Japanese airguns?

[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

[JOHN K]

Hey John,
That friend with the pistol also has a boxed gr75 complete with scopes and sharp pellets 😉

[vintage]

This article was posted by forum member Thischarming in 2012. Hope this helps


http://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread....f-Sharp-Innova

[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

[jirushi]

This is one of a number of letters that a very kind Sharp enthusiast sent to me.
He wrote to the Sharp factory in 1986 when he couldn't get spare parts for his Victory from the UK importer Hull Cartridge.
What followed was a correspondence with the plant manager, Mr. Itoh, and also Mr. Kensuke Chiba himself, President of Tokyo Rifle Co Ltd.
More to follow.
With great thanks to Pete.

[cinedux]

http://cinedux.com/sharp-airguns.php

[greenwayjames]

Not many Sharps CO2 rifles and pistols were brought in to the UK in the seventies , eighties and early nineties because they were regarded as section 1 FAC jobs regardless of their power output. The 1969 restrictions were lifted when the handgun ban came in after Dunblane.
Manchester Air Guns imported small quantities of Sharps rifles including CO2 which were "converted" to 1000 -1200 psi air instead of using a CO2 bulb including a limited number of the GR75 pump action rifles in .20". Gerald Cardew doing the "conversions". Always lusted after one myself.

[johnbaz]

Hey John,
That friend with the pistol also has a boxed gr75 complete with scopes and sharp pellets 😉

I'd forgotten about that!!

He also had a load of Gamekeepers and Black Fox rifles too!


The pistol was just so beautiful that it stuck in my mind!!



John

[JOHN K]

He has got rid of all his gamekeepers John... & some of his black foxes to...

[johnbaz]

He has got rid of all his gamekeepers John... & some of his black foxes to...

I saw him at Melbourne John, Had a chat and got up to speed, I've something for him when I dig it out, Most likely tomorrow


John