"Vintage" Airguns ?

[mel h]

Like lots of other words, Vintage is over used (as is Mint). The word was usually accompanied by a date, as in, " this fine wine is Vintage 1936 ". In the motoring world there are specific dates, with Vintage coming between 1918 and 1930 after which it became it Post Vintage.
I think with everything else it's become a good descriptive word for sellers of old stuff to add some respectability.
Mel.

[Blackrider]

I often wonder about the BSA Airsporter which had a production run in all it various Mks.from 1948 to 2000 or thereabouts.
At what point in that run did it become "Vintage" ?

[mel h]

I often wonder about the BSA Airsporter which had a production run in all it various Mks.from 1948 to 2000 or thereabouts.
At what point in that run did it become "Vintage" ?

Now that we're talking proper air rifles, I would say that 'classic' is the word.

Mel.

[Nikkormat]

I vote for a system based on cars, but with a change in date for vintage to run up to and including WW2:

Veteran: Pre 1918
Vintage: 1919-1945
Classic: 1946-somewhere around 25 years ago.

1980s qualifies as classic, but I am not sure about anything from the 1990s yet. BSA RB2 Stutzen, I suppose. Yes, maybe some, if they are really nice.

Matt

[mel h]

We have to remember also, many of them have been around for a century or more, some would say that they should termed 'antique'
Mel.

[Geezer]

I vote for a system based on cars, but with a change in date for vintage to run up to and including WW2:

Veteran: Pre 1918
Vintage: 1919-1945
Classic: 1946-somewhere around 25 years ago.

1980s qualifies as classic, but I am not sure about anything from the 1990s yet. BSA RB2 Stutzen, I suppose. Yes, maybe some, if they are really nice.

Matt

For me, vintage is pre-WW2, classic is post WW2. Simples.