JohnnyPiston that’s like winning the lottery. Clean lines, spare no detail, masters, wow. Your lucky, enjoy. Crow
PS— Just put another item on my bucket list!
PS— Just put another item on my bucket list!
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Over the moon with this one! Hint: 🏃 🐗
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The FWB 300S RB is now scoped with an old school Bushnell 4-12X40 (gloss finish, made in Japan) cradled in a one-piece low Sportsmatch mount. That subtle touch of green ties the knot on this package, don't you think?
From 15-20 yards dandelion buds were getting popped "just like that", more challenge needed so I shot the stems. I was shooting from cover, and was able to judge wind hold-off by the angle of the falling rain. Fun stuff.
Such a joy to operate and shoot. Supremely accurate!
From 15-20 yards dandelion buds were getting popped "just like that", more challenge needed so I shot the stems. I was shooting from cover, and was able to judge wind hold-off by the angle of the falling rain. Fun stuff.
Such a joy to operate and shoot. Supremely accurate!
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That is one beautiful rifle Jon. The high gloss scope looks perfect on it. Congrats, that is a keeper.
Larry
Larry
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That is an outstanding looking rifle! Congratulations on your find and thanks for the great photos.
BB
BB
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On my v1 Running Target I use Leapers 4-16 compact.
On one v4, (standard action in RT stock) a Leapers Bugbuster
another v4 back and forth between a B Nickel dual post RB scope
and a Beeman Blue Ribbon 68R 4-12
On one v4, (standard action in RT stock) a Leapers Bugbuster
another v4 back and forth between a B Nickel dual post RB scope
and a Beeman Blue Ribbon 68R 4-12
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A lighted reticle Beeman...always fits a classic
mike
A 66RL would be a nice match. My 66RL's live on my R1 Lasers.
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Was tempted to mount an old school Tasco (also gloss), but the green lettering on the AO bell matched so perfectly with the breech seal LOL. A keeper for sure!
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On my v1 Running Target I use Leapers 4-16 compact.
On one v4, (standard action in RT stock) a Leapers Bugbuster
another v4 back and forth between a B Nickel dual post RB scope
and a Beeman Blue Ribbon 68R 4-12
Thanks for that. The 68R looks nice up there. I figure 4-12X (what I have now) is plenty for all kinds of short-medium range shooting.
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You guys all have gorgeous rifles, thanks for sharing. Really enjoy checking them out. Crow
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Ha - that old post had totally slipped my mind! Thanks for finding it (I "run off at the keyboard" so much that I forget things, LOL).
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Going off on a tangent here...but I've always thought one under-appreciated touch of genius on these guns, is the tapered breech seal. This allows the transfer port to be very short and efficient...which allows the spring strength to be minimized...which allows the recoilless mechanism to be simpler and lighter.
The upshot is an awesome recoilless rifle that can shoot well over 600 FPS - and literally be cocked with your little finger. Kind of amazing!
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Ridiculousness in cocking effort is directly related to quality of materials.
FWB never misses throughout all time. Take for instance an FWB Sport today and what it "was" years ago. Whether you have the years ago 124 or the today 124 FWB Sport you have a rifle that overcomes the trigger problem with pellet dwelling time upon firing. Pellet dwell is related to ignition on firearms as "lock time" and FWB's in the later SPORT version with more power have this instantaneous trigger and piston operation that make the machine (the air rifle) hum after the pellet is out of the barrel downrange faster than any other trigger system.
So I kept my FWB Sport .177 because it offered buffer against the slow HW Trigger and equaled the Theoben Eliminator trigger in RAPID release of air.
But if I wanted to shoot over 50 yards I'd be looking elsewhere for a better rifle like a D54 Recoilless in .20. The accuracy is there to do it without yardage limitation. So my FWB sport isn't the one for the 105 yard shot.
The D54 .20 is.
FWB never misses throughout all time. Take for instance an FWB Sport today and what it "was" years ago. Whether you have the years ago 124 or the today 124 FWB Sport you have a rifle that overcomes the trigger problem with pellet dwelling time upon firing. Pellet dwell is related to ignition on firearms as "lock time" and FWB's in the later SPORT version with more power have this instantaneous trigger and piston operation that make the machine (the air rifle) hum after the pellet is out of the barrel downrange faster than any other trigger system.
So I kept my FWB Sport .177 because it offered buffer against the slow HW Trigger and equaled the Theoben Eliminator trigger in RAPID release of air.
But if I wanted to shoot over 50 yards I'd be looking elsewhere for a better rifle like a D54 Recoilless in .20. The accuracy is there to do it without yardage limitation. So my FWB sport isn't the one for the 105 yard shot.
The D54 .20 is.
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Actually Fischer, low cocking effort is correlated with the spring specs/power output.
I thought you'd bring up your D54 .20 and long range shooting, and you didn't let me down. A bit off topic, but I'm not mad at you. LOL
I thought you'd bring up your D54 .20 and long range shooting, and you didn't let me down. A bit off topic, but I'm not mad at you. LOL
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I agree, the cone/funnel shaped breech seal was brilliant. I knew of an old school TX200 shooter who modified his barrel/compression tube on a MK3 to mimic the FWB 300/65/80 etc barrel-breech interface/lock up. It was highly tuned and capable of shooting nearly 20fpe in .177 cal.
My Running Boar shoots JSB 8.4 at 585 fps. I need to test 7gn pellets and JSB RS 7.33 (which it spits out very nicely) over the chronograph soon.
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You left out the most important factor. Gravitational pull of the moon. That's why accuracy and cocking effort varies depending on the time of the month you shoot your air rifle.
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