Super rare air by the pair

Feinwerkbau

124 Jnc marked- not quite as rare as first thought but still a fairly rare find. There was a later small run in which the "Inc." of the company name was incorrectly stamped as “Jnc." Marking is an exceptionally rare item. 4th Edition of the Blue Book of Airguns states “20” for the 124 (this is know to be incorrect)





127 Jnc marked- extremely rare, "There was a later small run in which the "Inc." of the company name was incorrectly stamped as “Jnc." Less than 5% of the above variations were produced in .22" caliber, so a legitimate .22" caliber specimen with this marking is an exceptionally rare item. 4th Edition of the Blue Book of Airguns states “20” for the 124 (known to be incorrect), 127’s might be 10-20?!





Beeman 

HW 55 Tyrolean with heavy barrel sleeve option- just 25 were produced.





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HW97 Tyrolean- although the Blue Book states these were never produced here one is! I had a conversation with Dave Slade who worked at Beeman and he said he personally saw a "handful" of these come in! I have heard of another 3-4...





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Theoben

Dual Magnum- approximately 104 were produced.





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Beeman Dual Magnum- I never found numbers that say of the 104 produced how many were Beeman stamped.





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Beeman

R1 Tyrolean with Beeman 68R Blue Ribbon scope- .20 less than 25 R1 Tyroleans were produced





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R1 Tyrolean with Beeman 68R Blue Ribbon scope- .177 fully engraved by the previous owner





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a small portion of the engraving.





HW EL54 Barakuda with original glass ether viles and round lead shot- a few hundred were made, an HW35 at heart but equipped with "diesel chamber" to massively augment power. (no need to argue/mention that it didn't work, or gun damage... no I have not and will not diesel it) On occasion the power was so high it separated the head and skirt of pellets which is why round shot was preferred by some to avoid this happening.











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Factory chrome Beeman HW35 RDB 1- Less than 20 factory chrome plated versions of any Beeman/HW guns exist. The very rarest versions are the ones that are factory stamped with initials: " RDB 1". 












 
I honestly rarely shoot my 2 and have never brought them out on the range so shooting to about 35 yards is all I have done but again rarely. Airgun World test showed 1/2'' groups at 45 yards and Airgun Odyssey mentions 1.22'' groups at 75 yards!!! At 45 yards it's carrying over 23 fpe and at 75 it's making more fpe than the R1 does at the muzzle!!! P.S. if ANYONE has an issue with airgun recoil they should take up blowguns IMO.
 
FWB 110, beech stock, no sled, lo budget model, poor seller...seldom seen?

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I’ve only ever seen a picture of one other. It was in South Africa and in good condition but not as good as yours. It’s very rare. I’m sure someone would happily swap you for the non budget recoil-less 150.
Had a look on line and found a few more but still pretty rare.
 
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FWB 110, beech stock, no sled, lo budget model, poor seller...seldom seen?

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The 110 model was Feinwerkbau's lead in to competion shooting in the early 60's. It was quickly followed by the 150 (recoilless) which appeared 62-63. I would not characterize it as a poor seller as only 180 models were made. I think it more as a victim of the changing technology and build design.
 
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The 110 was produced contemporaneously with the 150, up to 1968, and my 110 was made in 1966. I don't think that even 180 were completed, some of the receivers stamped "110" being used to build up 150. I think that rarity of the 110 places it somewhere between something like a Falke 90 (estimated production around 200?) and something REALLY rare like Anschutz LG54.
I think the reason a example of a FWB 200 has never been found was that the 110 really was a commercial failure?
DualMagMike shows several airguns in "one of 25" catagory, and Falke 90 are not as uncommon as 110, and certainly not like LG54?
FWIW, it's a fun lightweight gun to shoot, sorta like an unsleeved HW55S.

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That FWB 110 is a gem.

I could only imagine what a left handed example, if it exists, would bring price wise.

Speaking of which, have any of you fine folks ever seen a left handed Diana 100 or a stock for one in person?
I have found a total of like 2 pictures of an example and that is it. I know that they exist, but apparently all the loose ones are in the posession of sasquatches and are not to be found, ever.......