Nice selection there...
Very interesting find!
Never seen one (or even a picture) before .......
It is a cross between a Bugelspanner and a GEM, as it uses the barrel and cylinder system from a GEM and the cocking handle and stock from a Bugelspanner.
It is not a homemade project as the castings are specificly made for this model, and all parts are hand fitted and numbered with the cyfer "9" .
No indication of a manufacturer anywhere to be found, so can only take a wild gues who could have made it.
Eisenwerke Gaggenau, Oscar Will or Fritz Langenham spring to mind,but who knows?
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Frank
Nice selection there...
Extraordinary find, Frank! I think Gemspanner is really what it should be called.
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In some respects it is similar to the Eisenwerke Gaggenau mod 1.
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In British slang an anorak is a person who has a very strong interest in niche subjects.
Think you are right, Danny, they do have some things in common. :-)
But I wonder where they (the auction people) got the identification from?
The only catalogues I have seen start with the model number 9, so how would the numbers 1 - 9 be identified?
Must assume there is another catalogue out there I would love to see ..
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Frank
Vintage Airguns Gallery
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In British slang an anorak is a person who has a very strong interest in niche subjects.
You were perfectly correct Danny. Courtesy of Eberhard Groba, the gun can be identified as an Oscar Will Nr. 1a bugelspanner, dating from about 1910. http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...psxtmjfeuq.jpg
Last edited by ccdjg; 21-05-2017 at 04:59 PM.
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..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.
Great news, thanks to John and Eberhart I know now what it is. :-)
But what amazes me is the OTHER Bugelspanner's discription!
That must be one of the first Single stroke pneumatics ever made.
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Frank