IF I WALKED ON WATER PEOPLE WOULD SAY I COULD NOT SWIM !
It really saddens me to read this thread. Clearly everyone should 'speak as they find' and equally clearly, some on here have had poor service from BTAS which is a great pity. By contrast I have had excellent service every time I have had anything needed to be done by Ben. The great thing about him is that he was an innovator and not just a fixer. His work on regulator efficiency and reliability was outstanding. OK these days HUMA and Edgun have moved regulator technology on considerably-progress continues all the time after all.
Kev is also a great help and is my 'go to' man when I am unable to sort things out myself.
'It may be that your sole purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others'.
Good deals with these members
I had several dealings with Ben in his BTAS days at that unit in the middle of nowhere.
I have to admit he was a generally 'grumpy' man by then (home life issues, I believe), but was always very honest in his appraisals of the work required. He was famously 'grumpy' about airguns that had been messed around with by owners in regard to FPE.
His retirement had been postponed several times due to outside problems. I understand he now devotes his time to Motorcycle tuning/racing (or similar).
During one visit (a LONG JOURNEY for me) a small, dark-haired lady come in with her BTAS / FX Verminator. "sort this out now" type of thing.
WOW, did Ben go into overdrive or what!
I nodded my agreement to her far more pressing issues
I'm sure it was a lady 'Rapidnick' will remember from a few years ago, on here - 'Fran'
(Small but incredibly fierce ).
It does make me wonder Nick why some people (not just Ben) seem to have such an inconsistent manner. If they can be courteous and offer excellent service to some then why not to all. Just me thinking out loud but a question that leaves me wondering none the less.
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Barrel
IF I WALKED ON WATER PEOPLE WOULD SAY I COULD NOT SWIM !
Another vote for Ben from me.
I sent him a S410 to be regulated. I spoke to him before and after sending it. He was as good as gold and did a great job. Ditto when I sent him a rapid. Both guns I regret parting with!
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're probably right.
First impressions count for a lot; maybe they shouldn't but they do, they put down a marker.
Snock and I went to the Theoben factory when the Fenman was being launched; didn't get good vibes then.
www.shebbearshooters.co.uk. Ask for Rich and try the coffee
Umm BT.
Myself and a friend decided to get our rapids serviced by the man himself and wanted to meet him so we arranged it and drove up to Milbro hq 3hr journey and he didn't even wait for us so we just left them there. Few days later we collected them
Shocked was an understatement at what had been done to our pride and joys there was some kind of cleaning fluid/ oil pouring out of them my mates air guage was full of it!...had to go all the way back again so he could have another go...
In the end kev g had to sort mine out.
I too never understood all the hype.
Good deals with these members
Yeah, and Theoben (Ben Taylor days) didn't even have a good 'front of house' partner to keep them in the real world, what with that CRAZY woman who always answered the phone when you had a technical question to ask or just plain wanted to make an order or something simple.
..."My son," said the Norman Baron...."The Saxon is not like us Normans. His manners are not so polite. But he never means anything serious till he talks about justice and right"...
This is fairly sad in some ways, I met Ben and Dave when they first built the early pre-production Scirroco (as it was to be called)
They were really enthusiastic and explened how it worked and offered to let me take the .22 one home to test but depsite their assurances it was OK if it picked up any marks, I didn't dare accept the offer
I did have a couple of shots out the back of the shop and remember being very impressed with the firing cycle and stunning finish of what wasn't even a production gun
I did have one of the early Mk 1 Sciroccos in .22 (scope only, no open sights) and remember it being very accurate and taking quite a few rabbitts with it
Custom BSA S10 .22 PAX Phoenix Mk 2 .22 Custom Titan Manitou .22 (JB BP) HW77 .22 FWB Sport Mk1 .22 Sharp Ace .22 Crossman 600 .22 Berretta 92 .20 Desert Eagle .177
Rich and I arrived at their Cambridge premises (I was surprised at how small it was) to have their 'tour' of the factory.
We arrived in the reception area and could see Ben and Dave through the window. Ben turned to look through the window and could not hit hide the irritation in his face that there were 5 or 6 eager visitors in the foyer waiting to be entertained and informed by the airgun maestros that they had read so much about in the magazines. The magazines gave you the impression that they were good company and very interesting to talk with...
It very soon became apparent that the Ben we walked around with was impatient, irritated by questions and generally couldn't wait to see the back of you, but only once you'd finished cooing and drooling over the array of toys at your fingertips.
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