Just been down the range to test a .177 Feinwerkbau Sport which I have just done a re-lube job on. At 25 yards off a rest it printed a ten shot group of 10mm c-to-c, another of 11mm, and one of 8mm.
This is without running-in, using H&N Match hi-speed, with a 4x cheap scope & two-piece mounts. I need to get used to the trigger and recoil, but I was very pleased with these results. I'm going to get a combro and try and find the best pellet for it now.
Not bad for a 20-year old 'obsolete' springer. It only weighs about 7lbs and is very 'pointable'. I would recommend anyone who is offered one snap it up immediately! Mine was £145 and in excellent condition, so there are bargains to be had ....
[This message was edited by Fosberry38 on 27 August, 2003 at 23:00.]
[This message was edited by Fosberry38 on 27 August, 2003 at 23:01.]
Got to agree there, I'm in the Isle of Man this week & have been playing with my FWB today, similar results, but aren't they hold-sensitive?
Mine's a Bowkett conversion & has a very quick snappy firing cycle. The closest comparison would be a gasram rifle.
Very much ahead of their time, well engineered, mine (a Mk1) also has a beech stock that is nicer than a lot of walnut stocks I've seen.
Adrian
The hold-sensitivity might be partly down to the light weight I suppose, but they really don't like being too tightly gripped, or too softly. I used Dri-Slide in the compression chamber with a tiny smear of SM50 behind the piston washer, a smear of moly grease on the rear end of the piston body, and a thin layer applied with a toothbrush on the spring. The recoil is not a Venom or Bowkett-style thump, it still has its two-phase feel, but the rifle is very smooth.
Shame they don't make them any more. The trigger could be re-vamped and a couple of other details changed and it would easily compete with the HW80 and 95, at least in the UK market.
Hope it wasn't your toothbrush.....
Talking of old-but-good springers I've been sifting through 25 years' worth of airgun mags & found a few things on Mercuries as well as the tuning article I mentioned so I'll get them scanned for you Alistair.
Adrian
Sorry to sound a little cheeky Mr Draftsmann,but what have you found about BSA Mercurys in your old mags as i really like these old guns.
R P - YHM
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FOSBERRY38
Y.H.M. re F.W.B. Sport test.
A.T.B.
Ian
Thanks for all the archive info chaps. I think I am on a mission to see how true those AGW tests and articles were, the ones that I took for Gospel when I was a teenager ...
The Mercury 'S' is next.
Fosberry38, you say you got those small groups but also that it was very hold-sensitive. How consistent were your groups - if you see what I mean. Were they all in the same position with relation to the aim point? How about doing one of those StraightShooters 'real world accuracy targets?
http://www.straightshooters.com/docs...cygungrid.html
Cheers,
Ian
The groups I shot were a bit laterally displaced, this was due to my lack of control over the trigger. The 8mm group was a nice round cloverleave though. I found out about the FWB hold-sensitiveness when I borrowed a .22 version years ago, it grouped like a shotgun until the owner told me not to grip the rifle so tightly ...
Oh that brings back some memory's that does. Years ago when I had HW35 export Vixen, a Friend of mine bought a FWB124, what a little jem, I fell in love with it, but was to macho at the time, being young and all that, to admit it.
So I stuck with the HW, even though I preferred his 124. I used to borrow it as often as I could, lending him my HW35 and telling him it was more powerfull, which of course it surely was not. Happy days. <img src="http://jsramsbottom.co.uk/bbs/e/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" width="15" height="15"><!--graemlin:--> <img src="http://jsramsbottom.co.uk/bbs/e/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" width="15" height="15"><!--graemlin:
jim
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I can remember seeing one reviewed very positively when I was (I think) still at primary school...
Just out of interest, which range do you shoot at? I'm planning to take up shooting again, but there doesn't seem to be a vast amount of choice in central London...
If I were you I'd join the Bisley Field target Club, which is what I'm going to do when I have more time. They have a FANTASTIC set up, and it is only 40 minutes from Waterloo on the train. They are v.friendly too. Look at this
http://www.bfto.org.uk/
And its only about £40 to join.
If you are in North London then the Lea Valley club is only 20 mins from Kings X and they have a good set-up too.
[This message was edited by Fosberry38 on 30 August, 2003 at 12:47.]
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