To me £500-600 is what that gun is actually worth, after all it is a HW77 in a nice custom stock and a few custom bits, it’s not a bespoke, custom made gun like a Mach 1, Spartan or a Whiscombe.
If we are valuing ‘tuned guns’ at £1500+ what is a true custom like a Venom Mach 1, Mach 2 or a Ken Turner worth? £10 000? Considering that a true one-off custom gun could be made for around £3000 (even a springer, there was a guy on another forum that had one made out of titanium.)
With people paying £1500 for tuned Venom/Airmasters guns with custom stocks, I can see why Whiscombes have been selling for over £5000+ at auctions…
Another thing I do not understand is why Parks, Ripleys, GC2’s or some of the rare single stroke pneumatics like Genesis or PH Dragon do not sell for that sort of money? They are just as rare and probably more unique?
On second thoughts, I should have bought every Airmasters, Venom and Whiscombe that appeared in the BBS sales section since I have joined this forum in 2002, I would have been a millionaire by now