BINGO! We have a winner.Don Robinson
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BINGO! We have a winner.Don Robinson
Well this post turned out to be the who's who of beauties!
I was expecting worn used airguns like mine. Lol
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You can find a better condition example of the LG55 or 150 for less than the cost of the restoration?Newer airguns have so much polymer on them now, some of the metal parts are MIM instead of machined, and the rest of the metal seems thinner than what they used to be. Your right, the older airguns were made of more "real" stuff.
The ones OP posted up would make great restorations.
That one was in AoAs recent pre owned guns sale.That looks similar vintage to the Benjamin (310 model?) my older brother and I got for Christmas about 1960. We quarreled over it endlessly, eventually abusing it to death. Great memories, all.
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You should buy him one for his birthday!That looks similar vintage to the Benjamin (310 model?) my older brother and I got for Christmas about 1960. We quarreled over it endlessly, eventually abusing it to death. Great memories, all.
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Here's a nice worn used one specie. Looks like a barn find....they just need a respring and reseal to be good-as-new: early FWB150 with repaired stock, Walther LG55, "club gun" with refinished stock, late Daisy FWB110 dragged out of the swamp...View attachment 536768
Most restoration projects that I have done, all on regular firearms, have usually been about seeing what I could do, and enjoying the process. I cared less about the cost.You can find a better condition example of the LG55 or 150 for less than the cost of the restoration?
The 110 is hen's teeth, someday someone will redo it...but it will not be original anymore?