The Italian Connection

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I was reorganising my pistol collection and was struck by how many Italian spring air pistols there have been, some of which are extremely well known (and despised by some shooters and repairers), and some very rare. You don't seem to read much about them as a group. I put this little lot together, and I was wondering how well the collectors on here could identify them?
(The nickel plated pistol No. 9 and the one above it are different versions of the same model.)

One thing that struck me was that there has never been an Italian pop-out pistol.




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(1) Brema Model 5; (2) GunToys RO72 (.a.k.a Panther 2072, Bullseye RO72, Milbro G11 and many others); (3) BBM Bruni Steiner S; (4) BBM Bruni CF-92; (5) Gun Toys RO71 (a.k.a. Panther 2071, Bullseye RO71, Milbro G7/G8 and many others); (6) Mondial Oklahoma; (7) BBM Bruni Blitz; (8) FVM Condor; (9) Mondial Oklahoma (black and nickelled versions); (10) IGI Domino 209; (11) SGS Duo 300.