Howdy from Taranaki
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Topic: Howdy from Taranaki
Posted By: muzza
Subject: Howdy from Taranaki
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2025 at 7:27pm
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Been lurking for a while - signed up ages ago but never got round to participating. Apparently I have a fetish for vintage air rifles , which ties in with my fetish for vintage .22 rimfire rifles. ------------- old enough to know better |
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Posted By: kruzaroad
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2025 at 7:43pm
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Hi muzza. Guess you'll be in good company. Seem to be a few collectors on site and small bore shooter s. ( Not me though ) Be keen to hear your views on a few of your vintage guns. Maybe a few pics. Always great to look back at yesteryear. Welcome aboard. |
Posted By: Pauly5
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2025 at 6:13am
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Welcome Muzza. I have very little experience with rimfire, although if I lived in the countryside I know I would have shot them more. If you had some photos of your favourites, feel free to load them here, we're always keen to see.
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Posted By: Myson
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2025 at 6:35am
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Hi Muzza, Welcome aboard!  If you like Vintage, you might like to ask David Hartley at Magnum Sports in Stratford to show you his Gifford air rifle! It's a really wonderful old air rifle - 1880's I think?! ------------- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq7jVyBfFqE" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq7jVyBfFqE Air Arms S510 US .22 Air Arms S410 .22 Weihrauch HW97KT .177 Weihrauch HW95 .177 |
Posted By: -Ec
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2025 at 10:50am
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Check out the Treasure trove of airguns for sale topic in the Flubs General Discussion forum. There are some nice old rifles and pistols available in Christchurch at present. ------------- Regards -Ec |
Posted By: muzza
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2025 at 4:21pm
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Yeah - I know David at Magnum Sports well - we have similar interests in rifles. My oldest airgun is a 1931 BSA Tap loader , then on through post WW2 Dianas and Milbros and Crosmans and assorted other , mostly non-break-barrel guns up to modern times pump up rifles and side levers. And a Gat pistol cos why not? ------------- old enough to know better |
Posted By: muzza
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2025 at 4:25pm
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I have already bought a Crosman 622 from the offering at Andy Mayberrys and have my eye on another couple as well. My wife says I have a problem........ ------------- old enough to know better |
Posted By: -Ec
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2025 at 4:28pm
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Andy even has a Gat rifle ... https://collectorweapons.co.nz/product/6397a35a-5762-4c0f-8938-4c40d382e2ea ------------- Regards -Ec |
Posted By: kruzaroad
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2025 at 4:33pm
| What are milbros like as air rifles. Hadn't heard of them. Did a quick search seems like they been around for a while and have quite a variety going back a fair way. |
Posted By: Mintie
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2025 at 12:29am
| Welcome mate, this is a safe space for you and your hoard of rimfires |
Posted By: muzza
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2025 at 5:15am
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Thanks Evan :-) ------------- old enough to know better |
Posted By: -Ec
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2025 at 7:00am
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Yeah - welcome. At least you are spending $$$ on something that should at least hold it's value - not like booze and slow horses! Maybe your tag line should read "old enough to know better - young enough not to care" ------------- Regards -Ec |
Posted By: muzza
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2025 at 6:04pm
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Value ? I think the value of anything is what you - or someone else- is prepared to pay for it . Something I paid 200 bucks for might sell next week for 50 or 500 - the value is still what someone will pay for it ,irrespective of what I may have paid. "old enough to know better - not too concerned what others think" might be more to the truth ------------- old enough to know better |
Posted By: -Ec
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2025 at 6:36pm
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You are quite right - anything is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. I think you will find lots of people in this forum who share your "problem" ------------- Regards -Ec |
Posted By: muzza
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2025 at 7:57pm
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and because I have a problem - I now also have the Gat rifle from Andy Mayberry's offering . Might have to hide that one under the xmas tree with a "love from the labradors" card on it ------------- old enough to know better |
Posted By: -Ec
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2025 at 8:23pm
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How did you manage to get a response from Andy? I've emailed him and done an enquiry via his web site with no response. ------------- Regards -Ec |
Posted By: Pauly5
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2025 at 6:56am
| He is totally flat out with all the enquiries from the trademe listings. I managed to talk to him a couple of days ago. |
Posted By: KiwiTR6
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2025 at 9:23am
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He does takes a while to reply but seems to be a very nice guy. He is selling around 1200 airguns from a collector's estate so he's obviously very busy. I've just purchased a gun from him, he checked it first as some are not in great operating condition as JS mentioned earlier. What's more, he charged me a very reasonable $20 for dealer to dealer delivery so I'm pretty impressed I'd have to say. ------------- Daystate Red Wolf .22 FX Dreamline .22 Diana Outlaw .22 AA S410 .22 HW98 .177 HW30 .177 Diana 340 E-Tec .177 FWB Sport 124 .177 Gamo 900 .22 Baikal IJ-22 .177 Crosman 2240 Custom .22 Brocock GP .22 |
Posted By: muzza
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2025 at 9:01am
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$20 bucks shipping for two guns to me - I am not complaining. Although contact can take a wee while . ------------- old enough to know better |