Quote Originally Posted by 45flint View Post
Curious to those who are in the place where most all variants are probably available.
Was intrigued by the title, in the index of posts it was 'Sweat spot' but now I see that it's 'sweet spot' in the post itself.

I don't think there's a particular year of manufacture that stands out when you look at the Standards from the inter war years. If you find a good to great condition one that's been well looked after you will have a very solid well made & potentially pretty accurate air rifle. There may be slight variations between one rifle & another but I don't think the variations encountered either increase/ decrease in frequency or degree by age. It's just the variations you might expect to see in a well controlled manufacturing industry that is making a well designed product with good quality materials by a well trained & experienced workforce.
You kind of know they are good because they are mostly still doing what they were designed to do all these years later.