why is the rapid 7 still so popular

[ZAKDINGEL]

yes for me owning one in those days was just a dream

i will second that it stook me untill about 4-5 years ago now to get hold of my rapid in .20 a mk1 19" factory standed one shoots as good as anything out there --they were just to much money for me for what i had to spend and even now bring good money lets just says it all people no what they are and what the can be like --for me they were a ground breaker and still are well sort after

[Barryg]

yes for me owning one in those days was just a dream

Was you also a big fan of the Morris Marina

[madcarlos]

The theoben rapid 7 started around 1991 1992 am sure.

Thanks for that , Thought it was late 80s, My old one was 000626 if I remember and thought the chap said it was earlier, I may have been mistaken though, My mk1 is a 95 model , Its a lovely gun to shoot and they still popular after 30 years. I think the gun speaks louder than peoples opinions,

[rapidresponse1]

a car i never liked the morris marina,i had a granada estate in them days

[Barryg]

a car i never liked the morris marina,i had a granada estate in them days

LOL only said in jest

[Steyr]

I wish I was a motor car - Ford Cortina 1600 E
I'd give myself a cosmic paint job - 4 push on wheel trims - well maybe 3
And inside I stick a furry dice, a gonk and a bee
and 4 miles on I d hit a tree - and all because I couldn't see.

Strange the way some shit sticks in your head. Bit Spike Milligan

[laverdabru]

I wish I was a motor car - Ford Cortina 1600 E
I'd give myself a cosmic paint job - 4 push on wheel trims - well maybe 3
And inside I stick a furry dice, a gonk and a bee
and 4 miles on I d hit a tree - and all because I couldn't see.

Strange the way some shit sticks in your head. Bit Spike Milligan

Wish I had a grey Cortina
Whiplash aerial, racing trim
Cortina owner, no one meaner
Wish that I could be like him

Twin exhaust and rusty bumper
Chewing gum at traffic light
Stop at red but leave on amber
Grey Cortina outa sight

Wish I had a grey Cortina
Whiplash aerial, racing trim
Cortina owner, no one meaner
Wish that I could be like him

Furlined seats and lettered windscreen
Elbow on the windowsill
Eight track blazing Brucie Springsteen
Bomber jacket, dressed to kill

Wish I had a grey Cortina
Whiplash aerial, racing trim
Cortina owner, no one meaner
Wish that I could be like him

Never cop a parking ticket
Never seem to show its age
Speed police too slow to nick it
Grey Cortina got it made

Wish I had a grey Cortina
Whiplash aerial, racing trim
Cortina owner, no one meaner
Wish that I could be like him

TRB track, from 'Power in the Darkness'.

ATB

Bru

[longy]

The simple answer is they are bomb proof. In a nuclear war there’s only 2 things that would survive… rats and Rapids !!!

[Brooksy]

My Rapid is .20 calibre and has the Anschutz trigger unit. As I've said, I've never found anything better. OK, the loading is a bit notchy, but that's due to the probe design which incidentally, has no O ring to perish.

[MrGreengrass]

The simple answer is they are bomb proof. In a nuclear war there’s only 2 things that would survive… rats and Rapids !!!

3....including HW80's..

[Doodles77]

I doesnt matter what airguns come in through the door.
The one that always gets to play in the field is a rapid of some kind. They will always be my go to gun.
Robust, accurate, yet still up there with the rest of the modern stuff.
Yrs ahead of there time. Love them!!

[rapidresponse1]

i know it was barry bud

[Steyr]

Thought CZ made the S200, but they did have a good barrel but the action had a rubbish trigger mech the power curve is like a banana they are cheap and cheerfull and are accurate but can't be compared to a rapid mk2

Like the Rapid, the S200 can be worked on and when they are, apart from shot count being different from a tube V buddy bottle, I would go for the 200 all day long

[Shed tuner]

Like the Rapid, the S200 can be worked on and when they are, apart from shot count being different from a tube V buddy bottle, I would go for the 200 all day long

wheras I would stick the barrel (let's be honest, it's the only good thing about an S200) onto the rapid, and go for the rapid all day long

[rapidresponse1]

the rapid is the only gun ive kept hold of for so long over the years