Kempton 9 Dec 2018

[ccdjg]

It’s not the most elegant of guns is it?

Well I guess you either love 'em or hate 'em, but they ring my bell

[RichardH]

Well I guess you either love 'em or hate 'em, but they ring my bell

That’s a very valuable little cabinet..

[micky2]

Well I guess you either love 'em or hate 'em, but they ring my bell

What a superb and very rare collection you have there.

[ccdjg]

Thanks Micky. It did take 35 years to put together though, and in fact the last gun to be added to the collection was the 7th pistol down, only acquired 3 weeks ago. So patience (and a lot of luck) is the name of the game rather than deep pockets (although that does help). Each one has a story to tell, and the most cash I ever parted with for a single item was £600, at an auction. The bellows pistol (number 1) is a bit of a fraud as I made it myself ( http://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread....Bellows+pistol). If an original ever came on the market it probably fetch near £10k, hence the incentive for DIY !

[micky2]

Thanks Micky. It did take 35 years to put together though, and in fact the last gun to be added to the collection was the 7th pistol down, only acquired 3 weeks ago. So patience (and a lot of luck) is the name of the game rather than deep pockets (although that does help). Each one has a story to tell, and the most cash I ever parted with for a single item was £600, at an auction. The bellows pistol (number 1) is a bit of a fraud as I made it myself ( http://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread....Bellows+pistol). If an original ever came on the market it probably fetch near £10k, hence the incentive for DIY !

Hi yes l remember you doing the bellows pistol. what a excellent job in doing it, l wish l had the skill to do something like that. to get all of those pistols for under £600 each is very good going. but like you say in the right place at the right time. which has happend to me at times but not to often.

[Garvin]

In John's pics of his Frank Clark catalogue I see that the listing for a Britannia pop-out pistol claims it's suitable for 'bird shooting'. I shudder to think how many birds were maimed by being shot at with such an inherently inaccurate pistol. Not to mention that the Warrior pistol was recommended for shooting rabbits... Shows that political correctness has not all been bad!