Stup
Super member
It's getting harder and harder to find a tidy pistol as the years go by,and even harder to find one in a box but I guess that's to be expected as they are getting close to 60 years old now,so when this one popped up on a well known sales site described as almost brand new looking a quick phone call confirmed his father bought it brand new with a tin of pellets (which was included and around 50% used) and used it a few times before wrapping it in a plastic bag,putting in a draw and being forgot about for many years.
It has the components list inside the box dated as 1967 so u guess it's one of the first E series produced (1968-71 for the blued versions)
As the pellet tin was stored inside the box it's also in superb condition and nice bright orange still,unlike most which are sun faded,its by far the best condition tin I've acquired (and I have quite a few)
The price is written on the box £11/10/4 which is the old decimal pricing,which equates to £11.52 in today's money and a quick Google calculation makes that around £280 taking inflation into account.
As luck was was on my side he was going on a long drive passing fairly close to me so kindly offered to deliver it in a couple of hours and said I was lucky as I was the first to spot it minutes after going up for sale and he had 13+ messages wanting to buy it jist after me including dealers before he left.
As an added bonus when he got here he told me he had a very tidy chrome gat gun he was going to list later in the back of the cas so I bought it for a very reasonable £30
Anyway enough waffle here's a few pics
It has the components list inside the box dated as 1967 so u guess it's one of the first E series produced (1968-71 for the blued versions)
As the pellet tin was stored inside the box it's also in superb condition and nice bright orange still,unlike most which are sun faded,its by far the best condition tin I've acquired (and I have quite a few)
The price is written on the box £11/10/4 which is the old decimal pricing,which equates to £11.52 in today's money and a quick Google calculation makes that around £280 taking inflation into account.
As luck was was on my side he was going on a long drive passing fairly close to me so kindly offered to deliver it in a couple of hours and said I was lucky as I was the first to spot it minutes after going up for sale and he had 13+ messages wanting to buy it jist after me including dealers before he left.
As an added bonus when he got here he told me he had a very tidy chrome gat gun he was going to list later in the back of the cas so I bought it for a very reasonable £30
Anyway enough waffle here's a few pics
