rayo Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 (edited) Must have been about 1974 when we were 14/ 15 yrs old my parents bought me and my brother a Relum Tornado each for Xmas from a mail order catalogue , all of our mates at the time also had air rifles so many a hour was spent plinking and shooting rats on the local tip . No one in authority seemed to mind and just let us get on with it In them days it was a case of buying 200 marksman/milbro pellets and we were away for the day with open sights now I’d be lost trying to shoot without a scope 😂 Happy days Edited March 24, 2019 by rayo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B725 Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 I got my Tornado from the Empire stores catalogue and still have in the loft, I shot 1000s of pellets through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 Forget air guns .........As I recall it a mate of mine bought a 3 shot, bolt action, 12 bore shotgun from Kay's catalogue!! 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 19 minutes ago, panoma1 said: Forget air guns .........As I recall it a mate of mine bought a 3 shot, bolt action, 12 bore shotgun from Kay's catalogue!! 🤔 Yep...I bought a single 12g once many moons ago, still got it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aberisle Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 We bought an Argyll 12 bore single barrel from the catalogue our first shotgun that was about 73/74 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B725 Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 I also had a Biakal sxs 12 bore from the same catalogue it was left at my mates house as I wasn't in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 My first air rifle.....also a Relum Tornado came from my mans catalogue.....14th birthday back in 1980. Came with some pellets, darts and targets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the crowman Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Iggy said: My first air rifle.....also a Relum Tornado came from my mans catalogue.....14th birthday back in 1980. Came with some pellets, darts and targets. That rings a bell....I'm sure I got my relum from a catalogue supplier. Then I found the webley valcan and the el-gamo....spring and a half,could do a rabbit 100yrds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 The "vulcan" would not "do" a balloon at a spitting distance. Catalogues sold mainly awful guns that dealers could not sell - the fact that you could pay weekly was the selling point. The Paratrooper (el gammy) Jaguar, Hawk with or without the 2 barrels, Osprey, Meteor, both Relums (t200 and Tornado) were all available along with Baikal and Franchi snotguns - a complete selection of metallic carp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumfelter Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 13 minutes ago, bruno22rf said: The "vulcan" would not "do" a balloon at a spitting distance. Catalogues sold mainly awful guns that dealers could not sell - the fact that you could pay weekly was the selling point. The Paratrooper (el gammy) Jaguar, Hawk with or without the 2 barrels, Osprey, Meteor, both Relums (t200 and Tornado) were all available along with Baikal and Franchi snotguns - a complete selection of metallic carp. Don't know why your so anti Vulcan? A decent gun for the 80's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPhantom Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 4 hours ago, stumfelter said: Don't know why your so anti Vulcan? A decent gun for the 80's. A .22 vulcan was my first serious hunting air rifle when i was a teenager. Certainly accounted for dozens of rabbits until the barrel worked slightly loose in the breech some years later and accuracy seriously suffered. A known problem with these rifles I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 I also thought the first Vulcan was a decent bit of kit...perhaps not by today’s standards, but the one my mate had in .22 certainly didn’t seem short on power. The other catalogue classic I remember was the ASI Sniper or for an extra 15p a week the ASI Statical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washerboy Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 I craved for a Webley tracker, twenty five years later I got to try one and was so disappointed. Great looking gun but truly awful trigger and clunky internals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 Many years ago i bought a Luigi Franchi from the catalogue my wife used to run at that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peejay Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 1974 relum tornado out of neighbours catalogue.. so heavy me and mate took turns in carrying it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 Vulcan a decent rifle for the 80's? The HW80 was out there and was in a different league - the birth of the 80 was world changing - it taught the English Airgun manufacturers a valuable lesson in quality and precision, it changed the Americans opinion on Airguns as a viable hunting tool and thus became an icon - well sorted ones will still give modern guns a run for their money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 17 hours ago, washerboy said: I craved for a Webley tracker, twenty five years later I got to try one and was so disappointed. Great looking gun but truly awful trigger and clunky internals I had a tracker, nice gun but it destroyed a couple of scopes, good around the farm yard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 19 hours ago, Iggy said: I also thought the first Vulcan was a decent bit of kit...perhaps not by today’s standards, but the one my mate had in .22 certainly didn’t seem short on power. The other catalogue classic I remember was the ASI Sniper or for an extra 15p a week the ASI Statical First "rifle" ASI Sniper ,click wait for it ,wait for it ting as it finally hit the can 3 weeks later ,more power in a wet trump but aged 14 u didnt care .My mate Tim had rich parents a B.S.A meteour sheer jealousy from us all You had the power to knock tin cans off the fence ,ahh the good old days T.B , Rickets and gout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdadphil Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 Early 70's I bought and still have a Haenel 301 great memories! C £17 post paid! atb Gdadphil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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