I had a B.S.A. .22 round ball pump rifle. It was very powerful, dated 1892 if I remember right. I used to dispatch chicken's & rabbit's during butchering time, with it. Beautifully blued, Walnut stock..should have kept it!
This was by far the most enjoyable air pistol video I can remember watching in a long long time. Excellent collection and presentation. Thank you for sharing these rare gems with us.
Excellent talk, filled a pleasant half hour on a cold rainy day in the uk, I have a Diana Mk4 a Cometa Indian and a Daisy 717, love them all, thanks again....
"really cool outside the box design"- puts it back in its original box . Great vid , ive seen photos of these pistols, so good to see how they actually operate . :-)
Nice collection. I have owned a crosman mk 2, it was quite nice. Sadly i've lost track of it. It was a replica of a Ruger mk 2 .22 rimfire pistol that I have and shot many pistol matches with. I only still own 2 air pistols now, a RWS Diana 6m recoiless piston pistol, very nice sights and very accuriate. And my favorite is a Baikal Izh-46 single stroke pneumatic, superb sights and trigger it's almost like cheating in a match. Glad that people still collect and appreciate nice air guns. Cheers from the USA
Hey there friend. I have recently found your channel and subscribed. I have recently found an acro 1. Can you tell me where you bought the seals for that one? Thanks
Brilliant. I enjoyed that. I have a collection of air pistols myself, not as varied as that though. A Hy-Score and Feinwerkbau Mod 65 are the stars of my collection.
Amazing collection, they are indeed rare and unique. I never knew some of them even existed. Thanks for sharing these with us. Your effort to collect them over a very long period is seriously commendable.
That Benjamin model 177 front pump pistol was made in 1935, they were made for 1 year before the model number was changed, there was the 177 and 122 which changed to models 107 and 102. There was also a model 100 smooth bore. They were a nickel finish over the brass, and a very thin black finish over the nickel layer. You do not pump them in your hand because that's too difficult, you push against a hard surface with the palm of your supporting hand against the rear plug of the tube. If you just hold it by the grip you're putting too much stress on the screws that attach the lower receiver.
Watching on the 29 9 21... Great review on some fairly rare pistols....was originally searching for a review on the first pistol the Diana mark 4 then found this video..... Best wishes from south Wales UK
This is such a fantastic video, thank you so much for sharing all this, and without hours of fluff. I didn't even know some of these existed... and I've been dying to make a stick-magazine like that Record Champion. So much awesome engineering, just thank you again.
I was amazed to see a stick magazine among these springers! I just own one Record model and never knew they even made these types of airpistols. Awesome stuff!
...I have a complete Shakespeare Acro 1 that I purchased new in the early 1970's in Ontario, Canada.....They have a 'poured' wax CO2 piercing seal that I repaired with a Crosman seal for a 38T....I put a bolt through the Crosman seal and tightened a nut down on it,...then spun it in my drill press while filing it down to the proper diameter....It worked great, but if I do it again i will make it very slightly wider as I did not take into account that it swelled when I tightened the nut, thus shrinking back a slight amount when the nut was removed....You have to be very careful not to break the piercing pin or you're really screwed....Anyway, it's working fine and shoots very strong and more accurate than they're given credit for (maybe I have a really good barrel on mine....) I have a small collection myself...3x 38T first variant, vintage 1322 w/14"barrel used for 'ratting' , early CP88, M92fs, Daisy 747 w/lothar barrel...and an Anschutz 250 10M rifle ....and a few others......I liked your video...John(west coast, Can.)....BTW, the Shakespeare was made under licence from the Ampell Co. in the USA...which were BB as well as pellet...called a Plink 'n Whiz....
Boy thats some awesome collection.i had the second pistol tell ll VWW (Venus Waffen Werke).it was a crude built though(the breach seal rubber quality was great.lasted till i had it) but the smallest of the air pistol in my collection including the diana model 2 and other co2 and spring pistols.
Airgun designs nowadays are lacking creativity. They are practically all the same mechanism with different plastic or pot metal shell. Thanks for sharing your nice collection!
I had a Dianna Mark 4, 60 years ago, I remember it as being quite powerful and fun to shoot. The only problem was that there was no safety when cocking it. When it was open and cocked, as you were putting the pellet in it would sometimes fire and the cocking leaver would fly back catching your fingers and hand. You soon learned to get that pellet in fast.
Wow, just wow! So many cool designs have been tried during the course of time. I'm collecting mostly Feinwerkbau air guns... that Pardini is very similar with Feinwerkbau Model 100 by both looks and operation.
@@gunsoutdoorsmilitary7816 Because of bullsh#t gun laws in Australia, air pistols are classed with other pistols such as a 45 acp 1911. Unless you have a pistol license which is hard to get they are not available.
