FWB Found a gem.

crowski · Tuesday at 8:48 PM

Just before Easter weekend I bought this FWB 300 Junior. The seller asked if he could send after Easter, which was fine with me. Two weeks before this, from the same seller, I got another FWB and had to pay $55. shipping, delivered to my door. Which was fine with me. Today I had to go to Purolator to pick up my prize. 45 minutes away on highway. Finally got there, and the desk lady says—- They wanted $170. for delivery. I dislocated my jaw. Same case 2 weeks later 3 x’s the money. I said I wasn’t asking for a flight. Then they ask what kind of gun is in there and they have to inspect it. They might not allow the delivery. This is a first.

Then I’m told it was sent air mail. But, but it came ground. so they can adjust the bill. She got it down to $91. “Robbery”. Call the Police I’ve just been robbed. But agreed to get out of there after a half hour.

The stock on this club gun has some history. The steel is in great shape. But this thing is so smooth to shoot.

Unfortunately the rear cup on the rear sight is missing. Wasn’t aware of that.
Does anyone know if these are available?

Love the square trigger guard.

This is a great starter gun.
Blown away with the accuracy shooting as is.
Crow
‘Score” before I hit post the guy I got this 300 from called me. I told him about the sight missing and he said he will replace it.

Oh, he also told me it was absolutely sent ground. Purolator was BS me.

Ranchibi · Tuesday at 10:56 PM

Congratulations! And, I am sorry you had to be lied to by Purolator about it being sent by air...bad mojo on their part! Enjoy shooting it

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Steve Milbocker · 2025-04-30T06:42:39-0500

You might consider replacing the missing iris with a Gehmann. I don’t know how easy it is to find an original. Been thinking about trying one myself on my 300S. Nice score, they are magnificent rifles.

510 Gehmann rearsight iris | 349D8357B0F8410B9AA3DE6F8617EBF4

Extremely short and adjustable over a wider range of 0.5 - 3.0mm The fixed-seat iris works with individually pin-located tempered spring steel leaves The aim-point is precisely maintained through the wider range of adjustment by the introduction of a new…

gehmann.com

beerthief · 2025-04-30T06:57:51-0500

crowski said:
Just before Easter weekend I bought this FWB 300 Junior. The seller asked if he could send after Easter, which was fine with me. Two weeks before this, from the same seller, I got another FWB and had to pay $55. shipping, delivered to my door. Which was fine with me. Today I had to go to Purolator to pick up my prize. 45 minutes away on highway. Finally got there, and the desk lady says—- They wanted $170. for delivery. I dislocated my jaw. Same case 2 weeks later 3 x’s the money. I said I wasn’t asking for a flight. Then they ask what kind of gun is in there and they have to inspect it. They might not allow the delivery. This is a first. View attachment 558972
Then I’m told it was sent air mail. But, but it came ground. so they can adjust the bill. She got it down to $91. “Robbery”. Call the Police I’ve just been robbed. But agreed to get out of there after a half hour. View attachment 558973
The stock on this club gun has some history. The steel is in great shape. But this thing is so smooth to shoot.View attachment 558971Unfortunately the rear cup on the rear sight is missing. Wasn’t aware of that.
Does anyone know if these are available?View attachment 558974Love the square trigger guard. View attachment 558976
This is a great starter gun.
Blown away with the accuracy shooting as is.
Crow
‘Score” before I hit post the guy I got this 300 from called me. I told him about the sight missing and he said he will replace it.
Oh, he also told me it was absolutely sent ground. Purolator was BS me.

Beautiful shooter Crow . Enjoy

MDriskill · 2025-04-30T09:52:55-0500

If you are not concerned about strict brand loyalty, LOL, any German eye disk - FWB, Walther, Diana, Weihrauch, and more - will fit the sight. They all mount via the same metric "M 9.5" thread (9.5 x 1.0 mm). But stepping up to an adjustable iris, as Steve M noted, is a great idea (the common thread size enables such aftermarket accessories to thrive).

The stock finish looks original to me. 300S Juniors have beech stocks (not walnut) and the dark stain was typical until late in the production run. The shorter barrel with no weight sleeve and early-style front sight tunnel is another Junior trademark.

I have a Junior action mounted in a re-finished 300SL stock. Here it is next to the original Junior stock, which looks much the same as yours.

r1lover · 2025-04-30T10:02:52-0500

Crow, tell the seller you'll find a rear sight iris yourself, ask the seller to compensate you whatever the two of you think is a fair amount and buy yourself a Gehmann 510 described above. I bought one and really like it. I also got carried away and wanted some more bling so bought a Gehmann front sight iris 522A. The two pics below show you the range of openings you can adjust the 522A to.

On the other hand, I don't see anything on your range that lends itself to 10m sights so maybe scope it?

crowski · 2025-04-30T11:58:59-0500

What did you attach to this, on the underside?

