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Title: My 53 year old 317 "Benjamin Franklin"
Post by: william71743 on December 26, 2011, 10:01:23 PM
I bought this when I was 9 years old. It was 21 dollars and some change then and was the first thing I ever bought on credit.
Title: Re: My 53 year old 317 "Benjamin Franklin"
Post by: lizzie on December 26, 2011, 10:03:32 PM
Wow- that's a beatiful gun- looks like you took excellent care of it. :)
Title: Re: My 53 year old 317 "Benjamin Franklin"
Post by: dk1677 on December 26, 2011, 10:21:06 PM
Yes that's a nice one!
Title: Re: My 53 year old 317 "Benjamin Franklin"
Post by: amb5500c on December 26, 2011, 10:31:00 PM
Very cool William. I love the old Benjamins.
Richard
Title: Re: My 53 year old 317 "Benjamin Franklin"
Post by: one_shot on December 28, 2011, 07:15:35 PM
thats awesome!
i had a 322 bf model years ago,wish i still had it....i didnt think it was that old!
thanx for stirring up memories!
Title: Re: My 53 year old 317 "Benjamin Franklin"
Post by: supertech77 on December 29, 2011, 01:07:20 AM
bet she still shoots great? memory's ;D,,,,,,, darn i am old;;seems just yesterday for some reason ,where does time go?thanks for the trip down memory lane,beautiful gun ,well taken care of. ;D
Title: Re: My 53 year old 317 "Benjamin Franklin"
Post by: SnoValley on December 29, 2011, 01:47:59 PM
That's beauty. I've got a 312 in my queue of projects to be restored. Seeing yours makes we want to pull it out and get started!!
Title: Re: My 53 year old 317 "Benjamin Franklin"
Post by: william71743 on December 29, 2011, 10:37:02 PM
Thanks to all,
 Yes there a lot of childhood memories that go along with it. It shoots fine but my eyes are the only problem as I can't focus on the sights without glasses and with them the target is blurred. LOL... So the plan is to pass it along to my grandson and hope that he will do the same some day.
Title: Re: My 53 year old 317 "Benjamin Franklin"
Post by: ronbeaux on December 29, 2011, 10:47:04 PM
Very cool. I wish I had the frame of mind at the time to keep my old airguns.
Title: Re: My 53 year old 317 "Benjamin Franklin"
Post by: geewhiz380 on January 01, 2012, 10:42:41 PM
cool william ,i have a 1969 342.22 with tooties roll pump arm like yours and i need repairs and after seeing yours i might just start serching for someone to make it happen ...jorge
Title: Re: My 53 year old 317 "Benjamin Franklin"
Post by: aack73 on January 01, 2012, 11:11:14 PM
looks to be in mint condition. very very nice ;D
Title: Re: My 53 year old 317 "Benjamin Franklin"
Post by: Petey on January 08, 2012, 12:03:08 AM
Speechless ..............
Title: Re: My 53 year old 317 "Benjamin Franklin"
Post by: william71743 on January 09, 2012, 09:13:35 PM
I gave this "Benjamin Franklin" to my ten year old grandson for his birthday yesterday (01/08/12) . You should have seen his face........:)
Title: Re: My 53 year old 317 "Benjamin Franklin"
Post by: aack73 on January 09, 2012, 09:41:52 PM
that's pretty awesome of you. sounds like he will appreciate it as much as you did and continue to take good care of it. it looks to be in excellent condition. ;D ;D
Title: Re: My 53 year old 317 "Benjamin Franklin"
Post by: william71743 on January 09, 2012, 09:58:39 PM
I know he will he's just a little older than I was when I got it. It's been cleaned up and resealed new valve and shoots like new!Thanks for the commit aack .
Title: Re: My 53 year old 317 "Benjamin Franklin"
Post by: bluzjamer on January 11, 2012, 05:05:07 PM
Have a friend that has an old benjamin from the 60's he needs to have work done to.
We live in RI. Who could he send his to, that could repair/restore it.
Title: Re: My 53 year old 317 "Benjamin Franklin"
Post by: amb5500c on January 11, 2012, 06:28:55 PM
Try here Bluzjamer. Contact Tim Smith at http://www.smithairgunrepair.com (http://www.smithairgunrepair.com) he does excellant work.
Richard