Same year BUT, I got the upmarket Diana model, with wood grips mine was £2 (including fitting !)1962, GAT air pistol, I think it was £1-10shillings, but can't swear to that, it was a long time ago!!!
Wes, I got the Diana about a year later, then after that I got a Webley, the one with the barrel over the top of the spring housing!Same year BUT, I got the upmarket Diana model, with wood grips mine was £2 (including fitting !)
I remember it like it was yesterday !........................now where have I put me bloody glasses ?
So did I ! I knackered the Diana by fitting a new spring and half of the old one, I used the Old Man's sash clamp to squeeze it all together. The first time I fired it, the whole damned barrel shot out and into the Liverpool to Leeds canal !Wes, I got the Diana about a year later, then after that I got a Webley, the one with the barrel over the top of the spring housing!
Yes,no political correctness then!I don't think kids these days have the same interest in guns, well not like some us did. Guns these days are almost a taboo subject with some people, even air guns seem to be frowned upon at times.
Tell me about it, I have a constant battle with my eldest girl, trying to take the 2 Grandsons shooting more often.I don't think kids these days have the same interest in guns, well not like some us did. Guns these days are almost a taboo subject with some people, even air guns seem to be frowned upon at times.
Oh bad luck mate!!So did I ! I knackered the Diana by fitting a new spring and half of the old one, I used the Old Man's sash clamp to squeeze it all together. The first time I fired it, the whole damned barrel shot out and into the Liverpool to Leeds canal !
That phrase didn't even exist back then mate!Yes,no political correctness then!
Thats what i meant,used to sling it over my shoulder get on my bike and go shoot squirrels ANYWHERE without issue.That phrase didn't even exist back then mate!
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