Musings on older airguns & Parts

[gedfinn 2]

I recently replied to a thread on here asking for a valuation on a Bsa Scorpion pistol.
I suggested a price of £75 ? It had a .177 barrel & Cocking aid
My question is , Is this realistic ( I see he has dropped the price )

I have a number of these & Have just put these together , IE new buffer washer & O ring, One complete with sights, I am not asking for a valuation but would swap with cash for a Webley Senior .



I have had quite a few leaving me with some spares,
I sold 3 .177 Barrels a couple of years ago for £25 each posted ( Which I thought a fair price )
I also sold 2 Trigger units complete at £20 posted.

We all know the price of spares from Chambers/Knibbs Etc, But sometimes we need them .
I started to sell some Scorpion items the Forums did not want on the Bay.
As an Example : A pistol stock made £32 + post Rear sights £25 + Etc.

A trigger unit from Mr Knibbs is £75 !!!! Sights are mostly unavailable, Breech washers ? Well
you know where I am going .
It has been mentioned on here & Other forums that Older airguns no longer command a " Reasonable " price,
I too think the price of guns like Mercury,s Webley Mk111s & many others are hardly worth selling, & Yet try to buy a set of sights, Or a stock , But parts are .

I know the cost of postage is a big disadvantage to selling , But I do not think most members want them.
What do you think, Ged

[JLB]

It's always amazed me what parts go for on the bay Trigger units, iron sights, cylinders & barrels etc. Not just the old models either. Sometimes for not much less than a complete second hand gun would cost. I think all the various tuning threads contribute to the demand for these, purely for the tinkering factor in case people bugger up the originals

John

[davymole]

with the price of some older air rifles only fetching low prices it seem that they split and sell on the yabe and make a lot more money than had they sold complete,I have had to pay £40 for a weihrauch trigger only because I needed one in a hurry and not wishing to pay the price of a new one of £74 .

[fatttmannn]

The price of spares in this country is shocking, but what are you to do Knibbs has a monopaly, dont get me wrong his stuff is good, but I dont like his prices, so I avoided if at all possible Protek are very good and very resonable on stuff.

[johnbaz]

I bought a Buccaneer and had to fit the safety and sights but got the screws mixed up!

After one shot down the garden, the long hammer snapped in the trigger, I reckon I put the screws it wrongly (Long one where a short one should have been!)

I kept bidding on complete trigger units off Bucc's and Scorpions but they were going for very high prices but I kept bidding and eventually won one for a little over £20 with P&P

The little Buccaneer is shooting lovely now!!



John