The Hugh Hefner of airguns

[kingfisher61]

Few here don't recall those wonderful Beeman catalogs from the 80s and 90s. Dr. Beeman lured us all into this illustrious hobby with them. He was an evil genius when it came to marketing his product line.
I was looking through a couple of his old catalogs and found them to be amazingly enticing even today....except no way to just pick up an order form and buy one. Sighhhhhh!
Here's a few airgun pic shots from the old docs issues.

 

[beerthief]

very nice , thanks

 

[Treefrog]

Very cool. I remember those well.

His website is still up - https://www.beemans.net/

J~

 

[Chuck-in-Ohio]

Reminds me of the thrill I would get looking through the Sears Christmas catalog.

Oooohhhhh Aaaahhhhhh...........

 

[Lewis]

Absolutely captivating. The Santa Rosa store was filled with dark wood and you definitely knew you were entering a high end store. It felt like fine wine or an exclusive cigar shop. Hugh Heffner could have learned form the good doctor. I still have several magazines. I will add to this thread next time I get one out.

 

[cjtamu]

High class girls right thar! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Ranchibi]

He definitely had a degree in ENABLING.....

 

[Vetmx]

That’s all I studied in study hall when I was in school.

 

[PumaCarl]

I remember those very well, what I don't remember is what I did with them, because I sure as hell didn't throw them out.

 

[crowski]

First time for me. Thanks for sharing. Crow

 

[JDR]

What was that catalog with the bikini clad women shooting airguns back in the mid 70s. I think it was Air Rifle Headquarters was the vendor. Very educational for a teenage boy. Oh yeah, it had some airguns for sale. My mom found it and confiscated it.

I am new in forum so hope I did not offend. Let me know and I will delete the post.

 

[houston]

I own a p1 pisiol shown on the cover in the exact setup. If that is an FWB 65, i own that too.

What are the other rifles shown ?

 

[Bear-of-Grayling]

Got nearly every catalog that Beeman put out. Starting with the first one with a black and white cover. He was operating out his house then. Each catalog is framed and hangs in my sports room. They are a truly a thing of beauty. Reminds me of all the time I spent going through them back then.

 

[kingfisher61]

What was that catalog with the bikini clad women shooting airguns back in the mid 70s. I think it was Air Rifle Headquarters was the vendor. Very educational for a teenage boy. Oh yeah, it had some airguns for sale. My mom found it and confiscated it.

I am new in forum so hope I did not offend. Let me know and I will delete the post.

You mean like this one from Robert Law at ARH??? Lol

 

[Treefrog]

Reminds me of the thrill I would get looking through the Sears Christmas catalog.

Oooohhhhh Aaaahhhhhh...........

Funny you should mention that. You can find many of the old catalogs here - https://christmas.musetechnical.com/

J~

 

[SteveP-52]

@kingfisher61 You, sir, have an irritating habit of making people drool on keyboards with pics of the guns you post...lol.
Please keep it up, I'm very much enjoying seeing them and keyboards are pretty cheap to replace

 

[JDR]

You mean like this one from Robert Law at ARH??? Lol

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That's It !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[rwsmike]

80s and early 90s were the best time for beeman...I saved for a while to purchase a r10 20cal standard. Beeman was really pushing the 20 cal at the time and I was drinking the kool-aid

 

[DualMagMike]

A few of mine from the cover photos above...

 

[RANGER94]

Oh man! You bring back memories! I have to look around I may still have some of those catalogs.