Theoben SLR88 Imperator and a couple of others... .

[Duggan]

Just managed to pick this one up c/w period Viking Japanese glass. The blueing is perfect, with only a few handling marks on the wood. I'm delighted with it as the quality is excellent. It is also noticeably heavier than my SLR 98's., where i understand that Theoben managed to take some of the weight out. If people can offer any further information on the SLR88 I would appreciate it. For reference I have also included some pictures of my Custom SLR98, standard SLR98 and my Sirocco 2000.

Cheers Duggan.

[Rocket launcher]

Very nice pictures of photo bucket speed dials

[Shed tuner]

the 88 is so much nicer than the 98...

[Duggan]

Not sure why people cant see photos, but I hear they are looking to charge for it. Does anyone know when the SLR88 Imperator pre HE came out? How many were made etc?

Just been trying out the 88 in the garden and it is lovely to shoot. I have another pre HE Grand Prix from 1985 and that is also very sweet to use.

[Blackmax]

Hi Carl,
I've often heard the Imperator is rated as the best engineered gun Theoben ever built. I saw two recently at the Airgun fair, one was very nice with a few marks, the other wasn't so clever, priced at £1,000 and £800 respectively.

They're lovely guns and feel solid, they had proper quality stock's with hand checkering unlike some of the later digestive biscuits with laser checkering. I'd like one but I couldn't justify the prices they demand when in very good condition.

Be great to see some photos of it mate as you can no longer view photobucket images.

BM

[Duggan]

Hi Andy im sending them over now. If you know how to post them for the members here great. Thank you for the information.