Theoben Sirroco Prototype Dave Theobalds Own Gun For Sale At £500

[12/200]

Just seen a Theoben sirroco prototype for sale for £500 on Gun Star at Crawfords shooting supplies they are saying they are sure it is Dave Theobalds own gun sure looks nice what do you think ??? sorry i am unable to put the link to it on but sure one of you bright sparks out there will be able to

Guy will have snaffled that already

[bighit]

He must have had loads of rifles. There always one of his "personal" rifles up for sale.



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[12/200]

He must have had loads of rifles. There always one of his "personal" rifles up for sale

Really

[guy]

Guy will have snaffled that already

Its been there a few months....... not verifiable and with nothing to back it up its just a good story! if a nice one poss worth max 250.

[bighit]

Its been there a few months....... not verifiable and with nothing to back it up its just a good story! if a nice one poss worth max 250.

Try 2 years
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[Geezer]

Clearly unverifiable provenance, questionable refinishing, and non-standard suppressor and butt pad.

But, it set me thinking. I almost never see those early 1982-4 Siroccos either up for sale or mentioned on places like this. Are they really quite rare, or all squirrelled away in collections, or a bit of both?

By comparison, I see more traffic on other classic rarities like the Sterlings, Parks, Mohawks, Dragons.

[guy]

Clearly unverifiable provenance, questionable refinishing, and non-standard suppressor and butt pad.

But, it set me thinking. I almost never see those early 1982-4 Siroccos either up for sale or mentioned on places like this. Are they really quite rare, or all squirrelled away in collections, or a bit of both?

By comparison, I see more traffic on other classic rarities like the Sterlings, Parks, Mohawks, Dragons.

I have got a couple of the early ones, got a couple of variants still to find though.

[air-tech]

I don't see "prototype" - looks like a very production Scirocco in poverty spec Beech Countryman stock, damaged, and which some numpty has actually stained. I would not pay £120 for that. In fact I'd not pay anything for it, only use is as a field gun to leave knocking around.

It's true that early Sciroccos rarely come up for sale, but they are now very old, and many must have met their maker because unlike springers, which just keep going, an inevitable leak will make them completely non-functional till repaired so I guess they may tend to get abandoned when that happens, left to rust in peace, just simply forgotten about.

[Geezer]

That makes sense. I'd really like an original first production, no sights, Sirocco. I spent weeks agonising in 1982 between buying one (that I couldn't really afford and they were an unknown quantity) or an FWB Sport. I went for, and don't regret, the FWB. From memory, the FWB and a Japanese ASI 4x40 cost the same or slightly less than the Theoben on its own. Also rather fancied the Anschutz-barrelled slightly later Sirocco.

[Muskett]

That makes sense. I'd really like an original first production, no sights, Sirocco. I spent weeks agonising in 1982 between buying one (that I couldn't really afford and they were an unknown quantity) or an FWB Sport. I went for, and don't regret, the FWB. From memory, the FWB and a Japanese ASI 4x40 cost the same or slightly less than the Theoben on its own. Also rather fancied the Anschutz-barrelled slightly later Sirocco.

This ^
Once they had been upgraded then they were worth having. So we did

The rifle in question just doesn't have the provenance to justify the premium they are demanding. Wrong silencer doesn't help. My early Fenman looks nicer.