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    Malvern

    Anyone else spend their bank holiday looking for new finds?

    I went to Malvern flea fair, bumped into Edbear had a chat about not seeing much other than a very honest BSA standard that I'd decided was a little more than i wanted to pay, and when i went back it was gone. Just as i was about to leave found someone else with a virtually identical Standard (S28757) which I did come home with, and a pair of bin bags to put it in. I always find that whenever I carry a gunslip I seem to curse my luck and find nothing to take home in it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by frogboy View Post
    Anyone else spend their bank holiday looking for new finds?

    I went to Malvern flea fair, bumped into Edbear had a chat about not seeing much other than a very honest BSA standard that I'd decided was a little more than i wanted to pay, and when i went back it was gone. Just as i was about to leave found someone else with a virtually identical Standard (S28757) which I did come home with, and a pair of bin bags to put it in. I always find that whenever I carry a gunslip I seem to curse my luck and find nothing to take home in it.
    Does S28757 have the rarer transitional stock by any chance ? By transitional I mean the 1920's rounded pistolgrip type stock, but with the letters BSA raised in the checkered panel ?

    See here

    http://www.network54.com/Forum/67044...rial+no.+34988

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    No it has that style of stock but without the lettering.

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    Quote Originally Posted by frogboy View Post
    Anyone else spend their bank holiday looking for new finds?
    Used to, all the time. Not very much these days. One advantage is the off chance of finding something really interesting: The odd bit of paper or accessory. However, I found that good airgun related items just started to completely disappear or so expensive that it wasn't worth it. With the publication of the Blue Book of Airguns, there isn't much advantage of having unique knowledge anymore.

    I ended up starting another collection hobby, Metal Squirt Guns. It's an all but completely unknown collectable -probably because I'm about the only person in the world who actively collects them- and values for most types are very inexpensive. The only really expensive metal squirt guns are the space theme types. There is a Dan Dare metal squirt gun that is extremely rare and expensive.

    A few years ago, had a chance to put my collection on display in a store front (Sunlan Lighting) and took this video.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvX1ETJHqwk

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    Quote Originally Posted by DT Fletcher View Post
    Used to, all the time. Not very much these days. One advantage is the off chance of finding something really interesting: The odd bit of paper or accessory. However, I found that good airgun related items just started to completely disappear or so expensive that it wasn't worth it. With the publication of the Blue Book of Airguns, there isn't much advantage of having unique knowledge anymore.

    I ended up starting another collection hobby, Metal Squirt Guns. It's an all but completely unknown collectable -probably because I'm about the only person in the world who actively collects them- and values for most types are very inexpensive. The only really expensive metal squirt guns are the space theme types. There is a Dan Dare metal squirt gun that is extremely rare and expensive.

    A few years ago, had a chance to put my collection on display in a store front (Sunlan Lighting) and took this video.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvX1ETJHqwk
    Amazing collection, DT.
    Vintage Airguns Gallery
    ..Above link posted with permission from Gareth W-B
    In British slang an anorak is a person who has a very strong interest in niche subjects.

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