anyone know what original this is?

[pianoman 3,587]

It looks a bit like a model Original 38 I had for a while as a youngster John. There's usually an Original Logo stamp, together with a makers model/number and spec stamping at the rear of the cylinder, if I remember rightly. The one I had, had a black stock made of Bakerlight heavy plastic, like old GPO telephones, but the action and overall appearance was just like this, I think.

 

Bloody lovely rifle. Powerful and accurate and superbly well-made for those days. Possibly even illegally powerful, but, in those happier times when you could get a shotgun licence for ten bob (50p!) over a post office counter, the Police didn't seem to worry about an air rifle going a pound or two over.

 

Not like now... (sigh...)

 

Simon

[marko 30]

also looks like my original 45 what a gun that was as pianoman says check to see if it has original on it and the number next to it.

[gurtwurz 792]

cheers lads, found the number under a nice bit of rust, and its a model 36.

 

it shoots well tho, nice trigger and seems accurate so far, but its defo getting a strip and rebuild.

 

cheers, wurz

[andyfr1968 772]

Nice one, Wurz

 

http://www.gunspares.co.uk/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=24384&cat=36

 

This may be of some use to you when you come to strip it down.

 

Cheers.

[gurtwurz 792]

youre a legend andy, cheers bud

[andyfr1968 772]

Just to add, John, the triggers on those are pretty straight forward to work on, it's the 45 and later 50s that can be a right pig.

 

Good luck with it, mate

[gurtwurz 792]

cheers andy

 

one of the lads who services springers at my local RFD's has kindly offered to show me how to strip and service it(it'll further my bid towards self sufficency) so hopefully( ) i wont make too much of a hash up of it...

 

 

hopefully...

 

cheers, wurz