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    Release date.

    1978 got two dated such. Slightly diff safety push ,nicer wood usually. Will look for month on mine tomoz out of interest.

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    1978.

    Like I said on the thread that I think inspired this. 1978.

    Did I say 1978?

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    It may have taken a bit longer to hit U.K. dealer’s shelves and get featured in AGW adverts.

    Anyway, 1978.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Geezer View Post
    1978.

    Like I said on the thread that I think inspired this. 1978.

    Did I say 1978?

    .

    It may have taken a bit longer to hit U.K. dealer’s shelves and get featured in AGW adverts.

    Anyway, 1978.
    That you claiming the malt then?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Drew451 View Post
    That you claiming the malt then?
    Damn it all. Somebody pay up n crack open a bottle

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    That is why it’s called gentleman’s corner

    In other sections there would have been a row followed by a thread deletion

    How terribly civilised
    A man can always use more alcohol, tobacco and firearms.

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    I hang my head in shame and give respect to the ACCURATE historians of Orginal/Diana

    I thought I had to get Drew a bottle of malt?

    Or is it everyone else on the thread?

    I will get Drew a half bottle of Balvine and he can have a go on my Hammerli 401 (once it is up and running). Hows that?

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    My 45, in .177, is date stamped 01.80 and was bought in north London. In those days, it was recommended we use H&N wad-cutters, of which I still have half a tin full. They were pretty accurate out to 35yds. Nearly 40 years later, mine is still doing approx. 11.5ft/lbs although I have only recently rediscovered my interest in springers.

    If Drew wins the malt, perhaps he would reserve a glass for me therefrom, for my two-pence worth. A Balvenie would do rather pleasingly; it is just a question of whether it be the 12 or 15 or 16 yr old and the antecedence of the cask.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hsing-ee View Post
    I thought I had to get Drew a bottle of malt?

    Or is it everyone else on the thread?

    I will get Drew a half bottle of Balvine and he can have a go on my Hammerli 401 (once it is up and running). Hows that?
    Whisky and Hammerli stramash in Dundee. Sounds good. Boinger bash in miniature

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    Quote Originally Posted by original45 View Post
    1978 got two dated such. Slightly diff safety push ,nicer wood usually. Will look for month on mine tomoz out of interest.
    The early safety is unsafe. That’s why it was changed, circa 1979.

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