Chance to see some really rare Airguns at Melbourne 22/08/13

[OLD JUD]

So who was the collector and what guns did he bring to show and to sell.

A mate of mine with some rare Sharp guns (amongst others). He phoned me when he got home to say what a great evening he had chatting to fellow shooters and collectors.

[Herpquest]

A mate of mine with some rare Sharp guns (amongst others). He phoned me when he got home to say what a great evening he had chatting to fellow shooters and collectors.

Did 'your mate' find another Sharp Champion George?
ATB
Eric

[OLD JUD]

Did 'your mate' find another Sharp Champion George?
ATB
Eric

No Eric, but he knows the whereabouts of a couple of the rarer heirenkan rifles.

[pennineway.fswo]

These are some from memory:

Colchester Gamekeepers

2 Alros Shadows

Sharp Victory
Sharp Ace
Sharp PanTarget Very nice indeed
Sharp GR 75 Co2 repeater

S&W Pneumatic

Sharp UCL CO2 pistol Absolutely splendid little pistol -wish I had one

Alros CO2 Trailsman

2 Blackfox PC1 's, one with 4 barrels
Pheonix Fast Fire TDR 10 shot PCP

A couple of mint BSA break barrels

All were in top condition and with cases and spares. A really impressive collection so many thanks to Paul for this and we hope to see him again

John

[micky]

These are some from memory:

Colchester Gamekeepers

2 Alros Shadows

Sharp Victory
Sharp Ace
Sharp PanTarget Very nice indeed
Sharp GR 75 Co2 repeater

S&W Pneumatic

Sharp UCL CO2 pistol Absolutely splendid little pistol -wish I had one

Alros CO2 Trailsman

2 Blackfox PC1 's, one with 4 barrels
Pheonix Fast Fire TDR 10 shot PCP

A couple of mint BSA break barrels

All were in top condition and with cases and spares. A really impressive collection so many thanks to Paul for this and we hope to see him again

John

Hi John many thanks for the list of the guns that where on show.
regards,
Mick.

[pennineway.fswo]

Hi John many thanks for the list of the guns that where on show.
regards,
Mick.

I took quite a few photos of the collection
I need to register with photobucket or similar site so that I can show them on this thread. Will do later today

John

[Herpquest]

No Eric, but he knows the whereabouts of a couple of the rarer heirenkan rifles.

I know where there is one of those George, but I would have to pry it from his cold, dead hands!

[OLD JUD]

I know where there is one of those George, but I would have to pry it from his cold, dead hands!

I also know of one, but i get the feeling i'd need to remortgage the house to pay for it Eric!

[pennineway.fswo]

Some photos as promised. Just hope this works


http://s526.photobucket.com/user/pen...tml?sort=3&o=0

[edbear2]

Hi John, some wacky stuff there!...Have you got a "thing" for annies by any chance (I remember you saying about the match days of the past, and that foresight especially is a bit special, what is the purpose of the radial scale, cant setting or whatever?).

Sorry I missed it, finding it difficult to get far from home at the mo'

ATB, and regards to Chris and the lads,

Ed

[Herpquest]

I also know of one, but i get the feeling i'd need to remortgage the house to pay for it Eric!

What is a 'mortgage' George??

[pennineway.fswo]

Hi John, some wacky stuff there!...Have you got a "thing" for annies by any chance (I remember you saying about the match days of the past, and that foresight especially is a bit special, what is the purpose of the radial scale, cant setting or whatever?).

Sorry I missed it, finding it difficult to get far from home at the mo'

ATB, and regards to Chris and the lads,

Ed

Hi Ed

I hope all is well
It was a very interesting night and that little Sharp pistol was a lovely little gun that attracted quite a few compliments. The sidelever Pantarget was also very nice

This photobucket thing is a bit new to me.
I have been racking my brains to think why the reference to the Anschutz foresight and then i guessed that you must have access to some other pics from earlier days. So I clicked on my first link and it dawned

I had been trying to think of a quick way of showing all the pics from the night without cutting and pasting all the photos and it looks like it is a lot easier than I thought. Hopefully I will not forget how its done.

The Anschutz Superair was my daughters match rifle and the rotating foresight allowed the shooter to cant the gun to the head rather than tilting the head to the rifle, it kept the bar on the element horizontal (although most shooters used the perspex ones)

Paul has a number of guns(maybe duplicates) that he may bring to a future Airgun Fayre to sell

I will delete the surplus links to save confusion

ATB

John

[pennineway.fswo]

Duplicate - please ignore

[micky]

Hi John many thanks for the photos some very nice guns there.
regards,
Mick.

[Tantomurata]

These are some from memory:

Colchester Gamekeepers

2 Alros Shadows

Sharp Victory
Sharp Ace
Sharp PanTarget Very nice indeed
Sharp GR 75 Co2 repeater

S&W Pneumatic

Sharp UCL CO2 pistol Absolutely splendid little pistol -wish I had one

Alros CO2 Trailsman

2 Blackfox PC1 's, one with 4 barrels
Pheonix Fast Fire TDR 10 shot PCP

A couple of mint BSA break barrels

All were in top condition and with cases and spares. A really impressive collection so many thanks to Paul for this and we hope to see him again

John

The Sharp pistol is actually a U-FP

Might be confusing the name with U-SL which is a 'hand-rifle' or what we might call a carbine.

His GR-75 is a superb item, especially now it has the correct Sharp co2, Sharp 5mm Pellets and Sharp 4x32 scope to compliment it.