems reasonable too!

[deejayuu]

Steady Binners you surely don't have room for more!

[ratshot5]

great to look at thanks for the link

[walnutfarmmick]

http://www.proteksupplies.co.uk/anti...-pre-1939.html

never seen a Fischnaller of Bruneck before their other stuff seems reasonable too!

My first thought on seeing the Fischnaller was 'That's the ugliest gun I've ever seen!'

It's certainly a rare survivor but it looks like something that's been run over.

ATVB,Mick

[mrto]

There's also a very interesting Improved Model B in .177 on that page too!

[el maipino]

Would it be possible to fire these guns at all, considering their age? I quite like the 8mm musket type rifle with the tiger stripe stock listed towards the bottom. Or are they just show pieces now?

[Binners]

There's also a very interesting Improved Model B in .177 on that page too!

To say nothing of the rare 2nd series MK2 Service for less than £750

[greenwayjames]

http://www.proteksupplies.co.uk/anti...-pre-1939.html

never seen a Fischnaller of Bruneck before their other stuff seems reasonable too!

What is a strike pump airgun?

[joffy]

It's certainly a rare survivor but it looks like something that's been run over.

ATVB,Mick

I'm liking very much

[Josie & John]

There's also a very interesting Improved Model B in .177 on that page too!

Not that many Improved Model Bs about, compared to other BSAs. The thing I have found is they tend to be very accurate. I've owned two and shot several others belonging to other collectors - all seem to group really consistently. This is a not too common opportunity to acquire one.

John

[ccdjg]

What is a strike pump airgun?

It just means a spring-piston system, whatever the cocking mechanism. The term was invented by Hoff in his book on antique airguns to distinguish this type of mechanism from the bellows and pump-up systems. Although we all now use the term spring-piston or just "springer" for our airguns, it seems to be fashionable to call the very old spring-piston airguns "strike pumps". I guess it sounds more evocative of another age when selling an antique airgun.

The term seems to have caught on in Germany as well, and catalogues use the term "Schlagpump" which is a straight translation of "strike pump".

[greenwayjames]

It just means a spring-piston system, whatever the cocking mechanism. The term was invented by Hoff in his book on antique airguns to distinguish this type of mechanism from the bellows and pump-up systems. Although we all now use the term spring-piston or just "springer" for our airguns, it seems to be fashionable to call the very old spring-piston airguns "strike pumps". I guess it sounds more evocative of another age when selling an antique airgun.

The term seems to have caught on in Germany as well, and catalogues use the term "Schlagpump" which is a straight translation of "strike pump".

Thank you very much for that explanation. I have see the term used before but imagined a rod fixed to the piston striking the back of a ball to propel it down the barrel.

[greenwayjames]

I was shown this one several years ago form a private collection. It is a Peterlongo. 6mm and I was told has a large diameter cylinder and piston in the butt powered by a big V spring. Cocking was by a seperate handle as with bellows guns. Bloody heavy

[ratshot5]

if you had to buy one off that link what would you have

[wrightonn]

Hi, (looks like its been run over)? its not as bad as some of the "melted marsbar" stocks we see on some of todays high priced rifles IMO, atb Ray.