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    A step for a hint?

    Hello gents,

    I realise this is the collectors section for airguns but I offered to ask the question and you guys are indeed a knowledgeable lot.

    Could someone give me some information on the following please;

    It's a small starting pistol. 120mm long x 90mm high. Marked MA.RI. 320 Made in Italy. Fold down flap at muzzle and fold down flap at rear. It operates on what I can only describe as a "tube train system " with a 'carriage' of 5 blanks entering at the front, passing horizontally through the gun and ejecting out the back. Calibre is bigger than 0.22 but smaller than 0.380; it must be pretty close to 8mm. What calibre is it and are blanks still available for it?. All steel with plastic grips. It's actually a pretty well made wee beastie.

    On the underside of the grip there is a 30mmx1mmx1mm steel 'toothpick' thingy that folds out but doesn't appear to do much else other than fold back in again . What's that all about?? Could it be it's not actually a starting pistol but a gun shaped toothpick ??

    Any information gratefully accepted.

    Thanks folks.
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    Its a rimfire blank gun for starting school races in the pre-PC era. Might take the 8mm rimfire blanks but difficult to say without a picture.

    Harmless unless swallowed. Well, it is noisy if fired but that is unlikely now. Sell or give to a stage-school or theatre company if you do not want to keep it.

    The toothpick is most likely for pushing the blanks out of the blank-holder once fired. They expand a little and won't fall out without a prod.

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    Blank firer

    THE 320 PROBABLY MEANS .32CAL. Jenny Dipple

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    Thank you folks.

    The toothpick makes perfect sense when someone points out the obvious D'oh.
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    Blank firer

    Any chance of some pics. thanks Jenny Dipple

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    One of those,
    was the start of one of my best ever 100 yards races ever, not the toothpick, the gun!


    Fond Memories indeed (but I do still carry a small scar on my left buttock) shall I show you?


    *PICTURE REMOVED BY GARETH W-B

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jenny Dipple View Post
    Any chance of some pics. thanks Jenny Dipple
    pm sent

    Quote Originally Posted by Ian Johnstone View Post
    ....Fond Memories indeed (but I do still carry a small scar on my left buttock) shall I show you?
    Think I'll pass on that one thanks Ian
    Reminds me of that bit in Forrest Gump
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    My favourite maths teacher, Mr Metcalfe-Pike of Sharmans Cross School, used to start our races on sports day with his blank-firing Smith & Wesson replica. What a character. Those were the days!

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