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Newbie from North West of London

Post by notlob » Sun Jan 06, 2013 5:40 pm

Hi Everyone

Just found my way to this site from the link left on AirgunBBS.

I'm relatively new to the world of airgunning and even newer to the world of air pistols.

I got myself a HW45 Silver star for christmas and also recently purchased an early ebley junior.

I look forward to being educated on all things pistols and hope to join in where I can

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Re: Newbie from North West of London

Post by zunmik » Sun Jan 06, 2013 5:59 pm

notlob:1323 wrote:Hi Everyone

Just found my way to this site from the link left on AirgunBBS.

I'm relatively new to the world of airgunning and even newer to the world of air pistols.

I got myself a HW45 Silver star for christmas and also recently purchased an early ebley junior.

I look forward to being educated on all things pistols and hope to join in where I can

Regards

notlob
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Post by Ian » Sun Jan 06, 2013 6:35 pm

Welcome to CAPA

An excellent choice for your first two pistols!

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Post by pmh » Sun Jan 06, 2013 6:37 pm

Hello,

And welcome to the forum.

The HW45 has been around for sometime now, and can truly be called a classic. Not my favourite of pistols, as I find them top heavy, with an odd recoil, but I think I am in the minority.

I just picked up my first Webley, an enjoyable experience indeed.

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Post by notlob » Sun Jan 06, 2013 9:39 pm

Thanks for the warm welcome

pmh, that's an impressive list.

I first started shooting a pistol in the 70s with my dad. I had a Harrington Gat my dad had a Diana G10. WE bused to shhot in the corridor against the front door where the target was placed. That poor door took a hammering from the darts (couldn't afford pellets). I still have my Gat unfortunately my dad has passed away some years ago and I have not located the G10. Keeping my eyes and ears open for one. They had one on Gunstar in a box for £100 I made an offer but it wasn't accepted. It was on there for a long time.

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Post by pmh » Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:10 pm

Memories are a great comfort and well worth keeping hold of.

£45 is tops for a good condition, boxed, G10 in my opinion.

They do come up quite often, so it worth hanging on for the right one.

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Post by mitchell301 » Sun Jan 06, 2013 11:25 pm

Somewhere in my loft...... which is like Steptoes yard....... I should have 2 G10's... 1 in fairly good condition, and 1 not so good. Havent seen them in several years, but loft is due for a good root-out soon. If I find them..you are welcome to them.
BUT:-
On another forum a few months ago, there was a very heated thread about these type of pistols. It was suggested that these pistols were now categorised as R.I.F. (Replica Imitation Firearms is, I think, the term... please correct me if I got that wrong). And, as such, are now illegal if still painted black, and not bright red/yellow/green etc.
Anyway, need to check this out to see if it is actually correct, or a load of tosh. As I say, if I can find them.... they're yours. The good one should still be in its box.
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Post by notlob » Sun Jan 06, 2013 11:44 pm

Mitchell301 you are a star!
I'm not aware of RIF so did a google search. There is an interesting discussion thread on gunstar. Whats the difference with some of the Umarex models that replicate real guns Or even the Weihrauch HW45 /75

http://www.gunstar.co.uk/forum/Realisti ... pi444.aspx

I know for compliance with the Toy Safety Directive pistols have to be brightly coloured to differentiate them from the real thing.

I know SMK still supply  avariation of this pistol in both Black and silver.

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Post by pmh » Sun Jan 06, 2013 11:48 pm

They are only RIFs if producing less than 1 Joule (about 0.75 ftlbs).

Above that they are airguns, as are the G10s, for which the VCRA doesn't count.

A very, very bad piece of legislation.

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Post by mitchell301 » Sun Jan 06, 2013 11:57 pm

Going off at a slight angle to this.  A new member of my club has been using a very bright yellow cp99..... I've not seen this on a 99 before. Anybody any ideas on this?  Was it designed for another country?
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Post by notlob » Mon Jan 07, 2013 12:13 am

Looking on some US websites

The Crosman wbsite in the US lists the CP Sport in black, yellow and orange, while the CP99 comes in black, mil-green, and nickel.

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Post by mitchell301 » Mon Jan 07, 2013 12:22 am

ah... thinking about it...it might have been a cp sport, and not a 99.
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