A fascinating collection! Just a couple of questions. I am just curious as to the legal situation in New Zealand regarding ownership of air pistols - do they have to be registered there? And secondly, have you any advice regarding sourcing of seals and o-rings for obsolete air pistols? I have a dozen or so in my firearms collection, and since I live in a remote area of Australia, I need to turn to the internet for spares (the gun shops in the nearest capital city are no help). I have some old Webleys, Crossmans, Dianas, a S & W 79g and a Walther LP2 that all need some attention, and since I am an internet dinosaur in my 70's and not very computer savvy I could do with some assistance!
Air pistols are easy to own over here, you just have to be over 18 years of age. The hard part is finding them for sale and coughing up the huge amount that they seem to be worth here at the moment! Can't help you with a Aus supplier of parts but there is a seal maker in Aus for new seals, they are called Custom Air seals. Parts might be imported from JG Airguns or Knibbs spares if the import part is easy enough on your end? Good luck, some of your pistols sound like they are certainly worth restoring!
@@edaggs1677 Many Thanks! Over here any Air Gun is treated as a firearm; I have even had to register my Daisy Red Ryder, which was purchased about 6 decades ago as a child's toy !The Authorities have just passed laws making Gel Blasters firearms which have to be registered !! Yet still people are stabbed to death by kitchen knives or screwdrivers, and they chose to ignore those; I have yet to hear of anyone killed by a Gel Blaster !
Well done! Very interesting collection you have shared with us. The Arrow is somewhat of a conundrum, never seen one and nothing to be found on the web on it! A closer look on that one would be pretty amazing.
Enjoyed this, but found it because I was searching the Acro I pistol. I note you say you have just resealed yours. I need seals for mine. Is there a way to contact you about this?
Keep googling, you will find a page that talks about using a Crosman 22xx seal after taking about 1mm off the diameter. This is the same method that I used and it worked perfectly!
I'd imagine that the .17 hmr cartridge hadn't been invented when that Saxby and Palmer revolver was made so they like the .22 might be banned now to stop people converting them to .17 hmr? although it'd be tricky as those air cartridges are centre fire and .22 long rifle and .17 hmr are rimfire.
It's really shocking how much smaller a lot of these pistols are compared to current market equivalents. At least among the springers I've found to purchase. I'd love to see a reproduction/modernization of something as small as the Tell2!
I had a B.S.A. .22 round ball pump rifle. It was very powerful, dated 1892 if I remember right. I used to dispatch chicken's & rabbit's during butchering time, with it. Beautifully blued, Walnut stock..should have kept it!
As a ten year old boy in 1955 I had a Accles and Shelvoke pistol, seventy years later I still shoot airguns.
This was by far the most enjoyable air pistol video I can remember watching in a long long time. Excellent collection and presentation. Thank you for sharing these rare gems with us.
Nice video, very informative, thank You for sharing 👍👍👍
Excellent talk, filled a pleasant half hour on a cold rainy day in the uk, I have a Diana Mk4 a Cometa Indian and a Daisy 717, love them all, thanks again....
I had no idea most of these ever existed, thank you so showing them to us
This is brilliant. Well done and kudos. Amazing collection.
Would you sell the Benjamin Franklin))?
Awesome,,, I to love to collect the older rare air guns ,, but more so in the big bores,, I just picked up a quakenbush rifle that I absolutely love,,
"really cool outside the box design"- puts it back in its original box . Great vid , ive seen photos of these pistols, so good to see how they actually operate . :-)
Watching it again, and of course sharing it
Salut de France 🇫🇷 fantastic collection man 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩👍
Nice collection. I have owned a crosman mk 2, it was quite nice. Sadly i've lost track of it. It was a replica of a Ruger mk 2 .22 rimfire pistol that I have and shot many pistol matches with. I only still own 2 air pistols now, a RWS Diana 6m recoiless piston pistol, very nice sights and very accuriate. And my favorite is a Baikal Izh-46 single stroke pneumatic, superb sights and trigger it's almost like cheating in a match. Glad that people still collect and appreciate nice air guns. Cheers from the USA
Hey there friend. I have recently found your channel and subscribed. I have recently found an acro 1. Can you tell me where you bought the seals for that one? Thanks
Hello, I just used a standard Crosman co2 seal and resized it until it fit nicely.
The Pardini SSP is a work of art, the Italians certainly have style.
Brilliant. Couple I didn’t know about so thanks very much 👍 nick a seal from a Jumbo if you have to, those Record Champions are great fun! Cheers
"This is brilliant. Well done and kudos. Amazing collection." Thanks for getting right down to it and showing us the pistols.
Very large collection of airguns !
Very good prezentation of this airguns, thank you very much !
Brilliant. I enjoyed that. I have a collection of air pistols myself, not as varied as that though. A Hy-Score and Feinwerkbau Mod 65 are the stars of my collection.
A really interesting and informative video. Explained very clearly.
