One thing's for sure, without a silencer, they go off with a hell of a crack
One thing's for sure, without a silencer, they go off with a hell of a crack
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
I think it was ‘pump up’ guns like the Innova etc that sparked the interest in recoil free air guns which kick started the PCP, bought my Innova in the 80’s and still have it, also had the Sharp Ace but sold it as I preferred the Innova.
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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
i remember buying buying a benjamin as a 17yr old. one hunting trip later i returned to our local gunshop and traded it for a hw35 export. they were buggers to pump up the benjamin's. my right arm never had such a hammering the innova was not so hard but id still not want to take one out on a days hunting. break barrel springer is so much easier. but i do love my litttle backpacker and 1377 as they are so easy to pump up.
lovely collection you have there bud
An attempt to keep this thread alive.
Did some carving yesterday, inspired by a US Benjamin collector who has just made an amazing display for his collection.
It is far from perfect but as Ped commented, it has got a human touch
Ps. Has anyone seen screws in the pump handle like on the bottom Innova, a .177 "MkI"?
I wondered if they are a modification, or original. In any case, I think it's well done.
I've never seen pump handle screws on an Innova and, like you Louis, I suspect they are non-standard.
Nice job though -- they are almost "fore and aft"!
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
Thank you AllanM and MartynB.
The .177 was my first Innova. I thought, hmmm, not very pretty. But wanted to know what they're like.
Immediately fell in love with it. Long range plinking with three easy pumps, suits me well.
I had one .22 Innova for a few years with the Galway silencer and alloy adapter, defintely needed it as without it had a hell of a crack, accounted for alot of rabbits, squirrels etc
Oddly, the .22 Ace that followed I didn't fit a silencer which I recall as not being as loud as the Innova without silencer
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