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    choosing 5 guns

    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.

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    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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    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.

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    from the 80's its gotta be an air logic genesis,always wanted 1 but funds and family,never seem to budget for 1

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    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

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    Far too many rifles to list now, all mainly British but the odd pesky foreigner has snuck in

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    Quote Originally Posted by look no hands View Post
    Anyway come on Gareth put some effort into it, HW35 for 3 decades, think man think!!

    Cheers

    Pete
    ..... Can't, it hurts too much (and I LOVE the HW35 ).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gareth W-B View Post
    ..... Can't, it hurts too much (and I LOVE the HW35 ).
    So much so that you squeezed an extra decade in and started 20 years early
    RTFQ.
    HW35 is loverly though, so you may have been emotional.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 18 Wheeler View Post
    So much so that you squeezed an extra decade in and started 20 years early
    RTFQ.
    HW35 is loverly though, so you may have been emotional.
    I was thinking that BUT I didn't want to argue

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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by 18 Wheeler View Post
    So much so that you squeezed an extra decade in and started 20 years early
    RTFQ .
    HW35 is loverly though, so you may have been emotional.
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Gareth W-B View Post
    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.
    Indeed, although lacking that mechanical marvel that is the Rekord Trigger unit in the early days.

    So good it's worth a picture

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    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.

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    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)

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    Quote Originally Posted by smurf88 View Post
    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
    Last edited by look no hands; 08-05-2011 at 09:03 AM.
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