Thanks for showing. They all held my attention because of being so interesting. Nice guns.
So interesting, thanks for sharing your collection.
The Diana Mk4 is a blast from the past, I still have mine, marketed by Milbro in the U.K mine has a click adjustable rear sight for elevation
Very interesting collection Mr Bond.
Amazing collection, they are indeed rare and unique. I never knew some of them even existed. Thanks for sharing these with us. Your effort to collect them over a very long period is seriously commendable.
Amazing collection. Well done!
Really cool! Thanks for sharing, awesome collection!
That Benjamin model 177 front pump pistol was made in 1935, they were made for 1 year before the model number was changed,
there was the 177 and 122 which changed to models 107 and 102.
There was also a model 100 smooth bore.
They were a nickel finish over the brass, and a very thin black finish over the nickel layer.
You do not pump them in your hand because that's too difficult, you push against a hard surface with the palm of your supporting hand against the rear plug of the tube.
If you just hold it by the grip you're putting too much stress on the screws that attach the lower receiver.
Good video ! I have a Crosman Mark 2 that has been modified. It is very accurate and very powerful. Thanks for making the video.
Nice collections. Thanks for sharing
Watching on the 29 9 21... Great review on some fairly rare pistols....was originally searching for a review on the first pistol the Diana mark 4 then found this video..... Best wishes from south Wales UK
I received my acro 1 but it was branded to a company called ampell not shakespeare. Mine is 177. Works great.
Outstanding collection. Thank you showing all the ways these oddball guns cock and load make my desire to find a few of them even stronger.
Interesting collection...thank you for sharing.
Great collection man. Really enjoying this Video.
Nice! Great collection😁👍
Great collection of Air Pistol.
Well do
Nice collection !!👍👍👍
Excellent video, Thanks!
Super Demonstration von LP Pistolen 👍
Great video and collection 👍😎
Awesome collection my friend!
Thanks 😎
Merry Christmas 😎
Awsome Collection.Really interesting.
Great video. I've just added a Diana Mark 1V to my expanding collection.
Very cool collection, thanks for sharing this with us
Great video. Really informative. Thanks.
You got some nice guns that would look good in my collection…👍🏻
Great show and tell!
This is such a fantastic video, thank you so much for sharing all this, and without hours of fluff.
I didn't even know some of these existed... and I've been dying to make a stick-magazine like that Record Champion.
So much awesome engineering, just thank you again.
I was amazed to see a stick magazine among these springers! I just own one Record model and never knew they even made these types of airpistols. Awesome stuff!
These air pistols looks cooler than the modern one
Thanks for showing your guns dude. So dope. Originals. Would love to plink with those!
Great collection!!!
...I have a complete Shakespeare Acro 1 that I purchased new in the early 1970's in Ontario, Canada.....They have a 'poured' wax CO2 piercing seal that I repaired with a Crosman seal for a 38T....I put a bolt through the Crosman seal and tightened a nut down on it,...then spun it in my drill press while filing it down to the proper diameter....It worked great, but if I do it again i will make it very slightly wider as I did not take into account that it swelled when I tightened the nut, thus shrinking back a slight amount when the nut was removed....You have to be very careful not to break the piercing pin or you're really screwed....Anyway, it's working fine and shoots very strong and more accurate than they're given credit for (maybe I have a really good barrel on mine....) I have a small collection myself...3x 38T first variant, vintage 1322 w/14"barrel used for 'ratting' , early CP88, M92fs, Daisy 747 w/lothar barrel...and an Anschutz 250 10M rifle ....and a few others......I liked your video...John(west coast, Can.)....BTW, the Shakespeare was made under licence from the Ampell Co. in the USA...which were BB as well as pellet...called a Plink 'n Whiz....
Truly wonderful collection
Boy thats some awesome collection.i had the second pistol tell ll VWW (Venus Waffen Werke).it was a crude built though(the breach seal rubber quality was great.lasted till i had it) but the smallest of the air pistol in my collection including the diana model 2 and other co2 and spring pistols.
@ 13:15 What a cool pistol! Wish I had one of those.
That was interesting, I didn't know there were so many air pistols.
Airgun designs nowadays are lacking creativity. They are practically all the same mechanism with different plastic or pot metal shell.
Thanks for sharing your nice collection!
Very nice video lad! Enjoyed every second of it.
👌👍good collection
Amazing collection :)
I had a Dianna Mark 4, 60 years ago, I remember it as being quite powerful and fun to shoot. The only problem was that there was no safety when cocking it. When it was open and cocked, as you were putting the pellet in it would sometimes fire and the cocking leaver would fly back catching your fingers and hand. You soon learned to get that pellet in fast.
Great collections. Great explanations!
Awesome collection
Wow, just wow! So many cool designs have been tried during the course of time. I'm collecting mostly Feinwerkbau air guns... that Pardini is very similar with Feinwerkbau Model 100 by both looks and operation.
