My question, is there a third version of the Warrior Air Pistol.

There is presently a Warrior air pistol for sale on that site. Seeing it reminded me of some email correspondence I had with John Griffiths and Larry Hannusch a couples years ago. My pistol serial #5924 has an additional screw on the right side of the frame near the trigger. You can tighten, loosen or remove the screw yet it doesn’t appear to adjust the tension on the trigger. Upon further research I have found 3 other Warriors with this same feature. Larry has #5891, the Vintage Airgun Gallery shows #5801 that was on the bay in December-2018 and the third being #4227 which is presently for sale on the bay.

It should also be noted that these pistols have a blade type front sight and not the usual bead as found of most Warriors. As I do not have a picture of #5891, I can’t verify the type of front sight or the location of the serial number. Additionally, on #5801 & #5924 the serial number is stamped on the backstrap of the grip and #4227 is stamped on the inside of the grip.

When was this “adjustment screw” incorporated into production? John helped narrow this down when he said he had serial #4160 which did not have the screw. At that time, the lowest number with the screw was #5801 so there was still over a difference of 1,600 pieces in between. With the earliest number of 4227 showing up on the bay, this narrows it down to a range of just 65 pieces.

I welcome your thoughts and opinions.


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