Founder & ex secretary of Rivington Riflemen.
www.rivington-riflemen.uk
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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This is getting off topic.
Mk1 Airsporter is the most graceful mass-produced air rifle made.
Graceful. Everything swoops and tapers and just fits together fluidly. It has grace.
Not most appealingly Gothick (Mk2 Service?). Not most Baroque (1950s Diana 50?). Not best handling (lots of contenders). Not best looking (ditto). Not even most classical (FWB Sport?, Beeman R1?), just graceful.
Certainly not "best". Not even necessarily best-looking. Just most graceful.
Ironically, the Airsporter when introduced seemed jet-age modern, like contemporary cars, despite their pre-war underpinnings (Google "Bristol 401" - lovely and then some). Later it seemed old. Now it seems historic.
It helps that the early 'sporters are also built well, and shoot fairly well.
Howa 55G
No offence to anyone but it's just silly to state as a fact which is the most graceful air rifle. It's completely in the eye of the beholder.
Personally I find the Airsporter (MKs 1&2) pretty but the knowledge of their awful triggers spoils the visual image for me ().
To me the Mk2 Service is the most graceful air rifle ever made and I'm sticking to that.
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.
Founder & ex secretary of Rivington Riflemen.
www.rivington-riflemen.uk
HW100 all the way.
Founder & ex secretary of Rivington Riflemen.
www.rivington-riflemen.uk
Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, of course, but for me, there has been nothing better than the early modern BSA designs, like the CADET and CADET MAJOR. Too many of the most recent designs are really ugly; others have features which detract from, rather than enhance, their appearance. For me, if it looks right, it probably is right!
John
How do you guys up load pic here ?