Thank you for the pictures; I look forward to seeing photographs of the actual items.
I was a regular subscriber to the 'Eagle' from the first edition, plus all the annuals, as was my sister to 'Girl', and I wish I had kept them, but with various moves and different schools they all got discarded by my Mother along the way.
I fairly recently purchased a very nice Cadet Major for nostalgic reasons, having previously sold a very nice pair of Major and Cadet to another collector.
Lovely stuff, all.
“the most powerful and accurate air rifles in the world”…
Hi Chris.
I run the vintage airguns gallery and would love to feature your prize BSA. Could you please email me pics?
I have sent you a private message.
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.
I have created a small album with some pics of the rifle and trophy. As you will see, the date on then trophy is 1952 and the hand you can see holding it belongs to my dad, the very person who won it!
View the album here
Hope it's what you wanted to see!
Thanks
Chris
Very cool.
Dave
Smell my cheese
Great thread! Now I know I must have misunderstood something and someone will point out I'm being dumb but JJJJJJ the OP states a competition to win a Cadet Major but Geeba who's dad won shows the prize to be a Mk 1 Airsporter, did I loose track somewhere?
Steve
I've had Good deals & great info from many in this forum.
Amazing pictures and an amazing story - thank you for sharing.
Looking at the advert, it mentioned the prize was a BSA air rifle but did not specify which model. BSA look to have awarded their top of the range rifle at the time as the star prize.
Kind regards,
John
Currently looking for Baikal Makarov pistols with the following prefixes to the serial number: 98, T01, T09, T21, T22
Prefer boxed or cased but will consider loose examples too.