I wont give up trying until they are nailing the lid on.
Ok, thinking( I know its rare but it has been known to happen) how many times have you lusted after a rifle out of youre reach for me it was the Mastersport, then the Venom Mach 1, allways lusted after them and yet will undoubtably never get one
I wont give up trying until they are nailing the lid on.
Founder & ex secretary of Rivington Riflemen.
www.rivington-riflemen.uk
Mastersport also and a venom HW85
I now have most of mine
"But we have our own dream and our own task. We are with Europe, but not of it. We are linked, but not comprised. We are interested and associated, but not absorbed."
Winston Churchill 1930
Original model 52 or 54
Last edited by LuckySeven; 15-09-2014 at 04:39 PM.
I have now most of the rifles I lusted after in my youth, they are ,
Fwb 127 & 124
Hw35e
Hw35vixen luxus
Airsporter s
Would never part with these now .
Other guns I also have which I did own as a teenager are
Original 45
Airsporter mk2
Hw80
I would also love to own a mastersport Fwb and who knows may one day get lucky .
But for me the Hw35e is in my eyes still the best springer ever!
Then again I am tempted to get a AA prosport , lovely looking rifle .
Hmm, for years I wanted an early Webley Mk3 - thanks to this site I now have one A Mk3 Supertarget would be nice...or a Service Mk 1 or 2...On the pistol front, had Webley Juniors, Mk1 & Hurricane, a Premier or Senior would have been liked...
When I was growing up, a Relum Tornado or ASI Paratrooper.
Now, an early '50/60's Airsporter is on my wish list, & my wife has said she'll buy me one for my birthday...
Webley Mk3 x2, Falcon & Junior rifles, HW35x2, AirSporter x2, Gold Star, Meteors x2, Diana 25. SMK B19, Webley Senior, Premier, Hurricane x 2, Tempest, Dan Wesson 8", Crosman 3576, Legends PO8.
I've still got, or have owned and sold, pretty much all the rifles I lusted after as a youth. The Feinwerkbau match springers seemed like the Rolls Royces of the day in the late '70s and it took me 30-odd years to get my hands on examples. They didn't disappoint and I recommend that every airgunner fires one at least once - probably before going on to find one for yourself.
Vintage Airguns Gallery
..Above link posted with permission from Gareth W-B
In British slang an anorak is a person who has a very strong interest in niche subjects.
Always wanted a HW35e Vixen but could never aford one , I had a nice 35e back then and have got 3 nice examples now . But a nice unmolested Vixen has eluded me I missed one on here a few months ago by a couple of min's anyone got one they dont want anymore
A few nice rifles
Founder & ex secretary of Rivington Riflemen.
www.rivington-riflemen.uk
I've always liked the sharp range. . Had an inova for a while but liked the others too.
My first rifle as a kid was a Mercury Challenger carbine. I saved up for ages and ages and then a lot longer to start with something decent. I have said it before and will say it again why did I sell it (boxed and in great condition) for beer tokens and skirt chasing!
I loved that rifle even though I went in to buy an hw77k! I was too little and skinny to heft it back then though. I will get an early one some day now that I have a bit of weight myself :-)
A thread on here the other day reminded me how much I lusted after air arms side levers. Now one of those in a left hand walnut tyrolean would be nice!
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