Nice collection.
Really enjoyed that, and a very nice collection, do you have a Abas major and a Sheridan blue streak. I have got a sharps Ace and a webley premier
No Major but I do have a blue streak, my collection changes most weeks :)
I wish we could have air pistols in Australia so easily!. Your gun laws are still much more realistic than ours. Good video Edaggs!
What does gun laws so on airpistol in Australia?
In Sweden single shot and semi automatic below 10 joules are legal
@@gunsoutdoorsmilitary7816 Because of bullsh#t gun laws in Australia, air pistols are classed with other pistols such as a 45 acp 1911. Unless you have a pistol license which is hard to get they are not available.
@@OffTheGridAdventures
And l thought UK laws were ridiculous, sorry for you mate.
I'm from NZ too. I have an FWB 80 and a very tidy FWB 300s. That's the extent of my vintage stuff though.
Very interesting, thanks for making this video.
Loved the video
Awesome collection! Great video.
A fascinating collection! Just a couple of questions. I am just curious as to the legal situation in New Zealand regarding ownership of air pistols - do they have to be registered there? And secondly, have you any advice regarding sourcing of seals and o-rings for obsolete air pistols? I have a dozen or so in my firearms collection, and since I live in a remote area of Australia, I need to turn to the internet for spares (the gun shops in the nearest capital city are no help). I have some old Webleys, Crossmans, Dianas, a S & W 79g and a Walther LP2 that all need some attention, and since I am an internet dinosaur in my 70's and not very computer savvy I could do with some assistance!
Air pistols are easy to own over here, you just have to be over 18 years of age. The hard part is finding them for sale and coughing up the huge amount that they seem to be worth here at the moment! Can't help you with a Aus supplier of parts but there is a seal maker in Aus for new seals, they are called Custom Air seals. Parts might be imported from JG Airguns or Knibbs spares if the import part is easy enough on your end? Good luck, some of your pistols sound like they are certainly worth restoring!
@@edaggs1677 Many Thanks! Over here any Air Gun is treated as a firearm; I have even had to register my Daisy Red Ryder, which was purchased about 6 decades ago as a child's toy !The Authorities have just passed laws making Gel Blasters firearms which have to be registered !! Yet still people are stabbed to death by kitchen knives or screwdrivers, and they chose to ignore those; I have yet to hear of anyone killed by a Gel Blaster !
Well done! Very interesting collection you have shared with us. The Arrow is somewhat of a conundrum, never seen one and nothing to be found on the web on it! A closer look on that one would be pretty amazing.
One of my moms friend found a benjamin franklin in 100 caliber but it missing the top so it only has the pump and below
That is one of the best collections Ive seen
Have you ever tried an EMGE LP 3?
Hello what pressure is the Gamo postal?
Amazing collection Sir!!!
Enjoyed this, but found it because I was searching the Acro I pistol. I note you say you have just resealed yours. I need seals for mine. Is there a way to contact you about this?
Keep googling, you will find a page that talks about using a Crosman 22xx seal after taking about 1mm off the diameter. This is the same method that I used and it worked perfectly!
@@edaggs1677 Than you very much, I will
Very interesting, thank you sir .
WoW great vid, appreciate the collection. Where do you get them???
Very Nice!!!
Great vid
Cheers
I had the later version of the Diana Mk4 with the better sights and I do have a Gamo Center pistol, a little more sophisticated than the Falcon.
Very cool video
Really cool collection and video!
Regards
you could load a RWS 4mm20 Flobert, they have 4.5mm in Ø and not 4mm
Had the Diana mk 1V, didn’t have much power, but shot quick and straight, good ratting pistol.
I have a crosman Mark I .177
Somebody gave it to me 40 yrs ago as a present.
Nice!
great your collection fo guns Have one for sale?
What were air pistols used for?
Target shooting, practice drill, tin can assassination and some of the more powerful ones for small game hunting.
Maybe show some 6 to 10 Metre Target work - They are what they are, but great to show that!!
vraiment une belle collection dommage que je ne comprenne pas les explications merci pour la video
the brococks are real revolvers i think made by Taurus , all brocock did was fit the cut away cylinders so they couldn't fire live ammo.
Thanks! Amazing!
I'd imagine that the .17 hmr cartridge hadn't been invented when that Saxby and Palmer revolver was made so they like the .22 might be banned now to stop people converting them to .17 hmr? although it'd be tricky as those air cartridges are centre fire and .22 long rifle and .17 hmr are rimfire.
Benjamin bought out Sheridan in the 1970s. Benjamin eventually dropped the Sheridan name.
It's really shocking how much smaller a lot of these pistols are compared to current market equivalents. At least among the springers I've found to purchase. I'd love to see a reproduction/modernization of something as small as the Tell2!