One for those over a certain age
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Jazzy Jag said:
Still got mine 
I never quite understood how those things actually worked. There didn't seem to be any compressed air being forced into the barrel (nor that I could see, any place where said air might originate from, or go to!). Was it just a case of releasing the spring and the momentum of the barrel shooting forward, then stopping, that caused whichever of your chosen projectile to continue forward?
To add, I've not had one in my hands for probably 50 years, so maybe my 'understanding' as a child was a bit off.
AMG Merc said:
No but thanks for the memory. I had a Gat too. Hard to hit anything due to the massive recoil. Its recoil (unloaded) made as much damage to someone's leg as did its shot.
The gun I mentioned was a proper airgun, not sure it needed a spring as it worked on compressed air, in that you pumped it for England for 5 minutes first!
Sheridan perchance?The gun I mentioned was a proper airgun, not sure it needed a spring as it worked on compressed air, in that you pumped it for England for 5 minutes first!
AMG Merc said:
Isn't it frigging amazing. We ran around the streets with air guns, starting pistols (I've a good story on that for later) and knives, yet we never thought to harm or kill anyone with them.
Yup! I remember playing "army" with 3 of my mates. We all had .22 air rifles and how none of us lost an eye or worse is beyond me Cracking fun though!
Gunk said:
TheChampers said:
Gunk said:
Does anyone remember collecting these back in 1970, don’t think I ever managed to complete the collection.
I had a complete 1973 set for the FA Cup, it was a petrol station giveaway for the cover and then collect as you go? I was six.Eta, it was 1972, to celebrate 100 years of the FA Cup, and it was 1972 when I was six not 1973, when I was seven.
Edited by TheChampers on Saturday 18th November 22:55
motco said:
Exige77 said:
GetCarter said:
rovermorris999 said:
Anyone else have a Johnny Seven One-man Army?
I had a Johnny six. I lost the hand grenade.
I went to a barber for a haircut after school, still in my school uniform, and I still got the lowered voice, sly look and "anything else, sir?" He could probably be done for that these days.
tumble dryer said:
Jazzy Jag said:
Still got mine
I never quite understood how those things actually worked. There didn't seem to be any compressed air being forced into the barrel (nor that I could see, any place where said air might originate from, or go to!). Was it just a case of releasing the spring and the momentum of the barrel shooting forward, then stopping, that caused whichever of your chosen projectile to continue forward?
To add, I've not had one in my hands for probably 50 years, so maybe my 'understanding' as a child was a bit off.
That
A mate and I were messing about with his Webley Junior in his small suburban back garden and my house was perhaps 150' away over an alleyway. There was a tall mast with a weathervane on it in my garden and I aimed in that direction with no hope of hitting it and no thought for what I might hit with the falling pellet. To my surprise, after the thutt! of the shot came a 'ting' as the pellet actually hit the mast. His turn came and went, and on my next one I said something like with that luck I could 'down' a bird easily. I shot the pellet into a neighbour's big old cherry tree about 30' away and as it was in full leaf I had no concerns that the pellet would go far through it before it lost momentum. Well it lost momentum alright, rapidly! A stone dead blackbird fell out with a thud! Never touched the thing after that...
garyhun said:
Yup! I remember playing "army" with 3 of my mates. We all had .22 air rifles and how none of us lost an eye or worse is beyond me
Cracking fun though!
We used to make wax pellets and use those rather than lead pellets -- they still hurt though! And I have a scar on my calf where one lodged itself there....Cracking fun though!
Still, as you say, cracking good fun!
garyhun said:
A GAT? I had this...
How dare they call it an airgun? The only air is in the barrel (plunger) and this air is at ambient pressure. The GAT may be a humane killer lite but it really works on the principle of inertia. The plunger comes out and fetches up at the stop. So, the projectile keeps going because it has no choice. See Newton's 3rd law of motion.
I have an old GAT lurking around somewhere. My doctor mate relocated to Belfast decades ago and left it with me. Technically, I'm still babysitting.
davhill said:
garyhun said:
A GAT? I had this...
How dare they call it an airgun? The only air is in the barrel (plunger) and this air is at ambient pressure. The GAT may be a humane killer lite but it really works on the principle of inertia. The plunger comes out and fetches up at the stop. So, the projectile keeps going because it has no choice. See Newton's 3rd law of motion.
I have an old GAT lurking around somewhere. My doctor mate relocated to Belfast decades ago and left it with me. Technically, I'm still babysitting.
Jazzy Jag said:
garyhun said:
A GAT? I had this...
Still got mine I don't want to steal someone else's story but basically it involved the local hardnut confiscating this young guy's Gat. Later, just to show how tough he was, he put it, unloaded but cocked, in his mouth and pulled the trigger.......
Johnspex said:
Have you seen the posting on the Karma thread about the Gat?
I don't want to steal someone else's story but basically it involved the local hardnut confiscating this young guy's Gat. Later, just to show how tough he was, he put it, unloaded but cocked, in his mouth and pulled the trigger.......
Ouch.I don't want to steal someone else's story but basically it involved the local hardnut confiscating this young guy's Gat. Later, just to show how tough he was, he put it, unloaded but cocked, in his mouth and pulled the trigger.......
I have a globe (of the earth) that I have had since a kid. Still has the indentation where I fired a gat at it 50 years ago - in the 'Chinese Republic'
garyhun said:
AMG Merc said:
We had an air pistol that you pump. Apparently highly powerful. I recall taking it to Hyde Park for family picnics and shooting targets we hung on trees. Can you imagine!
A GAT? I had this...He had made the trigger in metalwork class at school as the old one was broken. He also had a a crossbow and loved putting shotgun cartridge powder in fires as well as other mad things.
We used to wander over the mashes/beach with guns tucked down our jumper or in our pockets (pleased to see you joke waiting).
Also had fun with petrol mixed with a substance to make a homemake sticky napalm.
I had a BSA pump air pistol and would love another. Sold it to a friend for £22
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