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At the Boot Sale!

Posted: 25 Mar 2013, 22:09
by baffled
Hi all,
Went to a car boot sale last Sunday.
Found a gun bag on the grass at one stall, opened it up for a quick look only
to find a FX Cyclone inside.

Noticing my interest the stallholder sauntered over and told me that;

1. This is the best air rifle you can get.

2. It's a .22 so you can shoot further.

3. It has a magazine that takes a full tin of pellets.

4. With that 'scope on the top you can shoot as far as you can see.

The one that really got me though was this one,

5. This rifle has three settings on it, rat, rabbit, pigeon.

At this point my mate dragged me away 'cos I was laughing too much to remain standing.

BTW He wanted £460 for the gun.

Ken.

Re: At the Boot Sale!

Posted: 25 Mar 2013, 23:21
by PESCA
Don't you just love an expert :lol: ?

George

Re: At the Boot Sale!

Posted: 25 Mar 2013, 23:59
by some bloke
You jusst gotta love them ex spurts. 8-)

Re: At the Boot Sale!

Posted: 26 Mar 2013, 00:21
by michael40
sounds like the tosser by me, and they wonder why they lose there fac :wtf:

Re: At the Boot Sale!

Posted: 26 Mar 2013, 01:10
by silent shooter
Yea but don't you just love the ones who sell you them for a fraction of there worth :thumbup:

Re: At the Boot Sale!

Posted: 27 Mar 2013, 15:04
by wiseoldowl
lol i can fault the boot sales ,i got 3 shimano 8000 baitrunners with spare spools ....£8 each :thumbup: & three hardy fly reels for £30 1 was a brass one i sold that for £50 :clap:

Re: At the Boot Sale!

Posted: 27 Mar 2013, 23:20
by Gloop
Can't be doing with mingling with peasants at boot fairs. I use premium sites like weevil bay. :yawn:
but I havent managed to find a rat pidgeon and rabbit air rifle yet........... :wtf:

But I did have a conversation with a bloke who recently was telling me he could head shoot (when he was in training) the enemy targets using iron sights at 1000 yards. Are they related? :mrgreen:

Re: At the Boot Sale!

Posted: 28 Mar 2013, 07:34
by sunndog
must've been the same fella i met once. when he was young he had an air rifle and he used to put match's in a block of wood and light them
(yes, light them!) at 30yrds

Re: At the Boot Sale!

Posted: 28 Mar 2013, 08:02
by fizzbangwhallop
sunndog wrote:must've been the same fella i met once. when he was young he had an air rifle and he used to put match's in a block of wood and light them
(yes, light them!) at 30yrds
Must've been my mate, he never was any good at judging distances...... more like 10-15yards. ASI Paratrooper if I remember rightly, BSA Meteor for me and other assorted springers between us all. :P

Those were the days.

Fizz
8-)

Re: At the Boot Sale!

Posted: 31 Mar 2013, 21:53
by baffled
Those were indeed the days. :D :D

I remember when an air rifle was adjudged to be a good one if it were able to smash a milk bottle at about 20 yards.

Wiseoldowl,
Whereabouts in Hyde are you?
I was brought up there!

baffled.