Always amazed me why people held them in such esteem.
Ugly looking things (as are the majority of front-mounted buddy bottle airguns) with a rubbish planky stock.
I think John Darling's choice of it as his (FAC) PCP years ago when they were one of the few PCPs around at the time probably helped establish them in airgun "folklore"
More of a collector's item than a sought-after hunting tool these days since there is so much more about to choose from that is aesthetically much better and in terms of performance.
I wouldn't pay £500 for a second hand one. Each to their own though ...
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