N/A Best Air Pistol find, gift or auction bargain?

[vintageairguncollector@gm]

My best auction bargain was a Hy-score 827 ( Diana 6M) in perfect condition for $87 plus shipping. Best airgun gift was a S&W 79G that a shooting friend gave me. A few yard sale purchases (example a $5 Marksman pistol) were great deals but the airguns condition was generally poor.

Please share your best air pistol finds?

 

[Sawney Bean]

I picked up 4 air pistols last summer for $30. The prize from that deal was a Crosman Mk1, but there was also a 1377 and 2 older CO2 BB pistols.

 

[jccams]

Still think the P17 for $7.50 was a steal, bought 4 of them.

 

[BABz58]

When I came across the GK1. I didn’t feel it was a steal until I received it. It’s a game changer. Nothing out here comes close.
Turns out 1250.00 is a very good deal.

 

[marflow 777]

bought a S&W 686 for 86.00 broken 10.00 fix, Diana model 10 need of repair 100.00 complained that is was needing more than that 50.00 bucks back and rebuilt works just fine, hw45 with red dot 220.00 but the red dot was an Ultra Dot worth more than the 220.00 and the list goes on but in todays market good luck with any of that

 

[vintageairguncollector@gm]

Most people have at least a few great deals. I enjoy hearing about them.

 

[marflow 777]

the thing is after 15-20 years you will hit the jackpot every once in a while but what we paid 10-15 years ago looks like everything was a jackpot 300.00 for a rebuilt Diana model 75 TO1 and at the same time FWB 300's were the same price
and lets be honest we have all gotten a few dogs
i would buy a gun to much money, buy another way better price same gun and find one that is a steal, 3 of the same thing but the average works out

 

[Sawney Bean]

the thing is after 15-20 years you will hit the jackpot every once in a while but what we paid 10-15 years ago looks like everything was a jackpot 300.00 for a rebuilt Diana model 75 TO1 and at the same time FWB 300's were the same price
and lets be honest we have all gotten a few dogs
i would buy a gun to much money, buy another way better price same gun and find one that is a steal, 3 of the same thing but the average works out

Another thing is that some guns become collectible and some don't. These days a lot of the old Chinese rifles are collectible, but at the time they were largely seen as cheap junk. Did people really get a bargain when they bought that B3-1 for $20 or a Larc M19A for $30 or have we just started paying too much for questionable vintage products?

 

[Helmet]

I stumbled over an old, but very nice Steyr Match LP some years ago. I asked the owner if I could buy it. He replied that it was leaking and had been laying unused for many years, so I could have it for free if I wanted it. He was happy just to get rid of it without throwing it away. I switched out some o-rings and gave it some drops of oil here and there, and it was up for service again.
This summer I got into a conversation with a friend of my old father. Airguns came up and he gave me an old Webley & Scott «the junior». He had possessed it for several decades, and now he felt it was time to pass it on.