Original Model 75 HV.
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 10:27 pm
A collector I had become acquainted with used to regularly buy a new rifle and put it away (unused) as a future investment. Late last year I bought this new and unused Model 75 HV from him that had never been shot.
An email from the seller told me that he could not resist giving it just one shot before parting with it and reported that it had gone off with a very loud bang
Anybody that knows anything about Giss system pistols and rifles will know what happened next when this rifle that was bought new on 27th June 1980 had its first shot in 2012. Yes it did go BANG and the original decaying seals were pulped into the end of the cylinder making a real mess.
Our local Original expert RFD (Dave) was given the job of un-bunging it, cleaning it up properly and fitting new seals - and he was quoted as saying it was one of the worst he had recovered.........and this comment was about a rifle that had only ever been shot ONCE!
Debates between collectors often consider the merits of not shooting collectable air rifle and pistols and my argument has always been that it is far better to "exercise" them rather than just leave them to rot.
..............I rest my case!
An email from the seller told me that he could not resist giving it just one shot before parting with it and reported that it had gone off with a very loud bang
Anybody that knows anything about Giss system pistols and rifles will know what happened next when this rifle that was bought new on 27th June 1980 had its first shot in 2012. Yes it did go BANG and the original decaying seals were pulped into the end of the cylinder making a real mess.
Our local Original expert RFD (Dave) was given the job of un-bunging it, cleaning it up properly and fitting new seals - and he was quoted as saying it was one of the worst he had recovered.........and this comment was about a rifle that had only ever been shot ONCE!
Debates between collectors often consider the merits of not shooting collectable air rifle and pistols and my argument has always been that it is far better to "exercise" them rather than just leave them to rot.
..............I rest my case!