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  1. 25-12-2017, 07:45 PM #1
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    john whiscombe

    is mr whiscome still alive ?thanks
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  2. 25-12-2017, 08:00 PM #2
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    AFAIK Yes
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    mr whiscombe

    Thats great news some was saying that he had passed over ,
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    I wonder if he’s fancy doing another one, I wanted the sterling but they have gone out the window now
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    whiscombe

    with second hand ones fetching 3k + very deep pockets are needed me thinks
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  8. 09-11-2018, 11:50 PM #8
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    Whiscombe

    Get yourself a Park, a lot more plentiful and considerably cheaper, though not so sophisticated.
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    Quote Originally Posted by oldcurmudgeon View Post
    Get yourself a Park, a lot more plentiful and considerably cheaper, though not so sophisticated.
    I've read that the park is actually a 'deader' gun to shoot. Not had the pleasure of shooting both side by side so couldn't say myself
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  10. 10-11-2018, 04:03 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by cooper_dan View Post
    I've read that the park is actually a 'deader' gun to shoot. Not had the pleasure of shooting both side by side so couldn't say myself
    The advantages of Park over Whiscombe are a)price and b) only one stroke of the cocking lever needed-admittedly quite hard work as the lever is quite short-rather than 2 for the JW. Quality of build superb in both cases. I don't know why the JW fetches such a premium over the Park but there we are.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cooper_dan View Post
    I've read that the park is actually a 'deader' gun to shoot. Not had the pleasure of shooting both side by side so couldn't say myself
    I have, they're not.

    That said, they're pretty damn good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rapidnick View Post
    The advantages of Park over Whiscombe are a)price and b) only one stroke of the cocking lever needed-admittedly quite hard work as the lever is quite short-rather than 2 for the JW. Quality of build superb in both cases. I don't know why the JW fetches such a premium over the Park but there we are.
    Trigger is far superior on the Whizzer.

    I really cannot think why the Park did not just copy the Weihrauch Rekord, or used a beefed-up version of the same.
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  13. 11-11-2018, 10:06 PM #13
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