American Airguns Blog
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Cheerio ole England
I spent the past week in London England and had a few hours free on Friday afternoon so I decided to visit a pair of airgun shop in north London.
I had researched the shop locations at my hotel the night before and found that both May of London and Woody's of Wembly were located within walking distance of the London Underground.
I decided to go to May of London first since they were closer to my meeting in London. After a 40 minute tube ride to the Buckhurst Hill area in northeast London I found the shop just outside the train station. I went in and looked around a bit before one of the stores chaps asked if I needed help. We started chatting and he let me shoot a rare TX200SR MkI on there indoor range. The shop also carries firearms so we talked about shotguns and rifles as well. The shop owner even dug out his custom hunting rig to show me. The fellows running shop were very friendly and the one chap gave me a couple of airguns magazines to read on my flight home. They had a good selection of new and used airguns and equipment.
Back on the tube, I was headed up to Wembly to visit Woody's of Wembly. Their shop was about 1/4 mile east of the train station. Woody's handled only airguns and fishing equipment. They had a larger selection of airguns (both rifles and pistols) on display including a new Daystate Mk4 in a gray laminated FT stock. It was beautiful but had a heft price tag of £1700 or $3400! This shop also had a good selection of accessories like springs, target, scopes and mounts.
While I was there I got into a conversation with three lads one of whom was looking to buy an air pistol. We discussed several different models and he decided on an HW45. I also talked about Field Target, firearms, and my website. Every one I met were friendly including the shop ownner and his son.
If you ever make to the London I would highly recomend visiting these two shops. It was a very fun experience for me.
http://www.mayoflondon.co.uk
http://www.woodysofwembley.co.uk/
I had researched the shop locations at my hotel the night before and found that both May of London and Woody's of Wembly were located within walking distance of the London Underground.
I decided to go to May of London first since they were closer to my meeting in London. After a 40 minute tube ride to the Buckhurst Hill area in northeast London I found the shop just outside the train station. I went in and looked around a bit before one of the stores chaps asked if I needed help. We started chatting and he let me shoot a rare TX200SR MkI on there indoor range. The shop also carries firearms so we talked about shotguns and rifles as well. The shop owner even dug out his custom hunting rig to show me. The fellows running shop were very friendly and the one chap gave me a couple of airguns magazines to read on my flight home. They had a good selection of new and used airguns and equipment.
Back on the tube, I was headed up to Wembly to visit Woody's of Wembly. Their shop was about 1/4 mile east of the train station. Woody's handled only airguns and fishing equipment. They had a larger selection of airguns (both rifles and pistols) on display including a new Daystate Mk4 in a gray laminated FT stock. It was beautiful but had a heft price tag of £1700 or $3400! This shop also had a good selection of accessories like springs, target, scopes and mounts.
While I was there I got into a conversation with three lads one of whom was looking to buy an air pistol. We discussed several different models and he decided on an HW45. I also talked about Field Target, firearms, and my website. Every one I met were friendly including the shop ownner and his son.
If you ever make to the London I would highly recomend visiting these two shops. It was a very fun experience for me.
http://www.mayoflondon.co.uk
http://www.woodysofwembley.co.uk/
