Japanese airguns?

[AllanM]

I think Howa air rifles are really sort after by collectors, I have only seen a couple owned by bbs members. Very hard to find in U.K.

Baz

I know, I know! I've been looking for one for years -- just look at the one on Danny Garvin's vintage airgun site.

[I. J.]

All Sharp rifles.

[jirushi]

All Sharp rifles.

Impressive. Which one is your favourite?

[I. J.]

Impressive. Which one is your favourite?

That has to be the Pan Target because of the trigger.

[1shot1kill]

Impressive. Which one is your favourite?

Whichever one was free! Wouldn't part wiv wind our beloved leader!😘
J.

[xbow]

If the Japanese made PCP’s would they be half the cost and twice as reliable as German ones like their cars?!

[Geezer]

Louis - this may be of interest:

http://www.airgunmagazine.co.uk/feat...ning-japanese/

And found a 1969 patent application:

https://patents.google.com/patent/US3572310

[jirushi]

Louis - this may be of interest:

http://www.airgunmagazine.co.uk/feat...ning-japanese/

And found a 1969 patent application:

https://patents.google.com/patent/US3572310

Thank you.
The patent application - great.
That's some new and very interesting info.
Must be for the GR75: a patent for a gas operated rifle.
Sharp's address is in the application:
Kensuke Chiba, 8, Z-chome, Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

I shall be writing my first letter to Japan! See what happens.
Not to Kensuke Chiba of course, he has shuffled off this mortal coil.

@ johnbaz - wow, very nice, especially the ad for the pistol. Had not seen that before.

@ vintage, thank you. I have written about that link earlier on in this thread

[Geezer]

If the Japanese made PCP’s would they be half the cost and twice as reliable as German ones like their cars?!

Not judging by the Sharps of old, sadly.

1985 pricing, Innova £62-75, Ace £115-120.

Compare HW80 £84-95, HW77 or FWB Sport £99, Webley Vulcan £70, BSA Mercury S £75-85.

[johnbaz]

Here's some advertising stuff that Lawrie was kind enough to send me by email some years ago

A friend of mine, He's on here, Has or had one of these extremely rare pistols, Have to say, It looked like it had been made yesterday, It was boxed too!!














'Fraid i've no idea what the non English ones say as I don't understand Kanji


John

[Geezer]

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/yell...s-t437372.html

Some more interesting pics here.

Apart from the Sharp pump-ups, of which the Innova is far the most common in the U.K., followed by the regular Ace, all these Japanese 70s and 80s pumpers and CO2 rifles seem really rare.