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- Mon Aug 26, 2013 2:23 pm
- Forum: Recommended Reading
- Topic: Blue Book of Airguns
- Replies: 4
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Re: Blue Book of Airguns
Hello Guys and Gals ... I decided to buy a copy of Beeman's "Blue Book Airguns" so I went shopping. I found that the 9th Edition was published in May of 2011. Then, the 10th Anniversary Edition was published in May of 2012. Well, May of 2013 has come and gone and I can't find any indication that the...
- Sun Aug 25, 2013 10:10 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello from Bloomington, Indiana ...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 26195
Re: Hello from Bloomington, Indiana ...
Hi Phil ... Well, my first "collectable" pistols were GAT guns. Well, I guess I am not exactly sure what a "gat gun" is. Mine are cocked by compressing the barrel until the loading pin comes out of the back of the barrel housing. Mine only shoot pellets or BBs but I have been talking to a person who...
- Sun Aug 25, 2013 3:38 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello from Bloomington, Indiana ...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 26195
Re: Hello from Bloomington, Indiana ...
Greetings, Gents ... Thanks for the comments. I have done more searching myself and I am almost certain that they are both Chinese in origin. The one marked SP2 is definitely from the Shanghai Airgun Factory (SAF) is called SP2 in most places. The second one has no markings on it at all that can be ...
- Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:48 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello from Bloomington, Indiana ...
- Replies: 9
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Re: Hello from Bloomington, Indiana ...
5-IMG_1122-001.JPG Hi Mic ... Thanks for the note. You hit the nail on the head exactly. A childhood BB gun accident which nearly "put my eye out, (no kidding) pretty much did away with any thoughts of shooting until I went into the Service. I loved it and qualified very well. But, the Vietnam expe...
- Mon Jul 22, 2013 11:39 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello from Bloomington, Indiana ...
- Replies: 9
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Hello from Bloomington, Indiana ...
Greetings to you all from Bloomington, Indiana, just about an hour's drive southwest of Indianapolis. My interest in airguns came along later in life, after I retired ... too late to get involved in hunting, etc. Target shooting appeals to me much more. And, the more I get involved, the more I am le...