Keeper pistols - what are they and why?

[AC all day]

My keepers are my Brococks.....i have a couple of Prototypes and a good selection...totaly unreplacable..
Great fun to shoot too

[hwtyger]

My keepers:
Diana LP5 magnum (better than LP8)
Diana LP6M (awesome shooter)
Morini 162E (as was my first match pistol)
Tau 7 Match (the REAL match version)
Tau 7 Silhouet
Tau 7 Junior
Tau MK8 (cause it was their first effort at pcp and it has great potential)
Webley Tempest/Hurricane/Typhoon brum made

Other keepers imo:
Diana LP10
oldtimer Webley pistols, like the Senior, Premier, etc
BSA Scorpion

[clarky]

Walther LP53 ....for people who appreciate all things well made....this it.

[Modski66]

I don't think I would part with my Tempest; it was in a sorry state when I bought it, and have 'rescued' it with a good fettle and re-lube, polished the scratches out of the the glossy areas, and fitted some airgunner walnut grips. I am part way though fashioning a wooden box that will have green baize inside and maybe brass corners on the outside.

My other keeper is a Zastava GP45 that I have re-built and re-styled the grip to be like a Baikal MP35 rapid fire 22LR. It isn't very powerful, but is great fun and doesn't go into full-auto now either!

[Geoff555]

Hello, a bit old fashioned I guess, a pair of Crosman 600's and more modern Crosman 357 for comparison.
Cheers.
Geoff.

[PAXIL]

I really love my FWB 65. My uncle had one when I was a kid and I had to get one. Sure they take some effort but they are still fun to me.

[oling]

Hello, a bit old fashioned I guess, a pair of Crosman 600's and more modern Crosman 357 for comparison.
Cheers.
Geoff.

Never shot a 600 but want to, badly. I hear that once fettled they can get over 400 fps with an average .22 and they're not half accurate either.

[derekj]

My keepers:
Diana LP5 magnum (better than LP8)
Diana LP6M (awesome shooter)
Morini 162E (as was my first match pistol)
Tau 7 Match (the REAL match version)
Tau 7 Silhouet
Tau 7 Junior
Tau MK8 (cause it was their first effort at pcp and it has great potential)
Webley Tempest/Hurricane/Typhoon brum made

Other keepers imo:
Diana LP10
oldtimer Webley pistols, like the Senior, Premier, etc
BSA Scorpion

Diana LP5 magnum (better than LP8). Yes they are very nice with good balance, poise, accurate, powerful with a neat 2 stage trigger. Why have previous British manufacturers had such difficulty in producing a decent trigger mechanism? The BSA 240 had a passable trigger but a bit vague still. Shame really.

[PaulR]

I have built up a collection of Webleys from Mark 1 to Nemesis and I would be reluctant to part with any.

However if I could only keep one pistol it would be one of my Crosman 600s - a fantastic piece of kit which brings a smile to my face every time I use it, which is a lot (put about 15k pellets through it). It'll take the centre out of a target in about 4 seconds and 10 shots when fired rapidly.

[I. J.]

FWB 65 and 80 (but not necessarily the Model '90. ) Everyone should own or have shot a '65/80. Good quality engineering and very accurate (45+ ex 50). The bees knees before the advent of pcp. I buy a pistol for its accuracy and not because it looks like something James Bond threw at his advisory when it run out of bullets or rose tinted glasses about some poorly designed British offering that is collectible because it has the 'CANADA PATENT' engraved on its side.

ATB
Ian

[Modski66]

Ian, I thought you had a large collection of wobblies to stir your tea and keep your rubbish bins weighed down?

You are spot on about the FWB 65 though, I don't own one yet, but it will be a keeper when I do get one.

[Paul SE]

my keepers are......all of mine for various reasons

My 'go to' plinking pistol is my Weihrauch HW40 followed by my HW75 - both have adequate power and good accuracy for some medium pistol range shooting.

The gun I like shooting the most has to be my Crosman 600 although it does pay one to make sure that there is plenty of Co2 and tins of pellets piled up BTW Crosman Wadcutters / Webley Verminpell work faultlessly in mine

My S&W 586 6" is again different, but still a nice pistol to use and plenty of possibility for fast-fire fun with a few spare mags, plenty of Co2 and plenty of pellets

Lastly I have a Mk1 BSA Scorpion .22 pistol which is still in its original box, and complete with all accessories - this gun is really to good too use and is a great display piece

[oling]

My keepers are my Brococks.....i have a couple of Prototypes and a good selection...totaly unreplacable..
Great fun to shoot too

Which Brococks? The TACs or one of the PCP jobs?

[AC all day]

Which Brococks? The TACs or one of the PCP jobs?

I have a lot all Air Cartridge ......

[ETCHY]

My .177 Webley Tempest. First ever proper air-gun I ever fired ( at the tender age of 45 )

I couldn't believe how cool it felt & how much I enjoyed it. I still remember it being there when I got home from work & then trudging into the garage in winter to try it & see if it was ok - it was

It's not the best condition gun I have, but I associate that feeling with it, so it's a keeper

Dave