air pistol

[davyt63 1,845]

hi

there will be some of you who will remmeber this air pistol & some who wont. i popped over to see a mate of mine this week for him to fill in a reference form for me, and we got chatting and he showed me this old air pistol he had a DIANA SP50 yes!! you remember now ,i had one of these and hadnt clapped eyes on one for years so im gunna have a chat with him to see if he is interested in selling it to me.

here is a pic sorry about quality

 

what do ya tink? any of you lot still have one??

 

 

regards

 

davy

[andyfr1968 772]

Good god, that takes me back!!

I had one when I was a kid. Kicked my mate's Gat guns arse! (just)

 

Cheers!

[spike25blue 55]

hi there davy i have a mate that has 2 of them that i am gonna buy off him what u think they are worth/

 

 

 

atb rob

[Geoff.C 0]

Don't know if it's the same as one I had as a lad. Mine was a Milbro repeater, cost £8 if I remember right. Perhaps Diana took over the company?

Mine had a short barrel which hinged up out of the frame, only 2"--3" long and smooth bored. It would fire single pellets or darts, but had a "magazine" under the barrel for BB ammo. If you filled it, you could just cock and shoot until it ran out. About 15 shots I think. No power to speak of but great fun. Strangely, I have no idea what happened to that one.

[andyfr1968 772]

Don't know if it's the same as one I had as a lad. Mine was a Milbro repeater, cost £8 if I remember right. Perhaps Diana took over the company?

Mine had a short barrel which hinged up out of the frame, only 2"--3" long and smooth bored. It would fire single pellets or darts, but had a "magazine" under the barrel for BB ammo. If you filled it, you could just cock and shoot until it ran out. About 15 shots I think. No power to speak of but great fun. Strangely, I have no idea what happened to that one.

 

I had one of those too! The Milbro had a slide action but the SP50 was a 'pop out', same as the Gat.

Both had enough power to kill an elephant at 200 yards, I seem to remember.....

Maybe 100 yards, thinking about it.

Long time ago!

 

Cheers.

[Onan 6]

I had a GAT(paid a £1,lot of money in them days ),only the posh kids had SP50's in the old'un days

Had a milbro G10 as well,sold it to buy a Relum Taurus from Shoppers World(old'en day Argos)£23.99 if i can remember,had to save like hell to pay for it......

Them were the days put your rifle in a bin bag and away you went

[andyfr1968 772]

I had a GAT(paid a £1,lot of money in them days ),only the posh kids had SP50's in the old'un days

Had a milbro G10 as well,sold it to buy a Relum Taurus from Shoppers World(old'en day Argos)£23.99 if i can remember,had to save like hell to pay for it......

Them were the days put your rifle in a bin bag and away you went

[davyt63 1,845]

hi there davy i have a mate that has 2 of them that i am gonna buy off him what u think they are worth/

 

 

 

atb rob

 

offer him £ 20.00 for them both, and i will give you a tenner for the other one

regards

 

davy

[Geoff.C 0]

Don't know if it's the same as one I had as a lad. Mine was a Milbro repeater, cost £8 if I remember right. Perhaps Diana took over the company?

Mine had a short barrel which hinged up out of the frame, only 2"--3" long and smooth bored. It would fire single pellets or darts, but had a "magazine" under the barrel for BB ammo. If you filled it, you could just cock and shoot until it ran out. About 15 shots I think. No power to speak of but great fun. Strangely, I have no idea what happened to that one.

 

I had one of those too! The Milbro had a slide action but the SP50 was a 'pop out', same as the Gat.

Both had enough power to kill an elephant at 200 yards, I seem to remember.....

Maybe 100 yards, thinking about it.

Long time ago!

 

Cheers.

Thanks for that Andy. I don't remember a pop out as posh as that! I wondered why I couldn't make out the rear grip for the cocking slide. They do look very similar from side on though. You are right about the range on the Milbro, it was only 100 yards!!

[andyfr1968 772]

Don't know if it's the same as one I had as a lad. Mine was a Milbro repeater, cost £8 if I remember right. Perhaps Diana took over the company?

Mine had a short barrel which hinged up out of the frame, only 2"--3" long and smooth bored. It would fire single pellets or darts, but had a "magazine" under the barrel for BB ammo. If you filled it, you could just cock and shoot until it ran out. About 15 shots I think. No power to speak of but great fun. Strangely, I have no idea what happened to that one.

 

I had one of those too! The Milbro had a slide action but the SP50 was a 'pop out', same as the Gat.

Both had enough power to kill an elephant at 200 yards, I seem to remember.....

Maybe 100 yards, thinking about it.

Long time ago!

 

Cheers.

Thanks for that Andy. I don't remember a pop out as posh as that! I wondered why I couldn't make out the rear grip for the cocking slide. They do look very similar from side on though. You are right about the range on the Milbro, it was only 100 yards!!

 

110 with darts!