Danced with a couple different frauleins tonight. FWB 124 .177 and Diana 56TH .177. FWB is such a smooth, elegant, easy to cock little rifle. The 56TH is its polar opposite, but man is it accurate. Both are a joy to shoot.
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What springer did you shoot today?
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Love the stock on the 56th. I hemed and hawed to buy one in .177. When I finally when to buy it, it was gone. Snooze you lose. Nice gun. Crow
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Thank you. I can’t believe I own one you don’t have. Hail, I can’t believe ANYONE owns an airgun you don’t have ha ha ha.
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I have had my first FWB 124d a little over 50 years now, and picked up a second late last year. I was always amazed at the ease of cocking, accuracy and power. It was not long after I got that 124 from ARH in W. Va, that I spotted a Williams receiver sight at Beemans and put one of those on. I was in the USAF at the time in base housing. so I would shoot in one bedroom down the hall into another bedroom. I did not have a proper rest, so would set a dining room chair in the bedroom, sit on the floor and use the chair as a rest. I was probably shooting at about 15-18 yards max. but little one hole groups were common. I have increased my collection or accumulatin of air rifles a lot in the ensuing years, but those remain among my favorites.
I remember the hype about the power, so tested it I think with silver jet pellets against a 1" (3/4") white pine board, and at about six inches from the muzzle it would completely penetrate the board.
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Stopped by my fav pawn shop on the way home, and jumped down the Layaway Rabbit hole head first for a nice looking Diana 350 Magnum in .177 with a brown woodgrain plastic stock market RWS . I'll be able to climb out of this hole on Oct 15. Lol
Oh yeah I wanted to make sure it would shoot , and that I could cock a Magnum , so I took it outside , and dry fired it once. I know your not supposed too , but it had to be tested , and I had not pellets. Cocked very smooth , and fired very powerful. So I did shoot a springer today sort of. Lol
Oh yeah I wanted to make sure it would shoot , and that I could cock a Magnum , so I took it outside , and dry fired it once. I know your not supposed too , but it had to be tested , and I had not pellets. Cocked very smooth , and fired very powerful. So I did shoot a springer today sort of. Lol
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Great story @jkingrph . I bought my 124 from someone on another forum. Had been his dad’s gun and he was very happy it was going to be used again. Besides it being a wonderful rifle, that makes me smile every time I shoot it. Diana 45 today. Quirky little gun and not sure they get the love they deserve. One of the best things about this gun is that it came with a Diana 75! That’s actually the gun I drove up to get. Sorry so and so saw me coming and put several other rifles in his truck, including the Diana 45 ha ha ha.
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