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Air Gun Home Forum Index » Antique, Collector and Novelty Airguns » Any airgun collectors? Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6  Next    View previous topic :: View next topic    Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:59 am StevieLaner7777 Moderator Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Posts: 1060 Location: Herefordshire, UK AirGunEric wrote: StevieLaner7777 wrote: Eric - I think the trigger guard of the Rifle in the first picture is hidden behind the clamping part of the workbench, Not cut off! DOH! Gonna have to get to the eye doctor soon... Or/and get a new monitor lol!!! Your not still using a Cathode Ray Tube are you!?! Glenawil - The pistol collection looks good! Your definitely going with a theme then! Stevie _________________ "Who Dares Wins" - SAS 22nd Regiment Hereford. Collector vs. accumulator   Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:04 am Jim McArthur Veteran Member Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 151 Location: New Orleans, LA, USA The point I was trying to make is that I have always understood collecting - of anything - to mean, trying to acquire a representative sampling at least, if not a complete set, of whatever that thing is. A person really can't "collect" "guns", any more than he can collect coins, stamps, or postcards, because there are just too many specimens out there that you couldn't make a dent in it, regardless of how much time and money you had to devote to it. Hence, the selection of a "theme" or as someone here said, "category": Naval model Lugers, let's say, or Colt Single Action Army revolvers, or anything made by Ruger. And yes, you can collect in more than one category. Me, I'm a gun accumulator. I have a random sampling: rifles and shotguns and pistols, .22's and .38's and .45's, break opens and bolt actions and autoloaders. It makes no sense, especially since I bought them with shooting in mind, but seldom get to a range, much less a rural area, to shoot any of them. (Which is what started my interest in air guns). I just never try to tell anything that owning this accumulation of random bits and pieces represents "gun collecting". Jim _________________ "The fight's not over while there's a shot in the locker!"   Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:35 am broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Maybe after a while. I still got stuff planning. But it's still plans. Plans need funding. If you want to donate cash for my plans, feel free to send me a PM. _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 9:07 pm lauchlin Supporting Member Joined: 21 Feb 2007 Posts: 184 Location: Vancouver Island BC time for more pics   Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 11:33 pm AirGunEric Site Admin Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 6908 Location: "Out There" I see lauchlin has a few more pieces than just Crosman! That model 106 Bullseye (2nd last picture)- how does it shoot and can parts still be obtained for it anywhere? _________________ ` I'd say "I care." But I'd be lying. Canadian Airgun Supplier: http://www.scopesandammo.com/storefront Museum? Yes!   Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:13 am Jim McArthur Veteran Member Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 151 Location: New Orleans, LA, USA And, I believe that he DOES live in an airgun museum! Jim _________________ "The fight's not over while there's a shot in the locker!"   Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 12:22 pm lauchlin Supporting Member Joined: 21 Feb 2007 Posts: 184 Location: Vancouver Island BC The 106 shoot around 300 fps can,t remember were the parts for it came from .i only started buying crosman about 5 years ago Last edited by lauchlin on Sun Sep 23, 2007 3:40 pm; edited 1 time in total   Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 12:22 pm Alstone Moderator & Site Supporter Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 4139 Location: Linconshire, ENGLAND I would have thought that any mixture of guns was a collection, if it has a theme it would be a specialized collection, and rather limited, it's like a "Gun Collector" and a "Collector of Guns" same thing, and if you have to have a theme then all the guns have a barrel. So anything counts as a collection. Al   Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 12:40 pm lauchlin Supporting Member Joined: 21 Feb 2007 Posts: 184 Location: Vancouver Island BC one day i will retake pics of all my guns .i am just digging out old pic and getting them in to one folder   Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 12:57 pm Alstone Moderator & Site Supporter Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 4139 Location: Linconshire, ENGLAND That's a cracking collection there lauchlin, one of the best I've seen outside a museum, are they all shootable or are some of them to delicate ore old for that ? Al   Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 2:14 pm AirGunEric Site Admin Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 6908 Location: "Out There" lauchlin wrote: The 105 shoot around 300 fps can,t remember were the parts for it came from .i only started buying crosman about 5 years ago I had thought the 105's were all .177 and it was the 106's that were .22 caliber? I gather I must have picked this up incorrectly somewhere? You've only been collecting Crosman's for 5 years now? That's quite the pile for such a short period of time!   Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 3:42 pm lauchlin Supporting Member Joined: 21 Feb 2007 Posts: 184 Location: Vancouver Island BC AirGunEric wrote: lauchlin wrote: The 105 shoot around 300 fps can,t remember were the parts for it came from .i only started buying crosman about 5 years ago I had thought the 105's were all .177 and it was the 106's that were .22 caliber? I gather I must have picked this up incorrectly somewhere? You've only been collecting Crosman's for 5 years now? That's quite the pile for such a short period of time! you are right its a 106 I suppose!   Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 5:15 pm Jim McArthur Veteran Member Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 151 Location: New Orleans, LA, USA Alstone wrote: I would have thought that any mixture of guns was a collection, if it has a theme it would be a specialized collection, and rather limited, it's like a "Gun Collector" and a "Collector of Guns" same thing, and if you have to have a theme then all the guns have a barrel. So anything counts as a collection. Al I suppose you could say that the theme behind a postage stamp collection is that they all have glue on the back! Jim _________________ "The fight's not over while there's a shot in the locker!" Re: I suppose!   Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 5:45 pm Alstone Moderator & Site Supporter Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 4139 Location: Linconshire, ENGLAND Jim McArthur wrote: Alstone wrote: I would have thought that any mixture of guns was a collection, if it has a theme it would be a specialized collection, and rather limited, it's like a "Gun Collector" and a "Collector of Guns" same thing, and if you have to have a theme then all the guns have a barrel. So anything counts as a collection. Al I suppose you could say that the theme behind a postage stamp collection is that they all have glue on the back! Jim Exactly! you have got it. Al   Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 12:01 am magnum flinch New Member Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 11 Location: Over Here I appear to have turned into a accumulator... however i will keep a look out at the local car boots _________________ Better Late Than Never...But Better Never Late! 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