New pistol for the collection.... Harper Classic Wolf!

[JimmieDee]

https://www.jimmiedeesairguns.com/ma...-1996-to-2003/

[Gareth W-B]

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What an extremely elegant looking air pistol: wonderful. What sort of price might one like that be, please?

[gingernut]

Mine was £330.
.22
Fair condition.

But one like Jimmies vgc + seating tool etc could hit £500.

[Gareth W-B]

.Mine was £330.
.22
Fair condition.

But one like Jimmies vgc + seating tool etc could hit £500.

Cheers Pat, a little bit more than I thought, but still in the same(ish) area -- albeit the thicker end of my thinking.

[harvey_s]

Don't think I've ever seen one for sale...
I can remember them being advertised and I recall them being quite expensive IIRC - I wonder how many were sold and how many are left?

[averageplinker]

These looked great when they came out and still do now. Do I recall they have an electronic trigger?

Just read Jimmies great article they are indeed with electronic trigger .

[JimmieDee]

An unboxed pistol with no accessories sold at Holts last month for a good 500 notes.

[guy]

I have got a nice boxed one with paperwork that I bought last year and paid 375/400 for from memory. Also another that I bought before that that is not boxed. At the time before last krmpton I bought the smaller version the wolf cub but in .25 which is nice as I don’t think I have seen another. The really rare one though is the carbine version!!!

[Unframed Dave]

Don't think I've ever seen one for sale...
I can remember them being advertised and I recall them being quite expensive IIRC - I wonder how many were sold and how many are left?

I've got one.

Dave

[gingernut]

As Jimmie says you must seat your pellets or they can jump out of the mag on firing.
The seating tool in Jimmies link is the first one I have seen.

A very simple pistol to operate with good performance and accuracy.

[harvey_s]

I've got one.

Dave

That makes just 5 so far then....


Interesting stuff about the patent - albeit seemingly at odds with events...
If he filed a patent in 1996, ganted in 1997...How come Morini were producing worldwide what is effectively exactly the same thing in 1992?
Thats the date Morini claim they introduced an electrically fired pistol and if thats correct it would seem Mr Harper wasn't exactly innonative - he just plagiarised the idea and patented it here

[Binners]

Nice Pistol

[Geezer]

That makes just 5 so far then....


Interesting stuff about the patent - albeit seemingly at odds with events...
If he filed a patent in 1996, ganted in 1997...How come Morini were producing worldwide what is effectively exactly the same thing in 1992?
Thats the date Morini claim they introduced an electrically fired pistol and if thats correct it would seem Mr Harper wasn't exactly innonative - he just plagiarised the idea and patented it here

Patents can be weird like that.

Doesn’t the electronic trigger FWB LP90 date from the 1980s?

[JimmieDee]

That makes just 5 so far then....


Interesting stuff about the patent - albeit seemingly at odds with events...
If he filed a patent in 1996, ganted in 1997...How come Morini were producing worldwide what is effectively exactly the same thing in 1992?
Thats the date Morini claim they introduced an electrically fired pistol and if thats correct it would seem Mr Harper wasn't exactly innonative - he just plagiarised the idea and patented it here

Did they have a patent and if so, in which countries was it registered?

[JimmieDee]

Patents can be weird like that.

Doesn’t the electronic trigger FWB LP90 date from the 1980s?

Indeed. It's all down to the claims of the patent and also in which countries the patent is filed. A patent filed in the UK doesn't give worldwide protection. It only offers "protection" in the country in which it has been filed and granted.