FWB 300s?

Yes, there is a market for it. That's a very nice sporter style stock and your friends dad seems to have had the same thoughts I have on the factory stock-looks like it's 9 months pregnant.

If I didn't have a couple of 300s guns already I'd be interested myself. 

I would bet that you'll get a few personal messages here shortly from folks that want to buy it. 

It would be hard to say without actually handling the gun and it have to go to just the right person but my guess is the gun should bring at least what a mint condition original gun would bring. Maybe more. If I owned it I’d be looking for something in excess of $1000. Assuming the bluing is 100% and the stock is as nice as it looks. Just my opinion.

in any case the internal buffer would need a good look see and at it's age, replacing

it is a great looking stork but there is no butt at all which to seems a bit strange but it is contoured

so you have a older nice 300 in a custom stock, so what is it worth, bubblerboy thinks a grand or more

so it is missing the factory stock and it is not pictured with the rear diopter but it is pictured with the front sight and an unknown scope and rings and it needs to have the internal buffer replaced at it age

so I think the 1000+ is a reach, it is a nice gun

I took a little more time looking at the pics and I think you have a 300, not a 300s. The cocking lever catch pic is a little blurry but looks like a 300 catch. The barrel shroud looks like a 300 shroud as well. The 300s shroud has a step up to a bigger diameter for the last 6 or so inches of the barrel. 

The 300 trigger is not quite as good as the 300s trigger. But I prefer the barrel shroud on the 300 over the 300s. 

Plain Jane 300s guns seem to go for $450-600 these days, depending on how dinged up the stock is and how much freckling on the metal. I haven't seen as many 300 guns sell. The 300s variants that I see selling on classifieds that are in the $1000 range, are the Tyrolean stocks or the running boar version or they come with factory box and payers and haven't been shot in 35 years. 

Value is tough. One guy might really like that custom stock and be willing to pay more. The next guy might consider a non-factory trigger guard and stock detrimental to the value. Ultimately, it's worth whatever someone is willing to pay you, and that just comes down to whatever someone is in the market for it right now. 

Very nice gun.

Wow, that is a work of art! @bubblerboy64 is right, if the state of this rifle is pristine, start with a grand. This thing is the badgers nadgers. 

There is a butt plate on it or so it appears to me. (very thin) Think just what it would cost to reproduce the stock. HOWEVER as we all know pictures can be very deceiving. It would have to be 100% of what it appears to be . AND its has a some what limited market. I’d love to see better and more detailed pictures as I am certain others would as well. Some close ups of the metal work and stock There has to be someone out there who would love to own that gun. I’d spring if I could see and touch but Ca is too far from Pa

Who ever did the stock is very talented indeed

Franklink, 

To me it looks like a short cocking lever like on a 300S. Stops at the front of the loading port, but the trigger looks to be from a 300. 

ShootinBlind,

I would say the barreled action minus rear sight in 95 percent condition would be worth 350.00 - 400.00USD

Nice custom checkered walnut stock would sell for about the same..............................350.00 - 400.00USD

Total 700 - 800USD plus scope value ?

ok lets say the stock has a value of 500 bucks and a complete gun in good shape and has it's sights and has been rebuilt in the last 10 years that would be 600 to 650

so the rebuild sent out shipping 2 ways parts and labor what about 180-200 replace missing rear sight 85-100 missing stock well I don't know see few for sale let say in nice shape 150-200 so if you take the 500 stock off the rifle what is it worth

these are observation from a buyers stand point, the rifle has a great stock but missing parts and in need of service

sellers and buyers look at a rifle or pistol in different ways and just because one person will make that jump to a high price doesn't mean there is another when you want to sell it

I don't think you will get a $1000. I would bet $650 to $700.

The stock is nice and I'm sure took a lot of time but I don't see it bringing the money a nice original 300S will bring. Your mileage may vary.

Well i decided to put my money where my mouth is. Seller and I agreed to a price very close to my original estimate. I’m figuring the gun might need a little work but I may be able to accomplish that myself. I’m figuring maybe only a seal . I don’t care about the missing sight because I will only shoot it with a scope. I also don’t care about its resale value I plan to give it to someone (in time) who will appreciate it. Hopefully my grandson. He’s 11 and will have to prove his merit to me. And his interest. He’s not guaranteed by any means. I had one similar and I actually made a stock for it ( certainly nothing of the caliber this gun has). And I agree with all that’s been said it’s probably not worth the money to the average buyer but to me I think it’s a beautiful representation of some ones stock making abilities. I plan to put a leupold 6.5x20 EFR scope on it and use it to practice off hand shooting.I know it’s not absolutely perfect. I think of it as an honor to have something that some one put that much effort into. In the end it’s just money and so I am buying it. In addition having seen air rifles at some of the local gun shows with prices of upwards of $500 for just common stuff who it’s to say this gun ISNT worth $1000 (to the right buyer) I’ve spent money more foolishly 

Any decent FWB 300 is a treasure. I've had five different ones, now down to three. You can't wear them out, and, fortunately, factory parts are still available . I use mine for Benchrest shooting. Yours was built with a lot of love and care. The man that made the stock is a craftsman . Keep it, shoot it, and enjoy it, then pass it on to someone who will appreciate it.

Any decent FWB 300 is a treasure. I've had five different ones, now down to three. You can't wear them out, and, fortunately, factory parts are still available . I use mine for Benchrest shooting. Yours was built with a lot of love and care. The man that made the stock is a craftsman . Keep it, shoot it, and enjoy it, then pass it on to someone who will appreciate it.

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Thanks for the encouraging words. I had an immediate attraction to that gun because I had one some goodly number of years ago and let it get away from me and the fact that I wanted the gun for mainly offhand shooting using a scope made it especially attractive. Then the stock the fellow who owns the gun is in his seventies and his father did the stock many years ago. That is pretty special. The seller has no particularly family member he wanted to give the gun to. I just felt it would be an honor to have it . I plan to keep a written history with the gun .

Out of all the airguns I have(all springers by the way) the FWB 300 S will be the last one I would sell if I do decide to get rid of some. Just a awesome gun to shoot.

That is an incredibly beautiful piece. Pricing custom work is always tricky, but for whatever my opinion is worth at this point, this quality of craftsmanship puts it well above the value of a standard factory stock. 

To comment on some previous points:

As your last batch of pics proves, definitely a 300S action, backed up by the cocking lever and barrel length.

It does not have a barrel shroud/weight in these photos.

It does seem odd there is no buttplate. That being said, I’ve seen some pretty high-end German guns done that way. Do you know if this was intentional, or just a detail that didn’t get completed?

It DOES have a butt plate. In the original pictures 4th one down zoom in you can see it. Thin inlaid steel 

Guns paid for . Seller will ship when the check clears his bank.

Soon as I receive it I wil post more info and detailed pictures 

I stand corrected! Thanks for the new pic, wow it’s really gorgeous from that angle.

Neither here nor there, but I’ve often wondered why FWB never offered a sporter version of this action - maybe with “Mini” barrel, a simpler trigger, a bit stouter spring, and sans recoilless sled - especially after the 300S had passed its day as the top-dog match rifle. The Chinese saw the potential (remember the old TS-45 sidelever?), just think about a similar package at an FWB quality level...

Here is a shot from the other side hopefully I’ll have it in 10 days . These are some shots sent to me before I committed to buying