Venom Stickers

[fozzy45]

Those were the days. I'm going to get my spotting scope out and see if I can, err... spot a Chameleon from here.

We need photos!!

Just because you asked nicely, here you are, chameleon FTS.

https://www.flickr.com/gp/124581931@N06/v42inA
Fozzy

[Mach 1.5]

Fozzy ...i wondered were they had come from...yes a very good replica. Hope genuine venom owners are happy with them and they don't fall in to the wrong hands so to speak. Mach 1.5

[Simmo]

Just because you asked nicely, here you are, chameleon FTS.

https://www.flickr.com/gp/124581931@N06/v42inA
Fozzy

That old pile of poo 😂😂

[Simmo]

Just because you asked nicely, here you are, chameleon FTS.

https://www.flickr.com/gp/124581931@N06/v42inA
Fozzy

I'd put a pic up of mine but I can't work out how to do it 😳😂😂

[fozzy45]

Here you go Simmo, I've helped you out again. Your airmasters 77 and airmasters mastersport chameleon FT.
https://flic.kr/p/YGasdF
Along with a mastersport FWB and my Chameleon FTS.
https://flic.kr/p/Y61gCW
Fozzy

[Simmo]

Here you Simmo, I've helped you out again. Your airmasters 77 and airmasters mastersport chameleon FT.
https://flic.kr/p/YGasdF
Along with a mastersport FWB and my Chameleon FTS.
https://flic.kr/p/Y61gCW
Fozzy

Cheers bud, suppose I'd better checker your stock for doing that 😂😂

[fozzy45]

Cheers bud, suppose I'd better checker your stock for doing that 😂😂

You mean it's not done. 😀

[Simmo]

You mean it's not done. 😀

Patience young man, I've not finished sticking it back together yet after jumping up & down on it !!

[Muskett]

Verom Stickers aren't worth the paper they are printed on.
Loads of rifles went out of the shop without them.
Loads got taken off straight away, as who wants a sticker on such lovely bluing?
Loads got washed off in the rain, or just knocked off with an oily rag.


Venom Rifles are generally a factory rifle customised; usually a tune of some kind. Some reblued and some given after market stocks. Some have been reconditioned again having lost some of their lustre. Their worth is in the work done and general shooting feel. The work could be copied and some modern tunes are every bit if not better. The only provenance is the paperwork or just a good history of ownership. Between a new copy and an original to a factory is only a few £100 between all three. Value is in each rifle as a rifle: how it shoots; what it looks like; if you like it.

Nice someone has bothered having some more stickers reproduced. But anyone buying a car would look under the bonnet, not just look at the badge on the back. The very first Venoms had not much more than a good polish.
PS, please send me three stickers. One for my Venom that has no sticker, one for my guncabinet that has touched a Venom, and one for a BSA Buccaneer that I'm going to pass off as the only Venom Buccaneer ever made because it has a sticker on to prove it

[Craig-P]

Just because you asked nicely, here you are, chameleon FTS.

https://www.flickr.com/gp/124581931@N06/v42inA
Fozzy

Not only do we have the same rifle but it now appears we have similar tastes in cushions...
Might start a new thread, 'readers cushions'

[moonshiner]

I had an 80 in the early 90's, didn't know anything about venom then, I think I gave about 80 quid for it, lovely gun, shot and cocked smooth, it were a cracker but heavy, it had the venom sticker on it but no paper work, I peeled the sticker off cause I thought it looked tacky

[averageplinker]

I had an 80 in the early 90's, didn't know anything about venom then, I think I gave about 80 quid for it, lovely gun, shot and cocked smooth, it were a cracker but heavy, it had the venom sticker on it but no paper work, I peeled the sticker off cause I thought it looked tacky

Burn the heretic!

[johnbaz]

Hi

I have a HW35e that was venom tuned and blued, The sticker long since gone, Nick was kind enough to send me a couple of stickers free!! I've met him at the Melbourne a few times and can honestly say he's a really decent fella, He does some great work on woodwork too!!

I found a nice Luxus stock and replaced the Export stock as it had previously been redone and was still tacky, A problem i've come across when i've used old oil

The gun


Non clicking nylon roller


The gun was made in 1970 but has had the O ring conversion, It's very smooth both cocking and firing, It also had shims fitted as I don't believe they were fitted in 1970, It's kept the reblued breech block from suffering the circular scoring!!



John

[Muskett]

Lovely rifle you have put together there; even the scope matches the style and era.
Value of a Venom is in the whole package. What it looks like, how it shoots, and does it feel its had custom work done. There is little financial advantage in not telling the truth on the history of a rifle. A modern custom tuned rifle demands the same premium and worth is how nice the rifle is. In real terms what was paid for the work is barely ever returned, at best you get the money back. The return is owning and enjoying the rifle for a while, and that is priceless.

[I. J.]

I found a nice Luxus stock and replaced the Export stock as it had previously been redone and was still tacky, A problem i've come across when i've used old oil

The gun

Nice stock.