picked up an absolute beauty tonite one of 6 with a walnut right handed stock,sold by manchester airguns,over twenty years ago,graham remembers these they had a nice palm swell and all 6 had v.nice grain,i dare say its as near to mint as any ive ever had and ive had a good few of these absolute mint bluing and stock 99% and perfect working order even the safety catch works properly,i paid 250 quid for it is that a bargain or have i been spanked,cheers guys
atb
dave
Definitelly not been spanked Dave. Good find. Look after it and keep it original. You now have a real classic -IMHO the best springer ever made, and with the walnut stock,WOW!
I can't get enough of them, have around 18 at the moment, but always room for more if you ever decide to sell.
ATB,
Eric
Demic, miserable, grumpy old git! Feinwerkbau Sport Appreciation Society.
I don't mind what sexual, religious or political persuasion you are, just don't impose them on me!!
Does it look like THIS (serial no. 19998) which has connections with Manchester Air Guns.
ATB
Ian
Founder & ex secretary of Rivington Riflemen.
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A good friend of mine (sadly now dead) had one of the special MAG walnut stocked FWB rifles. He used to work at MAG on Saturdays, so was in a good position to try and buy some great guns. For a reason I could never understand, he traded it in. From memory, it wasn't like the IJ picture, but more like the normal version, with a fairly light coloured walnut stock.
Ian
Life is to be enjoyed, not endured.
Back in the day, I bought a brand new walnut stocked FWB Sport from MAG but it had none of the finesse of the model pictured. It was identical to the standard stock but, well, walnutty. There was no chequering on the fore-end and I was pretty disappointed with it at the time. In fact, I gave it to a friend of mine who still has it, although sadly now with a bent barrel.
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Founder & ex secretary of Rivington Riflemen.
www.rivington-riflemen.uk
Demic, miserable, grumpy old git! Feinwerkbau Sport Appreciation Society.
I don't mind what sexual, religious or political persuasion you are, just don't impose them on me!!
The vultures are circling!
I cough and several collectors re-arrange their gun cabinets.
Good health is just the slowest way to die.
Merry Christmas to you all.
ATB
Ian (fit & well)
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Founder & ex secretary of Rivington Riflemen.
www.rivington-riflemen.uk
Demic, miserable, grumpy old git! Feinwerkbau Sport Appreciation Society.
I don't mind what sexual, religious or political persuasion you are, just don't impose them on me!!
Sounds like an excellent find to me. Wish I had a walnut flavoured one as well. I am currently planning a raid on Ians gun vaults (somewhere under Blackburn,)as I cant see Mr Jones letting any of his prized beauties go within the next 200 years.
This is due to Ian being an Elf, whose longevity has been well portrayed within the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy in which he starred as one of the grumpy elf like figures manning the walls of of a New Zealand film set.
Happy Christmas to you all, even the elves.
Andy
Member, the Feinwerkbau Sport appreciation Society (over 50's chapter)
http://www.rivington-riflemen.eu/ Andy, from the North !
Founder & ex secretary of Rivington Riflemen.
www.rivington-riflemen.uk
Id say you got a bargain bud