Greetings All.
I have ordered my new TX200 from AGS!! I hope to pick it up soon as I'm close to their store in a couple of weeks. Looking forward to getting things set up and doing a little shooting over the Thanksgiving weekend.
In the meantime, I was doing a bit of cleaning and I came across my FB Record 4.5mm air pistol. I bought this about 30 years ago at a garage sale and it ended up forgotten in the bottom of a junk drawer. I remember dry firing it a couple of times over the years. It needs a complete mechanical restoration, so I don't think I did any damage that wasn't already in need of repair.
Is there anyone out there that knows anything about this gun? I found one 2 page magazine article on the interweb from 2010 that gave a nice overview of the history. Based on the article and pictures, I think this is a FB Record LP1, and possibly manufactured in the 50's or 60's? IT's a 4.5mm smooth bore with brown plastic handles.
It's pretty worn out with loose cocking mechanism links. This has resulted in the barrel not seating squarely at the breach.
I was just curious if this pistol is collectible, or is it just a crappy old pistol?
As always, any comments or information are appreciated.
Cheers.
Here are a couple pics:
