Can anyone spot the real rarity?

[ccdjg]

If the auctioneers would box it I could organise a collection and delivery for £8.

Does that help?

ATB, Mick

Thanks Mick, that's a great offer. I will contact the auction house and see what their packing and collection terms are, and will PM you. You could also have the other pistol for your trouble, or even a police tunic if that's your bag!

Cheers,
John

[ccdjg]

If the auctioneers would box it I could organise a collection and delivery for £8.

Does that help?

ATB, Mick

As an update, unfortunately it turns out that Mick's offer can't work out due to timing issues, and also because the auction house have categorically stated that they will not post.

Does anyone live near enough to Worthing to pick up this lot (assuming of course I won it) and post it on to me? I would of course make it worth their while - all costs paid, and they can keep the push-barrel pistol and police tunic as a gift.

[Binners]

P M sent

[splosh!]

i bought the lschewsk will add pics when it arrives .the auction house dose post out. but it was at a cost around £30

[ccdjg]

Well done on getting the Zenit - I did contact the auction house and they were pretty categoric over the phone that they could not post airguns or other prohibited items, so I hope you have managed to short circuit this restriction. Best not to raise the issue with them. The postal problem wasn't the final reason for me not putting in a bid as I had the kind offers of help from Binners and Walnutfarmmick, it was more to do with me wrongly predicting that the police tunic would push the price too high. In the event the whole lot went for a bargain price, so you did very well, especially as some of these police tunics can go for up to a few hundred on fleabay. Apart from kicking myself for not bidding, I am pleased that the gun has gone to a collector who will appreciate it for what it is. Look forward to seeing your pics.

Cheers

JohnG

[Slinky-power]

Congrats on scoring the Soviet Zenit clone!
Hope to see some good pictures of it here when it arrives?

Did anyone happen to see what the Lincoln Jeffries Pistol made?

[splosh!]

Well done on getting the Zenit - I did contact the auction house and they were pretty categoric over the phone that they could not post airguns or other prohibited items, so I hope you have managed to short circuit this restriction. Best not to raise the issue with them. The postal problem wasn't the final reason for me not putting in a bid as I had the kind offers of help from Binners and Walnutfarmmick, it was more to do with me wrongly predicting that the police tunic would push the price too high. In the event the whole lot went for a bargain price, so you did very well, especially as some of these police tunics can go for up to a few hundred on fleabay. Apart from kicking myself for not bidding, I am pleased that the gun has gone to a collector who will appreciate it for what it is. Look forward to seeing your pics.

Cheers

JohnG

thank you its all way hard bidding as dont want to pay to much and as this model has not come on the open market its hard to value. but hope

to sell the police tunics will check evilbay out, be great to end up with the zenit for free.

[splosh!]

http://s1025.photobucket.com/user/detoursound/story

[ccdjg]

Great pics - it's nice to be able to have a closer look at something so rare.

[trevor1]

Nice to see the Ruskies solved the "end plug problem"!

[Garvin]

Nice to see the Ruskies solved the "end plug problem"!

It doesn't look like they've made much of an advance on it to me! It still seems to have 'flats' in the end cap suggesting it's a Zenit-type bayonet fixing.

Splosh!?

[ccdjg]

I think Trev might have been looking at a following picture of a Webley pistol end plug. I must admit it threw me at first. No, I think there will still be a few one-eyed Russian air pistol shooters about.

[trevor1]

Thanks Chief,you are quite right,I fixed my beady eye on the slotted plug-couldn't read the writing on it- thought the Ivans must have copied a Webley idea.Apologies all round.Trev