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kingfisher61

kingfisher61

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I recently had the good fortune to take part in the Rock Island Auction selling off some of the RD Beeman Museum Collection. I purchased 4 rifles in total...three R1s and an RX.
One of the R1s is a 20th Anniversary Commemorative with a 0002 stamp. Number 2 of 75 produced. Number 0001 went to the owner of Weihrauch.
The second rifle in the lot was the Prototype for this design. Both came with beautiful cases one being the Commemorative version.
I will be posting the other two rifles once I get them sorted. But for now I wanted to share these Museum pieces with our community in honor of the late Dr. Beeman.
Many people have many opinions about Doc Beeman, but one thing is for sure....he had great taste in airguns! Enjoy!

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kingfisher61 said:
I recently had the good fortune to take part in the Rock Island Auction selling off some of the RD Beeman Museum Collection. I purchased 4 rifles in total...three R1s and an RX.
One of the R1s is a 20th Anniversary Commemorative with a 0002 stamp. Number 2 of 75 produced. Number 0001 went to the owner of Weihrauch.
The second rifle in the lot was the Prototype for this design. Both came with beautiful cases one being the Commemorative version.
I will be posting the other two rifles once I get them sorted. But for now I wanted to share these Museum pieces with our community in honor of the late Dr. Beeman.
Many people have many opinions about Doc Beeman, but one thing is for sure....he had great taste in airguns! Enjoy!

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Thank you for sharing your stunning rifles with everyone here.
 
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kingfisher61 said:
Couple of rare beauties! Congratulations on your win!
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In fact, I lost! I'm hunting for bolt action rifles. They were put up in two lots, Lot 2 Diana 30 neo and Lot 7 of other equally rare rifles, Mars115,Haenel33,CZ/VZ-47,old Diana30, etc.I didn't get the main lot .I’ll post photos of Waltрer later, he was made for the BR. Officially they are not on Walther’s website, but I’ve seen exactly same rifle before.
 
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Bill$ said:
Hi
Im new to this forum.
Im surprised to see that there was an auction on Beeman s collection.
I have number of guns that I purchased from Beeman back in the 1970s and early 80 s.
Including a chrome Weihrauch with his initials on it.
Wondering if its possible give us an idea of what the winning bids were ?
Thanks
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Rifles sold by Beeman and rifles from his personal collection, with documents from a reputable Auction, are not the same thing.
 
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kingfisher61 said:
I recently had the good fortune to take part in the Rock Island Auction selling off some of the RD Beeman Museum Collection. I purchased 4 rifles in total...three R1s and an RX.
One of the R1s is a 20th Anniversary Commemorative with a 0002 stamp. Number 2 of 75 produced. Number 0001 went to the owner of Weihrauch.
The second rifle in the lot was the Prototype for this design. Both came with beautiful cases one being the Commemorative version.
I will be posting the other two rifles once I get them sorted. But for now I wanted to share these Museum pieces with our community in honor of the late Dr. Beeman.
Many people have many opinions about Doc Beeman, but one thing is for sure....he had great taste in airguns! Enjoy!

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I own serial number 15 but it was stolen January 1995. Where it wound up ???
 
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kingfisher61 said:
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Having such a personal item stolen...especially something difficult to replace....is certainly a painful ordeal. My sympathies.
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They also got my P1 pistol that was ordered from Beeman before they even had pictures of them, just drawings. They were the first shipment of P1's in the country.
 
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