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    Finally

    I have a couple of large patio umbrellas which help. I will generally do my summer shooting earlier in the day, in fact everything outdoors early. We hit 95 for a while yesterday. I mowed a couple of days ago and slept too late, so it was getting warm, late morning, not hot but I was...
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    FWB 603 value

    I paid about 450 for a 602 meistergrade early this year. Meistergrade means a figured walnut stock. Seller was originally asking 550 but had the gun in storage, and when he got it out and saw some what I called minor scratches in the forearm reduced the price without my asking. I did send it...
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    What is more poplular Ebay or Gunbroker?

    I have bought multiple airguns off ebay, mostly high end, vintage Feinwerkbau's. Firearms off Gunbroker.
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    What springer did you shoot today?

    Been either rain or sprinkling every day and more heavy rain forecast for tomorrow and Friday. The yard is literally soaked so I do not want to walk across it. Hopefully next week
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    What springer did you shoot today?

    Looks like no shooting today, I was hoping for a bit, but had to mow the lawn, and was about 3/4 finished when I saw a big black cloud in the distance, so ended up racing the rain. I did beat it but is dark outside with thunder and rain. At least I got the yard finished. We have had so much...
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    Springer vs. PCP

    Really not familiar with the Diana Models, I have an 54 Air KIng pro and honestly it is a beast to cock, but very powerful and accurate Most of my others in the sporting class are HW models. For something in an intermediate power and price range look at a HW 50. I do not have one of those...
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    Retired members here?

    Technically I was laid off 12 years ago as a hospital pharmacist. Like a lot of places a big hospital had been buying up smaller ones in the area and mine was one of those. We had two pharmacists, and 3 technicians and covered it 24 hours a day every day of the year, 12 hours on site and 12 on...
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    What did you do airgun related today.

    Nothing, all of my shooting has to be outdoors and it has been a wet drizzle all day.
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    HW/Weihrauch My HW77 is Complete

    Agree. I do not have any such thing on my HW77, but my FWB 300s is another story. Gehmann adjustable front iris, the rear diopter is one of the Gehman models, adjustable iris, color filters, polarizing lens and a 1.5x lens, too many things to fiddle with. I really get more enjoyment with just...
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    What rifles have you bought twice?

    I decided agains a FWB90, and went a pair each of models 65 and 80.
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    What rifles have you bought twice?

    Likewise, and have added a couple sine I might have last posted so here is the list. Two each of FWB 124d, FWB Sport, FWB 150, FWB 65, FWB 80, HW 35e, HW 57, IZH 46M. S&W 78, Also numerous Crosman 22xx types, none original, all either modified or custom built by me. I really went whole hog...
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    Crosman First Time Trying 10m Shooting

    Yes some of the high powered springers tend to tire me out quickly, like the Dina 54 air king pro or HW 98. Little HW 30 or 57's I can shoot for a long time. The FWB 602 tires me out quickly also, it's a big ssp made for 10M shooting. The old 300 and 150's are the best for extended sessions...
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    What springer did you shoot today?

    Yes I wanted it for the size and the dogleg shape. I'm pretty good at woodworking and if it gives up the ghost I can make another without a lot of trouble. I set mine up so the height adjustment pin is not actually through the top mount itself, but only through the vertical shaft so the top...
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    What springer did you shoot today?

    I had one of the smaller plastic top models and gave it away. The thing that sold me on this one was the size and shape of the top, the feet on the legs and the adjustment on all 3 legs for leveling. The location where I place mine was impossible to level the small one without a lot of shims...
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    What springer did you shoot today?

    I have one of those benches, only a couple of months old. I will have to keep an eye on it. It sits outside. When not in use I cover it with a large heavy vinyl tarp then a vinyl coated fabric cover for a large gas grill. Directly on the bench, front art I have a smaller folded canvas...
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    Beeman How often do you pay an inflated price for a rifle or don't make such purchases at all, only buy good deals?

    Likewise, One of the FWB150's looked like the visible seal was not good, one of the old beige/tan ones, so sent it in. Resealing, new springs and trigger job was close to a third of what I paid for the gun. Good thing, considering the quality of the gun and new seal material it will probably...
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    Other Coup De Grace

    Yes and you must remember shooting at a flying bird, and depending upon a spreading shot charge will not always insure an instant kill.
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    Beeman How often do you pay an inflated price for a rifle or don't make such purchases at all, only buy good deals?

    I bought my second FWB 124d sometime in the last half of last year. I probably paid close to 4 times as much as I paid for my first back in 1975, and saw others going for more. I was looking at a chromed FWB 150 a couple of months ago until the price got north of $1200, probably around 60...
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    FWB ages

    Pretty gun. It looks much like a miniaturized version of a Martini-Henry which was a British service rifle starting about 1871, There are still a fairly large number of those floating around. This looks like a sporterized model, picture I found on the internet.
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    FWB ages

    Yes. I have a model 1896 Swedish Mauser made in 1900, this one was made by Mauser Obendorf in Germany for the Swedes under a special production run, It has a two digit serial number with all numbered parts matching. Stock shows age and dings but otherwise in perfect conditon. I also have a...