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That’s a nice one! The early R9’s were the best looking ones they made. Before the laser etching and questionable stock designs.

I think there was one for sale on eBay recently that was from Beemans personal collection. I believe these were considered one of, if not the finest CO2 guns ever made.

The old style ones are solid as a rock. But you only get one notch.

That’s a beauty congrats! I can only imagine the state of the grease inside there.

Any sign of this showing up? Hopefully it has arrived by now🤔

My R1 with stock internals definitely had spring torque. The slip washer was bent (due to the splines/feet on the spring guide) which I am sure contributed to this

For some reason the geniuses at eBay don’t understand this. Have to have my airguns shipped to my place in Wisconsin.

I tried bidding on an R7 on eBay the other week and was informed it is not legal to ship airguns to Illinois. What a crock of sh*t this is.

that’s pretty cool. I saw quite a few Bulls and Hawks games at the old Chicago stadium. Once sat behind Jim Belushi and John Candy at a Hawks game there. Good times

Yeah that’s a damn fine piece of equipment. But as mentioned previously, this question of what is the best is kind of silly. I am sure there are Whiscomb (sp?) owners that believe theirs are the best springers designed. “The best” depends on what you are looking for; Power, Accuracy...

Thanks. I’ll stick with the tried and true stuff. I probably have a lifetime supply from Maccari

Nice score! A true classic! I have a Santa Rosa R1 .20 standard length. With a JM “Mongoose 80” kit. To say it is awesome is an understatement. I also have a JM 12 ft/lb spring I put in for a for a little while. But for a gun this size, I really like keeping it at full power. Especially...

Ahh ok. I will have to give this krytox a try. Didn’t realize it was proven to be the best. My chamber lube knowledge is from the 90’s / early 2000’s. Haven’t tried the new fangled stuff yet

Sounds like a nice piece of equipment. Could the dieseling be caused by the “superlube” you are using? Never heard of using that before. Unless you are referring to “ultralube” which was a Beeman branded chamber lube (I think it was a silicone/moly blend).

Nice R10! I have one myself with a Maccari kit. Shoots awesome now. Well worth it to upgrade the spring/guide as these can be pretty buzzy in stock form.