CR Project hammer price £480.
If anyone wants a near mint one for that kind of money I know of one.
Theoben SLR hammer price £1300. WOW.
Registered User
CR Project hammer price £480.
If anyone wants a near mint one for that kind of money I know of one.
Theoben SLR hammer price £1300. WOW.
Surrey's Anglo Saxon
One nice Webley Service, the others were very sad.
Thought I would get that MilPat for £500
Registered User
Well I bid a lot but won little!
It was a very 'international' auction. The auctioneer mentioned bidders from France, USA, Hungary, China (more than once) and maybe others that I can't remember.
Steve
Award-winning Airgun Anorak
There was also an interesting late model Weihrauch HW55CM, with angular target stock that went for £700 plus commission.
Like this one:
Last edited by Garvin; 09-02-2023 at 10:31 PM.
Vintage Airguns Gallery
..Above link posted with permission from Gareth W-B
In British slang an anorak is a person who has a very strong interest in niche subjects.
Registered User
A nickle-plated BSF S54M...Any knowledge of this variation out there?
Award-winning Airgun Anorak
Was it nickelled? It didn't look it to me.Originally Posted by Epicyclic
Vintage Airguns Gallery
..Above link posted with permission from Gareth W-B
In British slang an anorak is a person who has a very strong interest in niche subjects.
Registered User
There was a lot of very cheap Webley pistols too so can only assume they were a bit untidy up close. In fact it was a very large collection with loads of boxed scopes too, wonder who was the vendor?
Steve
I've had Good deals & great info from many in this forum.
Registered User
As has been seen before the gap between those items which are rare/desirable or in exceptional condition and the ordinary guns in average condition, continues to grow.
Simply demand v supply I guess, which ultimately determines prices. The BSA M/P @ £2700 was a case in point. Last year Holt's sold two in similar condition for £1700 & £2300 + Comm.
Good to see the superb Theoben SLR-98 getting the recognition it deserves, at least in financial terms. What price the better SLR-88 then - Best recoiling piston rifle out there.
Last edited by slug-gun; 10-02-2023 at 08:04 AM.
professional hookaduck ringer
That’s always going to happen as soon as you have more than a few not very interesting webleys, or anything else common. Not many people are going to be interested anyway so with little competition there’s nothing to push prices up.
All the more so since there were quite a few better guns there. I can’t be the only person who put in a serious bid on something nice, and as a result mickey taking bids on a few others I might otherwise have pushed a bit on.
Without success I might add!
Morally flawed
Registered User
Hi Danny,Was it nickelled? It didn't look it to me.
It's was polished up (blueing having been removed) not nickel finished. There was a improved model B in a similar condition.
Registered User
It's been nickle-plated all over Danny. There are a few areas where it's thinning, near the tap it's bubbling a bit. I had the action from the stock this morning and found flake-away patches by the cocking lever slot. These are concealed by the stock when assembled.Was it nickelled? It didn't look it to me.
The quality of the plating is very high and IMHO it's a factory finish. I don't recall anything like this ever so it could be a good 'home-brew', -if so, it would have been such a faff to prep everything for the tank- sight parts, trigger guard, cap, tap and parts, lever parts...I can imagine this happening in the factory when the metal was fresh but not on a used gun that you'd have to take back. You'd not do this to a new purchase either!...
My dilemna now is whether or not to plate the 'Satelite dish' BSF diopter sight that is to be fitted!...
Registered User
Well spotted it just looked polished up to me looking at the photo's. A good buy.
Award-winning Airgun Anorak
Interesting, Richard! A nice purchase.
I'm not aware of any BSFs being nickel-plated, so have to doubt it's factory, even though as you say it's a big job to do it. Maybe it was a special order? As Frank Korn used to say, if Sir was willing to pay...!
Please let me have pics for the gallery.
Vintage Airguns Gallery
..Above link posted with permission from Gareth W-B
In British slang an anorak is a person who has a very strong interest in niche subjects.
Registered User
I really liked the look of that BSF 54. Be great with a diopter. Always fancied one after reading an article in the airgun mags as a youngster, about some long range pigeon decoying. Had the stock been varnished on yours, or was it reflection - it was hard to tell from the pics. I like nickel plated rifles, always thought a Bsa Improved Model D one would be a nice thing to own. I remember chatting to some one on here who has Geoffrey Boothroyds nickel plated Webley Service
I'm sure I remember that some Parkerised finished Originals/ Diana's/ or RWS were for sale in the 80's for a brief time, as a sort of utilty model.
Last edited by silva; 10-02-2023 at 10:29 PM.
"helplessly they stare at his tracks......."
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote