Reminds me of the Anschutz smallbore .22 prone rifle they used to offer.One of my favourites Anschutz 220View attachment 276288View attachment 276289View attachment 276290
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Good-looking springers that exist
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Good eye! Anschutz's literature was quick to emphasize how the 220 complemented their firearm match rifles of the day:
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I had forgotten all about the 220 eons ago…..it surely takes the title of this post…a fantastic looking gun.
Until seeing it i always kind of liked the Diana 36 for its sleek Safari full bore characteristics, just pipping the FWB Sport in my eyes….
The ultra sleek stock, the firearm shaping of the trigger guard…perfect form (slightly above function) of the cheek piece and pistol grip …traditional chequered …
I think this is key with all gun design. Yes there has to be some level of functionality, or the gun will not be any good, but surely not above some level of form being considered also…
With this in mind perhaps the BSA Airsporter MK1 takes the title of total form above anything else, but it sadly crosses the margin of functionality. Occasionally slipping in the shoulder due to the lack of recoil pad. Not being able to rest the gun down for fear of damaging the butt…..the cheek piece just too low for any scope….Beauty above everything else not quite cutting it…
Until seeing it i always kind of liked the Diana 36 for its sleek Safari full bore characteristics, just pipping the FWB Sport in my eyes….
The ultra sleek stock, the firearm shaping of the trigger guard…perfect form (slightly above function) of the cheek piece and pistol grip …traditional chequered …
I think this is key with all gun design. Yes there has to be some level of functionality, or the gun will not be any good, but surely not above some level of form being considered also…
With this in mind perhaps the BSA Airsporter MK1 takes the title of total form above anything else, but it sadly crosses the margin of functionality. Occasionally slipping in the shoulder due to the lack of recoil pad. Not being able to rest the gun down for fear of damaging the butt…..the cheek piece just too low for any scope….Beauty above everything else not quite cutting it…
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How about this one? Who knew that Winchester made air guns…? This one is like new, perfect and shiny, still shoots great.
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Hi Vincent. This is a really interesting article /add that explains how Anschutz hoped to tap into in the US market. I guess this was written in 1961? Although they are calling this the model JGA -62 it is obviously a 220. The very front of the stock is a little rounder but it’s a 220.
Dieter Anschutz was a young man at the time and designed the gun with his uncle Rudolph. Dieter went on to run the company for many years. It was an interesting period of development in the industry. Anschutz obviously were looking beyond just the 10m match rifle market.
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This will get Mike D cranked up
. Winchester must have sold there fine Air Rifles under different brands because I have a similar one marked Gecado!Amazing to shoot and you never forget the first time you pull the trigger. I had to immediately check the pellet had left the barrel!
They are of course Diana’s
Yours looks mint! A ripper. I haven’t seen a D66 labeled as a 333. They are usually D65’s The very last of the giss break barrels. Also have never seen the twist in the butt pad. I have seen it on the 75 but didn’t know it was introduced on the 66.
This is my Diana (Gecado) 60.
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Looking at all this just goes to show how today's computer generated cnc machine stuff is so much nicer / better...lol ( not)
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The 65 and 66 were the same action in different stocks - the latter introduced in 1974 to update he design to the more "squared up" look then popular - and around the same time that Winchester stopped importing Dianas. Most "Winchester 333's" were 65's, but a few late ones were 66's as seen in the lovely example above! Also I've seen the 66 stock packaged as a Winchester-labeled replacement part.
IMHO the build quality of the 60-series guns is amazing. The wood finish and checkering in particular can embarrass some Walthers and Weihrauchs of the day.
The D60 is one of my favorites! It actually out-lived the model 65/66, staying as Diana's junior/cheaper match rifle until about 1983. Those were the days when Dianas carried many logos, too - my two are a 1967 "Hy-Score 810" and 1982 "RWS 60 T."
IMHO the build quality of the 60-series guns is amazing. The wood finish and checkering in particular can embarrass some Walthers and Weihrauchs of the day.
The D60 is one of my favorites! It actually out-lived the model 65/66, staying as Diana's junior/cheaper match rifle until about 1983. Those were the days when Dianas carried many logos, too - my two are a 1967 "Hy-Score 810" and 1982 "RWS 60 T."
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What a beautiful rifle! Lovely styling and you won the wood lottery on this one, too.
A detail I particularly admire is the long recess down the top edges of the fore end - kind of a modern take on the traditional finger groove I think.
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So many guns, so little time! I always thought the British put an emphasis on aesthetics that is often lacking in other makes. Although those early Dianas are beautiful too. As pointed out, it is all in the details.
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Those Tomahawks really are beautiful looking rifles. What an attractive design . I’ve never seen one here in Australia.
Here’s what is basically an English designed airsporter reworked by now long gone German manufacturer Falke. This one is a model 80.
Incredibly well made.
. I’ve never seen one here in Australia.Here’s what is basically an English designed airsporter reworked by now long gone German manufacturer Falke. This one is a model 80.
Incredibly well made.
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More eye candy. A couple of Jim Maccarri custom stocked and tuned English Springer’s. A couple of Dave geez. And a couple of Beeman custom shop walnut stocked HW’s.
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OK, I will take one of each in left handed stocks please! Hubba Hubba at all the timeless rifles.
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This will get Mike D cranked up
Amazing to shoot and you never forget the first time you pull the trigger. I had to immediately check the pellet had left the barrel!
They are of course Diana’s
Yours looks mint! A ripper. I haven’t seen a D66 labeled as a 333. They are usually D65’s The very last of the giss break barrels. Also have never seen the twist in the butt pad. I have seen it on the 75 but didn’t know it was introduced on the 66.
This is my Diana (Gecado) 60.
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Another example-
Gecado model 66 manufactured 04-78
Left handed, so the cast off in the butt is opposite the above RH example.
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I never saw a Theoben that I didn't consider "good looking" however this "88 Field Target's stock & wood figuring is just movie star beautiful! I fully intend to have this stock PROFESSIONALLY refinished to a darker shade that will make the stripes and figuring pop! I never get tired of seeing these old classics!
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