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    Quote Originally Posted by Gareth W-B View Post
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    Following a resent behind the scenes deal with BBS member Troubledshooter (my 'Go To' man for anything Webley ), and a separate deal with BBS member les allam today for a walnut FN19 .177 (as personally, I see these as being among the imminent 'must have' collectables of the future) -- and all hot on the heels of having to sell a few bits to fund my daughter's Barcelona school trip (which, since pay day, I have replaced) -- I am currently (currently ) in a position I don't think I have EVER been in before, namely: at present, there is not a single air gun on my wish list, as for the first time in m own living memory, I actually own/have in my cabinets/locked pistol boxes/hidden in that secret place (lol), an example of every air gun I currently want, bar none ... Now I acknowledge that this is most likely just an information gathering glitch before my airgun thirst again needs metaphorical quenching, but seriously, anyone else out there at an 'Airgun Collection Complete' level? For it is very unsettling !!!

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    Are you sure about that ?
    I still have very nice boxed pre-war straight grip and slant grip Seniors, should you not already have them, plus boxed Tin Grip Junior, along with a few boxed Premiers, which I am sure you already have.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Troubledshooter View Post

    Are you sure about that ?
    I still have very nice boxed pre-war straight grip and slant grip Seniors, should you not already have them, plus boxed Tin Grip Junior, along with a few boxed Premiers, which I am sure you already have.
    Lol. Got a nice straight grip already, not a fan of Juniors (or Typhoons or Hurricanes come to that) but, err, could maybe be up for a minty boxed Mk.II .177 Premier in the not too distant future now you come to mention it?

    Oh bugger !!! ... Well that didn't last very long, did it ???
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gareth W-B View Post
    Lol. Got a nice straight grip already, not a fan of Juniors (or Typhoons or Hurricanes come to that) but, err, could maybe be up for a minty boxed Mk.II .177 Premier in the not too distant future now you come to mention it?

    Oh bugger !!! ... Well that didn't last very long, did it ???
    I've got a couple of boxed Mk.2 Premiers, but I'm not sure of their condition so I'll have to dig them out

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    Lol. Got a nice straight grip already, not a fan of Juniors (or Typhoons or Hurricanes come to that) but, err, could maybe be up for a minty boxed Mk.II .177 Premier in the not too distant future now you come to mention it?

    Oh bugger !!! ... Well that didn't last very long, did it ???
    Well I’ve got me a lovely Webley & Scott Mk.II .177 Premier now, so guess next up should be a Webley & Scott Mk.I .177 Premier, no ??? Oh dear God. Is there no end to this? Is there no cure ???
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gareth W-B View Post

    Well I’ve got me a lovely Webley & Scott Mk.II .177 Premier now, so guess next up should be a Webley & Scott Mk.I .177 Premier, no ??? Oh dear God. Is there no end to this? Is there no cure ???
    Hope not.
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    Smile imperial double express.. pump up air rifle..

    i gareth, and what about the elusive imperial double express ? do you desire 1 or 2 ?
    kind rgds.. J.S.D.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JSD View Post

    i gareth, and what about the elusive imperial double express ? do you desire 1 or 2 ?
    kind rgds.. J.S.D.
    Lol. Tempting, as I did really like the one I had to do a review on for AGW magazine ten or so years ago, but if I was going to spend the kind of coin that they seem to achieve these days, think I’d rather spend the same on a boxed full three barrel Webley & Scott Service Mk.II.
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    Going the in Ingvar Alm auction this year was great for two reasons I got the Tell 3’s of my dreams and it gave me the ability to see and hold so many awesome collectable airguns that I can say now I don’t really want. Saved me a lot of wasted energy. Got into the hobby for blued milled air pistols. Not sure but I think I got that done?

    I think the Brown (one that fires) is the only hole and I just don’t see that happening.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gareth W-B View Post
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    Well I’ve got me a lovely Webley & Scott Mk.II .177 Premier now, so guess next up should be a Webley & Scott Mk.I .177 Premier, no ??? Oh dear God. Is there no end to this? Is there no cure ???
    ... only the first Premier pistols were only called Premiers, as they didn’t start being referred to as the Mk.I Premier until the Mk.II came out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gareth W-B View Post
    ... only the first Premier pistols were only called Premiers, as they didn’t start being referred to as the Mk.I Premier until the Mk.II came out.
    But don't forget you have to collect all the different letters, from 'A' through to 'F', plus those without any letters.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Troubledshooter View Post

    But don't forget you have to collect all the different letters, from 'A' through to 'F', plus those without any letters.
    Lol, I know, so when I start seriously looking, will content myself with the first .177 variant in vvgc which becomes available in my price range (condition being King ). Atb: G.
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    I.J. if you cut the stock off you could make a pistol of it, as we all know what you think of Webley Pistols Halves the work.

    If you think you have scratched the itch there will always be another. Its like Scottish Midges, they always come back and when they do its with a vengeance.

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