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Airguns by Make and Model => Vintage Air Gun Gate => Topic started by: Ddgrego on November 14, 2012, 06:17:33 PM

Title: Benjamin model 3120
Post by: Ddgrego on November 14, 2012, 06:17:33 PM
Found this one today at an antique store.The price was right. 40.00 so i bought it with out knowing it worked or not.Well when i got it home i was excited to find it pumps and holds air just fine.Will clean it up and oil it down but so far so good!Its all original and hasnt been overhauled by the looks nor has the wood.Finish on barrel is in great shape so im happy to add it to my collection!
Title: Re: Benjamin model 3120
Post by: Donny on November 14, 2012, 06:57:55 PM
guess im gonna have to hit more antique store, nice find
Title: Re: Benjamin model 3120
Post by: Ddgrego on November 14, 2012, 07:06:13 PM
yes it was a lucky find and only bad thing is i dont have any round ball .22 to shoot her yet! ugh. o well its a smooth bore round ball shooter so i wont expect much but im sure she will do fine.
Title: Re: Benjamin model 3120
Post by: amb5500c on November 14, 2012, 08:34:34 PM
Very cool find.
Richard
Title: Re: Benjamin model 3120
Post by: HeadOfPoland on November 14, 2012, 08:36:58 PM
Ah! Nice find! Never know where you'll find something like that
Title: Re: Benjamin model 3120
Post by: aack73 on November 14, 2012, 08:42:07 PM
very nice. and for $40. hard to beat. ;D ;D
Title: Re: Benjamin model 3120
Post by: bstaley on November 14, 2012, 09:14:16 PM
Nice find!  Those are hard to come by!


Are you sure it's a smoothbore?  Mine is rifled.

Should be fairly easy to make a replacement feed tube for it.
Title: Re: Benjamin model 3120
Post by: lizzie on November 17, 2012, 01:49:26 PM
Wow- excellent find!
Title: Re: Benjamin model 3120
Post by: Nate the airgunner on November 17, 2012, 08:30:40 PM
Nice find! My grandfather has one and I love to shoot it. I've taken a few tree ratsup close with it. The pump cup is dry so it hardly pumps and air in it, but if I put some pell gun oil in the cup it will get to hard for my Grandfather to pump. The man has had 4 open heart surgeries, he can only do so much. But he is extremely bullheaded  ::) ::) lol. But the best thing about the 312, it is made out of walnut and brass, and made right in the heart of the U.S., St. Louis MO.
Title: Re: Benjamin model 3120
Post by: Ckistner on November 18, 2012, 12:31:13 PM
Really nice find.  I never thought of hunting for AG's in an Antique store.  Let us know when you get ammo so you can fill us in on how it shoots. 

Congrats,
Ck
Title: Re: Benjamin model 3120
Post by: Ddgrego on November 18, 2012, 09:03:46 PM
Well i really wasnt looking for it at the store but as soon as i spied it across the room and saw price tag it was mine! lol  was going in to buy a roller hutch so it ended up being a good day.They had a daisy lever bbgun also but i didnt get that one.it was like 25.00 i think.i guess i should look it up and see what history goes with it as it looked like brand new also. tx guys!