OOOHHH AAHHHH !!! Nice one Freddie.
Quote from: avator on July 10, 2020, 07:15:32 AMOOOHHH AAHHHH !!! Nice one Freddie.took ten years starting in 1981 to find this gun, after reading about it in Walters Airgun book. , no internet ...only magazines and telephone ( a what? ) my only search tools. Even Walters book said they were rarely seen outside Japan. The search is one of my best airgun stories. Frustrated, I located a UK gun club in a mag. I called the number and spoke to person who agreed to post my want ad in their club buy and sell newletter. Maybe 3-4 years go by i almost forgot . Shot in the dark . I get a messqge from a young RAF pilot wanting to know if i was still looking for an Innova . Turns out this gun belonged to his father who passed and his recent bride would not let him have a gun of any type in the house. His father had been keen rabbit hunter and he d read in my ad i liked to do a bit of small game hunting myself. So he wanted it to go to a person that would use it . This was unfortunate for the squirrel population in VA. He went to alot of trouble to pack and ship even though he had alot of locals wanting it . Was fun buying it from UK back then and makes owning it fell,like i earned the privilege. LOL . BTW ...don't let the small size light size gun fool ya, she packs a wallop
Quote from: Innova on July 10, 2020, 08:35:38 AMQuote from: avator on July 10, 2020, 07:15:32 AMOOOHHH AAHHHH !!! Nice one Freddie.took ten years starting in 1981 to find this gun, after reading about it in Walters Airgun book. , no internet ...only magazines and telephone ( a what? ) my only search tools. Even Walters book said they were rarely seen outside Japan. The search is one of my best airgun stories. Frustrated, I located a UK gun club in a mag. I called the number and spoke to person who agreed to post my want ad in their club buy and sell newletter. Maybe 3-4 years go by i almost forgot . Shot in the dark . I get a messqge from a young RAF pilot wanting to know if i was still looking for an Innova . Turns out this gun belonged to his father who passed and his recent bride would not let him have a gun of any type in the house. His father had been keen rabbit hunter and he d read in my ad i liked to do a bit of small game hunting myself. So he wanted it to go to a person that would use it . This was unfortunate for the squirrel population in VA. He went to alot of trouble to pack and ship even though he had alot of locals wanting it . Was fun buying it from UK back then and makes owning it fell,like i earned the privilege. LOL . BTW ...don't let the small size light size gun fool ya, she packs a wallop I assumed I would never find a Sharp woden version years ago, I bought the last 2 Webley Rebel Sharp Clones from Pyramyd Air, I was coaxed out of the .22 one from another member here, but kept the .177, even the plastic stock "clones are great shooters. YOu are very Lucky for sure.
1920 BSA Light .177. was over 600 FPS very accurate, lots of fun with a 100 year old rifle. Oldest I own!
That's a beauty Flint. Is that a flip up rear peep on the stock?
Shootout between my best two PreWar underlevers. Diana 58 and the BSA Light.30 feet Diana 58 center circle is size of dimeThe BSA Light
Peak .177 TS 45 side lever with a scout scope mounted on the barrel and a .177 XS B20, kinda' like an R7. They're classic to me.
Quote from: lefteyeshot on July 15, 2020, 03:49:15 AMPeak .177 TS 45 side lever with a scout scope mounted on the barrel and a .177 XS B20, kinda' like an R7. They're classic to me.Vintage ?