80's airguns you had a crush on.

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All this talk of rifles that we avoided and my own nostalgia thread, I just had a flash back of my old bedroom wall and the posters on it, along with a life size poster of a topless Maria Whittaker it was also covered in the airgun mags middle pullout page of what ever airgun was being hyped up at the time, on my wall was the Air Arms military stocked range, Airsporter S and Stutzen, the Imperial Double Express and the Brocock Safari and the later Parker Hale air cartridge conversion which name slips my mind.

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there was lots i fancied back then but did not have the money

[Hsing-ee]

I think the Airsporter S was a bit of a crush, and the Whaley/Marshal Crosman. I didn’t like Weihrauchs in those days, or the Feinwerkbau Sport. The Sharp Victory looked amazing and in the world before PCPs, an ideal airgun.

There was a bloke at the airgun club who brought in a .22 Venom HW77 that he’d bought in a police auction. It had been confiscated from some spoiled 13 year old whose rich dad had got it for him. The child used it to blow chunks off the neighbours chimney pots and for other vandalism.

I had a few shots with it and it was amazing. It had such a low cocking effort it felt like the spring was broken and it hardly moved at all when fired. And I hit the spinner every time. I looked up the list price for one of these things when I got home and it was so far out of reach for a teenage kid like me that I forgot about it. But in terms of being glamourised by an air-rifle that was the mostest.

Of course one found the Airsporter S to be mediocre and the Victory was an old design which was withdrawn from the U.K. because they were OTT. The Whaley Crosman was one of the biggest disappointments ever when I met one in the flesh, just a pot-metal plinker with a longer pump tube attached.

[MartynB]

I think the Airsporter S was a bit of a crush, and the Whaley/Marshal Crosman. I didn’t like Weihrauchs in those days, or the Feinwerkbau Sport. The Sharp Victory looked amazing and in the world before PCPs, an ideal airgun.

There was a bloke at the airgun club who brought in a .22 Venom HW77 that he’d bought in a police auction. It had been confiscated from some spoiled 13 year old whose rich dad had got it for him. The child used it to blow chunks off the neighbours chimney pots and for other vandalism.

I had a few shots with it and it was amazing. It had such a low cocking effort it felt like the spring was broken and it hardly moved at all when fired. And I hit the spinner every time. I looked up the list price for one of these things when I got home and it was so far out of reach for a teenage kid like me that I forgot about it. But in terms of being glamourised by an air-rifle that was the mostest.

Of course one found the Airsporter S to be mediocre and the Victory was an old design which was withdrawn from the U.K. because they were OTT. The Whaley Crosman was one of the biggest disappointments ever when I met one in the flesh, just a pot-metal plinker with a longer pump tube attached.

The Sharp Ace was a step up from the Innova, I had one which was really accurate

[look no hands]

I think the Airsporter S was a bit of a crush, and the Whaley/Marshal Crosman. I didn’t like Weihrauchs in those days, or the Feinwerkbau Sport. The Sharp Victory looked amazing and in the world before PCPs, an ideal airgun.

There was a bloke at the airgun club who brought in a .22 Venom HW77 that he’d bought in a police auction. It had been confiscated from some spoiled 13 year old whose rich dad had got it for him. The child used it to blow chunks off the neighbours chimney pots and for other vandalism.

I had a few shots with it and it was amazing. It had such a low cocking effort it felt like the spring was broken and it hardly moved at all when fired. And I hit the spinner every time. I looked up the list price for one of these things when I got home and it was so far out of reach for a teenage kid like me that I forgot about it. But in terms of being glamourised by an air-rifle that was the mostest.

Of course one found the Airsporter S to be mediocre and the Victory was an old design which was withdrawn from the U.K. because they were OTT. The Whaley Crosman was one of the biggest disappointments ever when I met one in the flesh, just a pot-metal plinker with a longer pump tube attached.

I have to admit I had an old HW77k .22 off of a mate many years ago and that was just well run in, I can't remember if it twanged or not but there was hardly any recoil, which surprised me.

[Neil54]

Not sure when they got banned but I always liked the Brocock Safari TAC rifle.

[robs5230]

All this talk of rifles that we avoided and my own nostalgia thread, I just had a flash back of my old bedroom wall and the posters on it, along with a life size poster of a topless Maria Whittaker it was also covered in the airgun mags middle pullout page of what ever airgun was being hyped up at the time, on my wall was the Air Arms military stocked range, Airsporter S and Stutzen, the Imperial Double Express and the Brocock Safari and the later Parker Hale air cartridge conversion which name slips my mind.

That would have been the Herald.
Made into a TAC rifle by Saxby Palmer, and later Brocock.
Based on a genuine Parker Hale stalking rifle.
Tried for many years to get hold of one, from an old chap I knew that had one. As the TAC guns got banned later, I'm sort of glad I never got it.

I did own a Brocock Safari and a few other TAC rifles and pistols. My favourite was the little PPK. The weirdest was the Fox.
Thankfully I'd got rid of them all, before the ban came in.

[Born Again]

I had an Airsporter S, it was a mediocre rifle and I gave it to my son who still has it. I also have an Original 45 which is much better, still standard, which replaced my original Original that I lent to an idiot mate who went poaching with it and lost it to a gamekeeper. The second Original 45 is so similar to the first that I've often wondered if I bought my own rifle back.

[Shed tuner]

Theoben siroccos for me.

[look no hands]

That would have been the Herald.
Made into a TAC rifle by Saxby Palmer, and later Brocock.
Based on a genuine Parker Hale stalking rifle.
Tried for many years to get hold of one, from an old chap I knew that had one. As the TAC guns got banned later, I'm sort of glad I never got it.

I did own a Brocock Safari and a few other TAC rifles and pistols. My favourite was the little PPK. The weirdest was the Fox.
Thankfully I'd got rid of them all, before the ban came in.

That's the geezer, I did have some magazine info on it once but I remember I sent it to Loiner 1965 as I think he has one.

[Duggan]

That's the geezer, I did have some magazine info on it once but I remember I sent it to Loiner 1965 as I think he has one.

I was fascinated by Theoben adverts of their rifles. I remember being around 19 and earning £67 a week. The Theoben’s were soooo expensive I could only dream of getting one. I saved up
And bought my first car a Triumph Spitfire it cost £250 a Theoben at the time seemed to cost more.

[prosport.177]

Was always a sucker for the venom mamba ,)

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the sharp victory


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[MartynB]

What was the Anie tuned 335 ? Can't remember it's name now

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What was the Anie tuned 335 ? Can't remember it's name now

Marauder?