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Pah...why do I care who actually made a Gem pattern air gun, I don't even own a Gem pattern anymore!
(I do have half a Quacker and a bit of an EG though...trying to figure out which one came to me first is a proving to be a bit of a bugger...do you see what I did there? ...)
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You used to have a fantastic collection of Gem's,Dave why may I ask did you move them all along?
Cheers,
Mark.
Hi Mark,
A very good friend and shooting buddy passed away, my local gun club lost the land we shot over and had to move, I had old guns all over the place and the missus was starting to moan about the time I was spending on them too...all these things seemed to coincide and it all just got too much...
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Sorry for the loss of your friend,
Yes,a big collection is a responsibility and can be very time consuming.Where I am a number of years ago we lost a great air gun range and there has not really been anything nearly as good or as convenient locally since, for me at least, and selling off much of my collection,too is something I regularly mull over...
ATB.
Hi Mark
Thank you for your kind words. Re. the collection, I had around 50 Gem patterns and i learned a lot from them, they were fun to own and shoot (I always took a Gem or two to the club) and very frustrating to research...many is the night spent chasing half chance ideas down blind alleys to come to no conclusions and be none the wiser!
Thank you so much, Larry...that mark has vexed me for years!
So, another retailer then...and the list gets shorter
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Dave's Gem collection in its heyday:
1) Unknown model, possibly by Langenhan (FLZ)
2) Eisenwerke Gaggenau No 14
3) Eisenwerke Gaggenau No 14
4) Eisenwerke Gaggenau No 17
5) Jean Marck No 3 with target sights (long hooked spur version )
6) Jean Marck No 3 (long hooked spur version )
7) Jean Marck No 3 (short hooked spur version )
8) Jean Marck No 3 (short hooked spur version )
9) Jean Marck No 2 Gallery model with target sights (long hooked spur version )
10) Jean Marck No 2 with target sights (long hooked spur version )
11) Eisenwerke Gaggenau No20
12) Eisenwerke Gaggenau No20
13) Eisenwerke Gaggenau No13
14) Eisenwerke Gaggenau No13
15) Eisenwerke Gaggenau No15
16) Eisenwerke Gaggenau No16
17) Eisenwerke Gaggenau No14
18) FLZ/Diana No3L (T-bar)
19) FLZ/Diana No3L (T-bar)
20) FLZ/Diana No 6
21) FLZ/Diana No3L (T-bar)
22) FLZ/Diana No3L (dollshead)
23) FLZ/Diana No3L (dollshead)
24) FLZ Composite type
25) FLZ Composite type
26) FLZ Composite type
Vintage Airguns Gallery
..Above link posted with permission from Gareth W-B
In British slang an anorak is a person who has a very strong interest in niche subjects.
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That collection of logs is almost as impressive, Dave.
Vintage Airguns Gallery
..Above link posted with permission from Gareth W-B
In British slang an anorak is a person who has a very strong interest in niche subjects.