Recently purchased, serial number 645, possibly a Woodsman. Anyone able to provide any information.
Thanks.
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Recently purchased, serial number 645, possibly a Woodsman. Anyone able to provide any information.
Thanks.
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HW30STL .177, HW45 Blackstar .177, HW77 .177, LGV Challenger .177, BSA Airsporter S Mk1 .22. Original 65 .177, BSA Lightning GRT .177, HW99 .177.
Came out around 1978. If a Woodsman it should have a plain beech stock, a 200mm (7.9”) barrel, no sights and an odd-looking muzzle brake thingy with three grooves in it and a conical end.
There was also around 1977 a Woodstock which has the long-barrelled (18”) Parabellum action and its prominent open sights. Not many of those were made.
It has a plain stock, don’t know what wood but it has a close fine grain. Trigger guard is squarish sort of casserole dish shaped in profile. It has large plastic rear and foresight and in front of the foresight, don’t know if it’s part of it it has a piece that looks like the top off a large black marker pen.
HW30STL .177, HW45 Blackstar .177, HW77 .177, LGV Challenger .177, BSA Airsporter S Mk1 .22. Original 65 .177, BSA Lightning GRT .177, HW99 .177.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=su...51ZlydTqzVfbM:
Looks like the bottom rifle in this picture with the sights from the top rifle.
HW30STL .177, HW45 Blackstar .177, HW77 .177, LGV Challenger .177, BSA Airsporter S Mk1 .22. Original 65 .177, BSA Lightning GRT .177, HW99 .177.
Sounds very much like a Jackal Parabellum Woodstock (see my earlier post).
Rare, but not very sought after, except for a small number of die-hard Jackal enthusiasts. Collectors like the military-style ones (Parabellum, AR7, High Power, Firepower), the shorty ones, and the later upmarket AA ones like the Camargue and Khamsin.
Still, a very nice piece of 70s British air rifle history.