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    Guns of youth--Which ones?

    As a matter of interest,which guns from your youth would you like to have now? I suppose one criteria is if you saw one at a reasonable price in used condition in a shop window,that you would buy it on a sort of whim. Did you have one as a youth or was it something you just fancied trying? I wanted a webley mk 3 but as they had stopped making them a few years before and I couldnt afford one as they were about 1 1/2 times the price of a new airsporter. I always fancied a Bsa merlin after reading about them in Airgun world. Also a Cadet major. I have actually got one of each now and do enjoy them.
    I remember paratroopers were highly regarded (usually by the kn--heads) and Jackals were on the wanted list(There was a Sussex Armoury shop in Manchester) but I never really wanted those although a paratrooper is on my list to try now. Up here,Milbro/Diana,s were never really sort after but having tried a G36 and the older Diana 25,s I quite like them.
    Any how--over to you lot.

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    The one I used when a kid in the '70s was my dad's Webley Mk1 .22.
    Apart from needing a new piston seal, and the usual chips off the grips, it's still in excellent condition. There's a box in the loft somewhere for it.

    Fancied a BSA Scorpion when I was a kid, but I think they're hideous now.

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    which ones

    i had a Diana model 16 then a Relum break barrel (cant remember model) but a mate had a Haenel 303 with the barleycorn sight , I always fancied that .
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    When i was still in school (mid80's) i had four hw35's a standard one , hw35e hw35 deluxe & i cant remember what the other one was but they were all different . Like a fool sold them for next to nothing . I also had an ensign galaxy that i regret selling & wished i had now .

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    My best mate had a Panther Artillery Carbine, basically a long barreled RO72 pistol with a wire shoulder stock, that we had many an adventure with

    Would love to have one of these again, but there can't be that many left as they were a touch brittle, Cheap and Nasty really, but brings back fond memories....

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    Webley Omega, my first ever airgun and I still have it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by clueless View Post
    My best mate had a Panther Artillery Carbine, basically a long barreled RO72 pistol with a wire shoulder stock, that we had many an adventure with

    Would love to have one of these again, but there can't be that many left as they were a touch brittle, Cheap and Nasty really, but brings back fond memories....
    Here you go buddy

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    Quote Originally Posted by aeron View Post
    Here you go buddy
    Oh My God, miracles do happen.

    I must buy one asap, only design change seems to be the stock otherwise it looks identical, although without the tape and superglue holding it together

    Cheers Fella..

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    Have to be Bsa Meteor, first gun still got it and it is still a top little gun . atb.

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    my first gun was a webley hawk only because i could get it from my mums club book i then bought an hw 80 one of the first imported as i had to wait a few months for it to arrive i then bought a sharp ace which i never liked as it never went bang when i pulled the trigger oh how little i new back then i then discovered girls and other distractions and gradually flogged them all until i got back into it last year after a break of over 20 years
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    Well I've still got my 'toy' & then a few others

    It has to be the Jackal air-rifles got my first one when I was 14 & still got it

    I wouldn't mind getting a Paratrooper though, as I've got the Air17 & Norica Commando, can you see the pattern of air-rifles

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    Not as a kid, but in my very late teens back in 1980, I really wanted an Airgunaid SP-5 .20 cal Hunter and a walnut Webley Vulcan .177 (was the MkI back then ), and finally got me an SP-5 in Feb 2006, and a walnut Vulcan .177 MkI in April 2007 . Atb: G.
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    Numerous Milbro Catties

    ASI Sniper .22

    Webley MkIII .22 which I still have and it still shoots well though bears many scars and I regret reshaping and finishing the stock though its not that bad.

    From those days my dream rifle was the Webley MkIII Supertarget.

    About five years ago I walked into a shop in Great Harwood to be confronted by an absolutely split mint Supertarget with paperwork. It became mine. I put 50 or so pellets through it every couple of months.

    Last Xmas brought me a 77K .177 which is tremendous.

    There is definitely an underlever thing going on with me.

    Good thread

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    My Dad bought me a Relum when I turned 14 and I loved it at the time....
    I spent hours every evening with it, Boy could I shoot back then (and all with open sights)
    Always wanted an Air Arms Combat though....Only took me 30 years to find a decent one!

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    A BSF S70 was my first gun and I would find one hard to resist if I came across it in the flesh. Wanted an Omega for years until I got one a few months back. Also fancy a Vulcan.
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