Can a model still in production still be "Vintage/Collectable "? - Example...

[sbd]

...before we go any further please note this NOT a sales thread. If it were to be for sale then it will have it's own thread

So, S200s are still available new albeit in Mk-whatever format. So would this disqualify a Mk1 #00087 from be considered "collectable"?

Opinions gratefully received.

TIA,

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[Unframed Dave]

Don't see why not, I regard an early hw35 as a collectable.

It wouldn't be of any interest to me, but everyone has their niche.

Dave

[sbd]

...for your reply Dave.

Any other opinions?

sbd

[Shed tuner]

if it's rare or old, so yeah...

[Faerie]

Anything is collectable to someone who's interested in it, simply because of what it represents to the collector.
If I was was to collect coffee mugs bearing pictures of cats (God forbid !) then it wouldn't matter if an item was a mass-produced low quality mug if it amused me in some way. I might even collect it exactly because it's an example of a mass-production, low quality mug with a cat on it !

Equally, I might buy a new, cheap, low quality airgun to highlight why some of my guns are more expensive, and/or to demonstrate how manufacturers cut corners to get a gun down to a certain price.
It's all about what it means to you.

[Garvin]

I might buy a new, cheap, low quality airgun to highlight why some of my guns are more expensive, and/or to demonstrate how manufacturers cut corners to get a gun down to a certain price.

I did this about 20 years ago. Bought an SMK12 in new condition on here. Never again! Apart from the half-decent hardwood stock, which presumably came from cheap Chinese trees in a now-depleted forest, it was such rubbish I threw it away.

[rockdrill]

So, S200s are still available new albeit in Mk-whatever format.

I thought that CZ discontinued the 200 model a couple of years ago?

[sbd]

...know about that one, I think I still see them advertised but are AA manufacturing now?

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