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   Hi Guys,
I'm wanting to get back into air gunning again. Can I ask for some advice please? I've got an old rifle that I'd like to try and sell to put towards a more modern one. It's called an Original 35 .22 Made in Germany and there is a very small 05 77 which I think might be the date of manufacture as I've had it since about mid 80's. Are these old guns worth anything or have they been superseded now by the new gas piston designs?

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Andy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: Yesterday Location: Levin Status: Offline Posts: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote Andy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Hello from Levin Posted: Yesterday at 10:55am
	Hi Guys, I'm wanting to get back into air gunning again. Can I ask for some advice please? I've got an old rifle that I'd like to try and sell to put towards a more modern one. It's called an Original 35 .22 Made in Germany and there is a very small 05 77 which I think might be the date of manufacture as I've had it since about mid 80's. Are these old guns worth anything or have they been superseded now by the new gas piston designs?

Myson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 07 Mar 2016 Location: Feilding Status: Offline Posts: 229	Post Options Post Reply Quote Myson Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 8 hours 19 minutes ago at 8:41am
	Hi Andy, I had one of those in the 1960's - superb springers. I think they were made by Milbro (?) until Diana got the Trademark back after WWII.... something like that anyway! Shot many a woodpigeon in England with that rifle! Might be worth a good service (by Ron Young?) and perhaps a keeper? If you're looking for a new Springer, I highly recommend the Weihrauch models: HW77, HW95, HW97 or HW98 are all brilliant. Or are you considering a PCP?
	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq7jVyBfFqE Air Arms S510 US .22 Air Arms S410 .22 Weihrauch HW97KT .177 Weihrauch HW95 .177

-Ec Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 02 Sep 2025 Location: Matamau Status: Offline Posts: 137	Post Options Post Reply Quote -Ec Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 4 hours 21 minutes ago at 12:39pm
	Hi Andy, Welcome to the forum - you will find many friendly and knowledgable people here who will willingly share their experiences with air guns. Doing a quick google search for "original 35 air rifle" turned up a bunch of links that indicate you may have a fine old air gun that with a bit of TLC will be a good as many "modern" guns. At the end of the day, I guess it comes down to what you want from an air gun. If you are a bit of a tinkerer like many forum members, you may enjoy taking this gun apart, cleaning, lubricating and reassembling it and getting it to work as well as it can. There are numerous videos on YouTube covering the processes involved. A good starting point is the TbT channel which is run by a guy that makes and sells tuning kits for spring powered air guns. He can waffle on a bit and covers much more than just tuning air guns but he is very knowledgable about spring powered air guns, and does respond quickly to questions via email. There is also Canuck Air - which focuses mostly on servicing spring powered air guns including doing full restorations of neglected guns. There are many other YouTube channels, covering most aspects of air gun shooting, but a few of the servicing videos from the two I've mentioned will give a good idea of what is involved so you can decide if you want to go down this path. Also there are quite a few forum members who service their springers and will share their experiences with you. On a slightly different tack, some of the forum members are having social weekend near Taumaranui on the 20th-23rd March. Short notice I know, but I'm sure you would find it very useful to get a good idea of the scope of air gun activities available for you to explore. More info can be found in the SFW (Social Forum Weekend) topic in the events forum.
	Regards -Ec

kruzaroad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 03 Jul 2022 Location: Hastings 4 now Status: Offline Posts: 2819	Post Options Post Reply Quote kruzaroad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 1 hour 60 minutes ago at 3:00pm
	Welcome to the forum What are you planning for the new air gun? What are you looking at buying? Some.of the older air guns are much better built than some of the modern brands. An accurate air gun is an accurate air gun matter the age. Still there is a.lot to be said for modern air guns and not all are what they seem. My advice would be to look at few that intrest you then put them up on the forum and ask what ppls views are on them. You could avoid a pitfall of buying what seems an awsome gun but isn't. You may get a recommendation to spend a little extra to go up in quality massively for around the price. Someone may know of something for sale. For example when i got back into it i brought a gamo new for a little less than a weihrauch ( which i now own one of) Didnt know.about air rifles got lost in the bells and whistles and would have been much better getting the better gun first. Its a pretty big market of models and makes out there and a.lot of them are inferior for the same price. Don't fall for fps as a metric. You'd be suprised at the range a lower power air rifle will take out pests to. Big power does not equate to a better gun. So feel free to ask. We are all pretty friendly and enjoy our guns, and would rather you stepped back into air guns with a good rifle and experience rather than regret your purchase.👍 Edited by kruzaroad - 1 hour 55 minutes ago at 3:05pm