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- Sat May 18, 2013 10:02 pm
- Forum: Air Pistols
- Topic: Westley Richards "Highest Possible" Air Pistol
- Replies: 19
- Views: 56747
Re: Westley Richards "Highest Posssible" Air Pistol
:text-goodpost: Another excellent post. The last model does have a flare pistol look to it. Do you ever shot any of these, or dare you not to keep the internals original? It would be interesting to see what sort of energy output the guns are capable of. Kind regards, Phil Hello Phil, I make a point...
- Sat May 18, 2013 2:06 pm
- Forum: Air Pistols
- Topic: Westley Richards "Highest Possible" Air Pistol
- Replies: 19
- Views: 56747
Westley Richards "Highest Possible" Air Pistol
Hi, At the risk of becoming a bit boring I will continue posting some pictures and a bit of background to some of the rarer early British production air pistols I've been lucky enough to add to my collection. This time it's the oldest pistol I own and one of my personal favourites the Westley Richar...
- Sat May 18, 2013 12:32 pm
- Forum: Air Pistols
- Topic: Ansons Star Air Pistol
- Replies: 4
- Views: 30763
Re: Ansons Star Air Pistol
Hi Phil, Thanks for the kind words. I will continue to post some pictures and background to the rarer pistols I'm lucky enough to own as long as it doesn't become boring. Next will be the Westley Richards "Highest Possible" dating from 1910 and the oldest oldest pistol in my possession. Regards Bria...
- Fri May 17, 2013 5:12 pm
- Forum: Air Pistols
- Topic: Ansons Star Air Pistol
- Replies: 4
- Views: 30763
Ansons Star Air Pistol
This is probably the rarest of my collection of early British spring powered production air pistols with less than 100 examples ever being made and less than a dozen known to have survived. The pistol was the result of a collaboration between two of the greats of British spring air pistol design Fra...
- Fri May 17, 2013 12:04 pm
- Forum: Air Pistols
- Topic: FAS 604
- Replies: 35
- Views: 86620
Re: FAS 604
Hi, Although I'm basically a spring air pistol fan I do accept they are not ideal for precision 10 metre target shooting except for maybe the few specialist German pistols (Feinwerkbau etc). I do enjoy some serious 10 metre shooting though so settled on a FAS 604 which I have owned for more than 10 ...
- Thu May 16, 2013 6:56 pm
- Forum: Webley & Scott
- Topic: Webley Oil Cans
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14344
Webley Oil Cans
Hello, I now concentrate on collecting accessories and pellet tins etc rather than air guns thinking this might be considerably cheaper. Here is a picture of my current collection of Webley oil cans which cost around 1/6d when new but now unfortunately fetch prices in the hundreds of pounds. Unlike ...
- Thu May 16, 2013 6:27 pm
- Forum: Air Pistols
- Topic: A.G. Parker Air Pistol
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12230
Re: A.G. Parker Air Pistol
Hello, A bit more information on the Parker air pistol. To cock the pistol the crank arm is turned clockwise until it engages with the gearing. A further 2 or 3 turns are needed to engage the sear at which point the crank automatically disengages. The picture below shows the breech screw which is un...
- Thu May 16, 2013 2:08 pm
- Forum: Air Pistols
- Topic: Another Rare Air Pistol
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10498
Another Rare Air Pistol
Hello Everybody, It seems my earlier attempt to directly place a picture of my Parker air pistol within a post was successful so here is another rather quirky design from my collection which would also not win any beauty contests. This pistol was named the Certus and was made by the well known Engli...
- Wed May 15, 2013 9:30 pm
- Forum: Air Pistols
- Topic: A.G. Parker Air Pistol
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12230
A.G. Parker Air Pistol
Hello, Iv'e just joined the forum and this is my first attempt at placing a picture directly into a post rather than via a link to the host website. The pistol is one of only 250 made by A.G. Parker around 1924 and is cocked by the rather ungainly looking crank attached to a gearbox within the frame...
- Sun May 12, 2013 4:25 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: New member from Worthing
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10438
New member from Worthing
Hello Everybody, A bit of an introduction from a new member who has just joined this very interesting forum. I live in Worthing West Sussex and am now a happily retired Quality Engineer having once worked in the Flight Simulator Industry until my retirement 2011. I have been interested in shooting a...