Poll: Favourite general purpose classic springer pistol?

[Geezer]

Not a 10M match gun. Not a pop-out, smoothbore, or BB. Just a good honest gun that will shoot decent groups on paper but is equally at home knocking over cans.

[Josie & John]

Depends on the mood but if push came to shove, the Webley Senior or Premier take some beating.

John

[Geezer]

My top three, in order, are the Diana, the Senior/Premier, and the Scorpion.

[ptdunk]

If you can get a good zero: Webley Tempest....compact, powerful and very pointable.

If you can’t get a good zero on the Tempest: Webley Hurricane, bit bigger but great sights.

.177 of course

Matt

[joffy]

The Harrington Gat ......most of us must've used one growing up

[les allam]

BSA Scorpion for me.
Les..

[Brano]

BSA Scorpion everyday for an all rounder.

[DM80]

Was a hard choice as i like them all but the diana mod 5 for me its a very accurate well made pistol.

Dave.

[waynegrant2]

Gotta be Milbro Cougar for me because they are a little bit different [to shoot as well]

[mrto]

Early post war,Webley Junior's with plum coloured frames are my favourite spring pistols.

[Jerry Cornelius]

I guess for anyone growing up in the uk “air pistol” pretty much meant one of the Webley models.

I think my favourite is a slant grip senior

I was trying to think of something cleverer but tbh I think I’ll just stick with that

[Bluefan]

The Harrington Gat ......most of us must've used one growing up

+1 still shoot mine most days

[duomatic410]

Was a hard choice as i like them all but the diana mod 5 for me its a very accurate well made pistol.

Dave.

Agree on that. Have a February 72 in .22 that shoots great, even better now I have acquired a 177 barrel.👍

[Mark D]

The Harrington Gat ......most of us must've used one growing up

Err - that's a pop out and couldn't shoot a decent group if you spent a week trying

[eyebull]

Slant grip Senior by a nose. Compact, extremely easy to work on, feels like a firearm. British as yer boot.
HW45 is the better shooter but it's a brick, and needed some work doing (TBT kit and a coil off the spring transformed it) to reach full potential.
Mod 6 (etc) and FWB65 are probably better pistols than either but are they 'general purpose'?
Walther LP53 could be a contender?
HW70 was much less good than I expected it to be.
Still not shot a Scorpion.
BSA Magnum 240 could have been up there but for another year or so in R+D. What a waste.