Ooh, good game (love threads like this ). Ignoring PCP’s then, I suggest the following ...
2000 to 2010: TX200HC MkIII
1990 to 2000: Webley Omega
1980 to 1990: HW77K
1970 to 1980: HW35
1960 to 1970: HW35
1950 to 1960: HW35.
With all the development and advances in airgun technology over the years, if you could own one gun from each decade from say the seventies, what would you choose.
I will have to think about this myself, but I think we should have some interesting debate.
Atb
Sean
Ooh, good game (love threads like this ). Ignoring PCP’s then, I suggest the following ...
2000 to 2010: TX200HC MkIII
1990 to 2000: Webley Omega
1980 to 1990: HW77K
1970 to 1980: HW35
1960 to 1970: HW35
1950 to 1960: HW35.
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Done my bit for the BBS: http://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread....-being-a-mod-… now I’m a game-keeper turned poacher.
From the 70's; Diana 75 or FWB300S. I prefer the Diana myself but the FWB is a good gun too extremely accurate and reliable. The Diana is more perfect technically, smooth and completely recoil free, while the FWB is not as solid and the mechanism moves in the stock. I haven't tried Anschutz 220, 250 or 380 though...but I assume they are very good guns too.
From the 60's; Diana 60.
from the 80's its gotta be an air logic genesis,always wanted 1 but funds and family,never seem to budget for 1
Not easy, but here's mine:
70's- HW35
80's- Walther LGR Running Target. Left handed
90's- Marksman Model 61
2000's- Daystate Mk3 RT, if it's springers only then it's the HW97k.
10's -? Too early to tell yet. HW95
Had to leave out the BSA Meteor, Webley Junior, Vulcan, and plenty of others.
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Not sure if the yearing is correct but her's mine.
1970's BSA Airsporter S (Sussex Armory Jackel)
1980's BSA Challenger (Webley Tracker deluxe walnut)
1990's BSA Superstar Carbine
2000's Theoben Scirocco 2000
2010's Air Arms Prosport
All in .177 and in brackets my second choice
Anyway come on Gareth put some effort into it, HW35 for 3 decades, think man think!!
Cheers
Pete
Far too many rifles to list now, all mainly British but the odd pesky foreigner has snuck in
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Done my bit for the BBS: http://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread....-being-a-mod-… now I’m a game-keeper turned poacher.
Too many to choose from but I think...
1970s Walther LGV
1980s Venom HW77
1990s Sportsmatch GC2
2000s Daystate Mk4
2010s ?
There's a lot of good stuff from the 70s but I went with the LGV 'cos I'm wanting one at the moment.
Daystate Mk4, Daystate X2 Merlyn, Weihrauch HW77k, Weihrauch HW35E, Benelli Kite
Oh yeah, the opener says 1970 (should've gone to Specsavers ). For the avoidance of doubt however, and just to make sure that the information here isn't misconstrued, the HW35 was introduced in Germany in 1953/4, and 'officially' marketed and launched here in the U.K. in 1955, hence the 50th Jubilee model of 2005.
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Done my bit for the BBS: http://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread....-being-a-mod-… now I’m a game-keeper turned poacher.
Indeed, although lacking that mechanical marvel that is the Rekord Trigger unit in the early days.
So good it's worth a picture
I can only do it with springers:
FWB Sport (70's)
HW77 (80's)
Park 91/93 (90's)
Airarms ProSport or TX (2000's)
To early to say.
Right I've had a think since posting the thread,
70's. Original 45
80's. Air arms khamsin
90's. Air arms sm 100
00's. Webley tomahawk (factory tuned)
10's. Ripley elite thumbhole (only because its the first gun I've bought new)
Another Air Arms sidelever lover, if I had had the dosh I would of had Gareths "Combat" off of him as that was the only rifle I wanted in the late '80s, then when they brought out the Khamsin I wanted that as well.
Come to think of it, if I had had the money I would have bought the first 3 rifles he had for sale the other day, I'm not greedy though, "things come to he who waits" and all that malarky, I've got my Challenger so can shut up there (no chance)
Cheers
Pete
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Far too many rifles to list now, all mainly British but the odd pesky foreigner has snuck in