Crow

MDriskill · 2025-04-30T12:48:28-0500

(It's a standard-profile accessory rail. A whole world of accessories is made for them: riser blocks, hand stops, palm rests, target slings, inserts to fill the slot flush, and more. None of 'em are legal in a formal 10-metermatch (which is why many vintage match air rifles don't have a rail), but quite useful if you use the air rifle to practice for other disciplines - and huge fun to just mess around with, LOL.

Anschutz target sling with hand stop:

Free rifle palm rest, also an Anschutz component. Kinda extreme but very cool to play with:

What I use most, though, are simple target bipods. Not as a functional shooting rest, but just to aid handling the gun comfortably, without getting dings in the wood. Good to have during a long offhand session with a heavy target rifle.

jkingrph · 2025-04-30T19:03:42-0500

crowski said:
What did you attach to this, on the underside?View attachment 559098Crow

Like MDriskoll said, accessory rail. I got one of these last year, or something very similar

Anschutz rising riser block WALNUT piece for 11mm rail and Feinwerkbau | eBay

Original Anschutz rising block quality walnut wood long 24cm high 5.7cm You can paint the color you wish or just put lack on it. Perfectly fit to standart 11mm rail to all Anschutz and Feinwerbau rifles. 24cm long , 5cm width , 4cm high

www.ebay.com

Contoured and rounded off the square end and it mounts on my Fwb300s, 602 and the 150 that came in today. Also hand stops, palm rests, bipods and with an attachment anything you can make I like the riser as it allows the wide stock on some of those target guns to fit the front owl ear bag on my rest better.

jkingrph · 2025-04-30T19:11:35-0500

Like some of the others said, get one of the Gehmann adjustable iris diopters, and you will never look back. The standard 510 is great, I have a 502, a micro model to go on a Williams sight on my little HW30. and a couple of models with magnifying lens, where you can focus the front sight and target and one with that and some color filters. I think the best is the plain 510.

crowski · 2025-04-30T20:30:34-0500

Ranchibi said:
Congratulations! And, I am sorry you had to be lied to by Purolator about it being sent by air...bad mojo on their part! Enjoy shooting it .

Thanks. They were crooks. Drop your keys around them, your better kick them down town before you pick them up. Crow

Steve Milbocker said:
You might consider replacing the missing iris with a Gehmann. I don’t know how easy it is to find an original. Been thinking about trying one myself on my 300S. Nice score, they are magnificent rifles.

510 Gehmann rearsight iris | 349D8357B0F8410B9AA3DE6F8617EBF4

Extremely short and adjustable over a wider range of 0.5 - 3.0mm The fixed-seat iris works with individually pin-located tempered spring steel leaves The aim-point is precisely maintained through the wider range of adjustment by the introduction of a new…

gehmann.com

Thanks. You guys are a wealth of knowledge. I just ordered 2-510’s. And again thanks. Crow

beerthief said:
Beautiful shooter Crow . Enjoy

Thanks Stan. Sweet gun. Crow

MDriskill said:
It's a standard-profile accessory rail. A whole world of fun accessories is made for them: riser blocks, hand stops, palm rests, target slings, flush inserts, and more. None of 'em are legal in a formal 10-meter match BTW, but quite useful for other stuff.

Anschutz target sling with hand stop:
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Free rifle palm rest, also an Anschutz component. Kinda extreme but very cool to play with:
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What I use most, though, are simple target bipods. Not a functional shooting rest for a recoiling springer, but aids in handling the gun comfortably, without getting dings in the wood. Good to have during a long offhand session with a heavy target rifle.
View attachment 559125

Love the rear sights on the bi-pod gun.
Thanks for showing the amazing accessories. Crow

r1lover said:
Crow, tell the seller you'll find a rear sight iris yourself, ask the seller to compensate you whatever the two of you think is a fair amount and buy yourself a Gehmann 510 described above. I bought one and really like it. I also got carried away and wanted some more bling so bought a Gehmann front sight iris 522A. The two pics below show you the range of openings you can adjust the 522A to.

On the other hand, I don't see anything on your range that lends itself to 10m sights so maybe scope it?

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Hey Chris. Got the 502 on the way. Couldn’t find a 522A but will look.
Actually have a deadly 10 m. setup. I have a remote target system. Holds 10 targets and pops 1 up at a time by remote. Just not into right now. Hopefully this summer. Crow

crowski · 2025-04-30T20:35:54-0500

jkingrph said:
Like MDriskoll said, accessory rail. I got one of these last year, or something very similar

Anschutz rising riser block WALNUT piece for 11mm rail and Feinwerkbau | eBay

Original Anschutz rising block quality walnut wood long 24cm high 5.7cm You can paint the color you wish or just put lack on it. Perfectly fit to standart 11mm rail to all Anschutz and Feinwerbau rifles. 24cm long , 5cm width , 4cm high

www.ebay.com

Contoured and rounded off the square end and it mounts on my Fwb300s, 602 and the 150 that came in today. Also hand stops, palm rests, bipods and with an attachment anything you can make I like the riser as it allows the wide stock on some of those target guns to fit the front owl ear bag on my rest better.

