Premier mk2 for me was the best but then again their is the Turkish tempest rubbish
Dave.
This is the correct answer. Early Premier. Except I'd say that the runner-up to the earlier Premier, as a shooter, is a good slant-grip Senior, vintage irrelevant, and a good Senior beats an average Premier.
As a shooter, a decent Hurricane is good, and has the best sights (but: alloy/plastic, bulky, 70s looks, etc).
I've said on here before that my unscientific experience of these things is that they appear to be more accurate in .177" than .22".
I realise the Nemesis was only mentioned as a joke, but just to say that it's potential accuracy greatly increases (or should that be decreases?) with a much much lighter mainspring in the trigger.
The factory spring is much much much much too heavy.
Unlike the awful spring pistols that fling shots all over the place, the Nemesis is actually usable as a match pistol - but only with a light trigger spring.
Has to be the Premier.
I have an "A" which has all the qualities of the previous Senior but, imo, is easier to cock and has a far superior trigger.
I have a couple of slant grip Seniors and the triggers are a real let down - great apart from that though!
For looks a MK2 Target does it for me.
For engineering the pre 1958 Senior.
For shooting a E Premier....
Reason neoprene breach washer, ptfe washer and non-sintered barrel catch....
last forever (almost), took my 1974 E out of the draw last year after sitting for 25 years.
Still as powerful as a new Tempest, still knock over coke cans at 10yds. (did oil first)
Greetings from a newbie in Cumbria.
The chairman of the club I attend (Kendal rifle and pistol club) has asked me to sell a pistol on his behalf. He's restored it (stripdown and clean up,
new sping and seals) and I'm looking at a price to go with it on Guntrader
It's a tin grip straight handle Junior with the original smoothbore .177 barrel. It's all there and I'd call the blueing 95% good. I've a set of pics but I can't see a way of posting them here but I can always add them to an email.
I've seen similar guns on Guntrader and the prices go from £99 up to beyond £250 (for boxed ones). It's notable
that there isn't another tin grip example.
So, does anyone have a guide price? Please feel free to ask any questions.
Thank you,
David