S.48 of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 taking CO2 off ticket
I think the market for lookee likees would always have been bigger than what you (and I) would think of as real air pistols, but people couldn’t have them. I guess the Record Jumbo was as close as it got
With the possible exception of dedicated 10m guns that are still made to a standard, I can’t see much being made today that will be desirable in the future. That said I got a Healthways Plainsman recently, and it’s hard to imagine that was seen as much more than a toy when it was made. So maybe at Kempton 2071 they’ll be going nuts for umarex