A rare Thunderbolt Junior .177 Calibre Air Pistol manufactured by Produsit Ltd, 78 Lombard Street, Birmingham circa 1947 -1949 and supplied to Frank Clark (Lead Products) as the main retailer.
Only approximately 8000 of these pistols were manufactured for a short period.
The pistol itself is of the concentric piston design similar to the Pre War ‘Tell II’ and the Accles and Shelvoke Ltd ‘Acvoke’ Air Pistols.
This pistol is in very good original condition with showing little wear to the blued finish. The ‘bakelite’ pistol grips are undamaged and clearly show the markings ‘Thunderbolt Junior’ & ‘Made in England’. The only markings on the pistol action are on the breech closure plate and detail ‘Prov Pat 13742’. The pistol has an aluminium smooth bore barrel. It cocks and fires with no issues
It comes with its original and very rare cardboard packaging box which depicts a picture of the pistol with the text ‘Britain’s Finest Air Pistol ” THUNDERBOLT” Junior’ and ‘For Accuracy Performance and Design MADE IN ENGLAND’. There are not other markings on the box inside or out. The lid has been repaired in the past but to have it as a real bonus as most would have been discarded over time.
An excellent example of this scarce early post war manufactured British Air Pistol.