MY collection of antiques and classics (pic heavy)

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Re: MY collection of antiques and classics (pic heavy)

Post by TC » Sat Dec 08, 2012 5:38 pm

Moin. wrote:Wonderful collection TcDa, the Webley Senior's a real beauty and very good job with the photography. :)

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Thank you Moin dear. I love the Webley Senior too. Photography is still my hobby although these were taken with a compact camera and not an SLR. I am bad with compacts. Cant focus unless there is a view finder.

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Glock 25 wrote:what a nice collection it is. Thanks for sharing
Thank you Glock25. Could see you were online when I was uploading the photos last night.

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Skyman wrote:Wonderful, you are lucky to have been given a gun as a gift.
Skyman, I am lucky indeed. But the only gun I got as a gift is the Tommy 70 pistol made in Kolkaka. As I mentioned it was a gift from my father for scoring 99 out of 100 in maths. I was in class 4 then. But the rest of the guns were purchased by me over a period of 17/ 20 years. It was a painstaking exercise locating them and negotiating with the sellers. And I only had my salary to fall back on. That's what makes this collection precious.

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Re: MY collection of antiques and classics (pic heavy)

Post by airgun_novice » Sat Dec 08, 2012 5:45 pm

Thank you for sharing, TC. Not just the pictures but also those special moments associated with each. :-)

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Re: MY collection of antiques and classics (pic heavy)

Post by TC » Sat Dec 08, 2012 5:50 pm

ckkalyan wrote::cpix: of old beauties! Many thanks for posting TC

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Thank you Sir.... feels good to see friends enjoying the collection
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mundaire wrote:Very nice indeed! You have some treasures there TC! :)

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Thank you so much Abhijeet... I knew you would like them :D :D
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wingsoffires66 wrote:The wood on is phenomenal on all of them. the IHP sidelever looks much better than the break barrel produced now.all of them are very interesting. awesome collection.cheers!
Thank you wings of fire. The two pistols have plastic grip plates. The wood on the BSA and W&S rifles are wonderful. Must be British but I am no wood expert.
You are right about the IHP rifle. The ones they make now cannot be compared to these models. The barrel made by Hammerli is superb and is the reason behind the rifles accuracy. I once mounted a BSA air rifle scope and found good results. But took it off after the experiment.

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Re: MY collection of antiques and classics (pic heavy)

Post by TC » Sat Dec 08, 2012 6:09 pm

xl_target wrote:TC,
You have some beautiful old air weapons there.
Love the Webley pistol and rifle.
The BSA is certainly intriguing.

Do you still shoot them often?
Thank you XL. Yes the BSA is very intriguing and you will find them in a British collector's video on Youtube. My aim is to get the other two from the series he has. The Model 1 and Model 3. But as you know thats a tough proposition in India.
All these weapons are in excellent working condition and contain every original part. I don't shoot them too often. May be twice a year when I given them a thorough cleaning. They rest in wooden chest in one of my rooms for the rest of the year.

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dr.jayakumar wrote:thats a nice collection.the webly pistol and rifle is looking real good.
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Thank you Dr jayakumar. Most members seems to be in love with the Webleys. :D

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mercury wrote:very very nice !!

that bsa is all class...what a beauty.

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Mercury... thank you so much for appreciating the BSA. YES it is all class.

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prudhviraju wrote:wow........what a nice collection. thank you sir for sharing with us
Thank you raju

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AK49 wrote:Nice collection of antiques. Especially the IHP looks much superior to the stuff they produce these days. Are these in working condition?
Thanks AK49.... they are all in perfect working condition and that's the beauty. They all have stood the test of time because except for the Tommy I am not the first owner of any of them. But I took great care of them since the day they became part of my family.

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Raptor wrote:a very nice collection sir, thank you very much for sharing.a treat indeed!
Thank you Raptor

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Re: MY collection of antiques and classics (pic heavy)

Post by Moin. » Sat Dec 08, 2012 6:14 pm

As I mentioned it was a gift from my father for scoring 99 out of 100 in maths. I was in class 4 then. But the rest of the guns were purchased by me over a period of 17/ 20 years. It was a painstaking exercise locating them and negotiating with the sellers. And I only had my salary to fall back on. That's what makes this collection precious.
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So TCda, what you are trying to say is you did not score such good marks in Mathematics ever again since 4th Standard to qualify for another gift. :mrgreen: The Salary story appears to be an excuse..lollllzzzzz


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Re: MY collection of antiques and classics (pic heavy)

Post by TC » Sat Dec 08, 2012 6:14 pm

Vikram wrote:Great collection,TC. Thank you for sharing.


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Thank you so Much Vikram.

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only32owner wrote:You are a rich and pammpered kid, :) :)

thanks for sharing and enjoy.

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Only32owner... Thank you but I am neither rich nor pampered. :( Had to work hard to save the money for all my collections.

:cheers:

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Re: MY collection of antiques and classics (pic heavy)

Post by rraju2805 » Sat Dec 08, 2012 8:27 pm

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beautiful collection TC dada......
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Re: MY collection of antiques and classics (pic heavy)

Post by u_vaste » Sat Dec 08, 2012 8:51 pm

:cpix: Thanks for sharing, Nice treasure you got and you gave away few... :o

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Re: MY collection of antiques and classics (pic heavy)

Post by TC » Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:01 pm

rraju2805 wrote::cpix:

beautiful collection TC dada......
Thanks Raju....

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u_vaste wrote::cpix: Thanks for sharing, Nice treasure you got and you gave away few... :o
u_vaste... thanks... you will probably faint if I told you what I gave away :lol: but no loss is a loss. Its all in the mind friend.

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Re: MY collection of antiques and classics (pic heavy)

Post by lazybones » Mon Dec 10, 2012 11:41 pm

What a collection TC. Wow ! Thanks for sharing. I had no idea IHP made a sidelever back in the day.

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Re: MY collection of antiques and classics (pic heavy)

Post by TC » Tue Dec 11, 2012 7:52 pm

airgun_novice wrote:Thank you for sharing, TC. Not just the pictures but also those special moments associated with each. :-)
Thank you airgun_novice for appreciating those special moments...

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lazybones wrote:What a collection TC. Wow ! Thanks for sharing. I had no idea IHP made a sidelever back in the day.

Ashok
Thank you Ashok... Yes IHP had indeed slipped from where it once stood. These Hammerli barreled rifles are simply wonderful.

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Re: MY collection of antiques and classics (pic heavy)

Post by supershaji » Tue Apr 09, 2013 8:10 pm

the IHP side-lever indeed, a classic..

..and your first air-pistol, legacy!
(it's no wonder you never scored top mark again, I'm sure it was all about physics after that gun, eh?)
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Re: MY collection of antiques and classics (pic heavy)

Post by TC » Tue Apr 09, 2013 8:21 pm

supershaji wrote:the IHP side-lever indeed, a classic..

..and your first air-pistol, legacy!
(it's no wonder you never scored top mark again, I'm sure it was all about physics after that gun, eh?)
Thank you supershaji,

Well, I did score high later in life... quite a few times.. but there were no more Tommies :(

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Re: MY collection of antiques and classics (pic heavy)

Post by bodhijobs » Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:02 pm

What a feast to the eyes TC da. Thanks for sharing them all.

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Re: MY collection of antiques and classics (pic heavy)

Post by najad » Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:18 pm

thanks for sharing :)

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