Thread: Airgun Interest

Originally Posted by zimmer

When I was a kid the predominant air rifle around was the Meteor (introduced 1959) but also common were Gecados. Some Falkes also.

I was too young to own my own then so used to go around to an old couple (ha ha maybe in their 20's) who to let me use theirs in their backyard. Mmmm, basically unsupervised. The good old days of the long skinny 1/4 acre suburban section. Houses tended to be at the front of sections and everyone had fruit trees down the back so lots of birds to shoot at.

No one got upset with kids plinking away, safely, in backyards. There was no armed offenders to respond to trivial complaints like nowadays.

Currently have a 177 Weihrauch HW80 bought in 1985, and a 22 BSA Airsporter mk5 (made from 1971 - 1974).

I have one each of the first MK1 one's. A 177 and 22 dated from 1959. The familiar twang from the spring very evident of the Meteor is still present.