Blows me away. I’ve never seen these rifles before this forum. Never mind the accessories. Crow
Enjoy that 150.

jkingrph said:
Like some of the others said, get one of the Gehmann adjustable iris diopters, and you will never look back. The standard 510 is great, I have a 502, a micro model to go on a Williams sight on my little HW30. and a couple of models with magnifying lens, where you can focus the front sight and target and one with that and some color filters. I think the best is the plain 510.

Read all these posts before I ordered the 510. Thanks. Crow

r1lover · 2025-04-30T23:01:58-0500

Crow, the accessories MDriskill showed you include that little bipod that secures nicely to the accessory rail under the FWB300S fore arm. I have several and used one on my 300S when I shot silhouette competition. They're really nice to set your 300 down on, keeping the gun vertical rather than you laying it down on its side. It 1) makes picking the gun back up easy because you just put your hands under it and 2) you can even cock and load the 300 before picking it up. I actually found this to be pretty relaxing vs. man-handling the gun during cocking and loading.

jkingrph · 2025-05-01T08:19:12-0500

crowski said:
Hey Chris. Got the 502 on the way. Couldn’t find a 522A but will look.
Actually have a deadly 10 m. setup. I have a remote target system. Holds 10 targets and pops 1 up at a time by remote. Just not into right now. Hopefully this summer. Crow

522 is a front sight iris. I am thinking about one of those but need to check thread size first as I see they are made in 18 and 22mm. The 502 is one of the smaller micro rear sight iris. I have one of those on order to go on a Williams sight on my HW30. Looking at specs it does have the aperture size range of the larger 510.

Looking at your first post pictures it does not look as though you were shooting with an diopter installed, using the rear sight as more of a ghost ring sight. When you get those 510 iris's and try the out, let us know how you like them.

What I like about them, is that on a very bright, sunny day I can close it down and get a sight picture with more depth of field, on cloudy overcast days when my old eyes need more light I can open it up and get a brighter picture..

jkingrph · 2025-05-01T08:34:48-0500

r1lover said:
Crow, tell the seller you'll find a rear sight iris yourself, ask the seller to compensate you whatever the two of you think is a fair amount and buy yourself a Gehmann 510 described above. I bought one and really like it. I also got carried away and wanted some more bling so bought a Gehmann front sight iris 522A. The two pics below show you the range of openings you can adjust the 522A to.

On the other hand, I don't see anything on your range that lends itself to 10m sights so maybe scope it?

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What thread size of that 522 do you get for a FWB 300 or 150

MDriskill · 2025-05-01T09:10:44-0500

jkingrph said:
What thread size of that 522 do you get for a FWB 300 or 150

The FWB front sight sleeves use the "M18" thread (18.0 x 0.5mm).

Among vintage match sights: Walther (LG 55 and LGV springers), Weihrauch, and Diana (through the 60-series barrel cockers) used the old M17 thread. Diana and HW sporter rifles still have those to this day.

Most classic fixed-barrel rifles of the early recoilless era went to M18 sights: FWB, Anschutz, Walther (LGR SSP and later), Diana (model 75 and later).

Generally only fairly new PCP guns use the big M22 tunnels. I know very little more about those!

Gehmann, Centra, AHG Anschutz, etc. still make many accessories for both M18 and M22 front sights, but nothing any more for M17.

Metric thread nomenclature goes by the outside diameter of the screw. So it's easy to check the size (M18 FWB sight in pic):

MDriskill · 2025-05-01T09:21:35-0500

As noted above, Gehmann's rear irises are available with either German (9.5 x 1.0mm) or US (7/32 x 40) threads.

BUT - they also have a simple male-female adapter that lets you use a German eyepiece in US sights. So ONE iris will go on about any rifle you are ever likely to own. (One tiny disadvantage: you look through a smaller hole with the US sight, so an iris with a magnifying lens will have a narrower field of view. Still focuses perfectly though).

Photo shows a vintage Gehmann iris - German thread with an adapter - in a Willams sight.

jkingrph · 2025-05-01T11:04:15-0500

Thanks MDriskill. I have a couple of WIlliams sights with the Gehmann 510's One is a earlier model with the 7/32x40 threads. the other with the metric adapter. I like the older because it makes for a shorter looking set up.

I got to seeing about the 522 adjustable front iris and order a couple, should be great for using different size targets.

crowski · 2025-05-01T14:24:24-0500

I bought this last summer, can use for now. Same thread. Ya who.

I’m going out now to try with the 300s. Thanks. Crow

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