Fwb P70ft

[streetfighter]

Hello,

I have a PT70ft on a 700-stock for more than one month now and I'm very satisfied. The gun carries a big Nikko. The original dovetail is fitted with Jon Harris mountraisers on top of which I've placed a Weaver-'bridge' with a drop of 0.5°. Very important : with this weaverrail, the scope needs no more shimming! The mounts I use : Warne Medium 30mm (quick release)

I raised the palmshelf with an aluminium piece and I placed a bipod underneath the palmshelfholder.
Within short time the FWB will be equiped with an alu pellet-lever and the Nikko will get a new sidewheel and marker, both Jon Harris-made!

As for the shooting characteristics : yes, this weapon is rather heavy but I don't see this as a disadvantage. On the contrary, with this setup it feels very stable and it gives me a lot of confidence. The accuracy is stunning.
I get the best results with JSB exact 4.52.
The rest can be resumed in 3 words : practice, practice and practice...

Below a link of some pics of this beauty...

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/5458/fwb008ab7.jpg
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/4216/fwb007ja8.jpg
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/8610/fwb006kb3.jpg

Best regards,

Marc

[xbow]

Here's my P700:

http://i79.imagethrust.com/images/2Z...bp-700-ft.html

[Romah]

Good review Simon

Just out of interest, regarding the 'front heavy' remark, have you tried a butt hook? I think you'd be surprised

One of the disciplines I shoot is 25yd benchrest, the 'bull' I'm trying to obliterate on these shots is 2mm diameter and I was struggling a bit last year although the gun was plenty fine for my normal target shooting with the 4.52 JSR's. I sent the gun down to Jon Harris asking him to sort it for me, came back spot on with a 9fps spread over 70 shots.

Whilst the rifle was away, I noticed that the Italian guys I'm shooting against are all using Barracuda's in their P70's and getting excellent results, got some and tried them, shot my first 250 ex 250 with my initial practice card

I love my P70 to bits and have never had any problems with zero shift, mind you it had been 'breathed on' by Jon H before I laid hands on it.

Cheers Robb

[simona]

Thanks for the replies guys. Romah, I have one of those old pattern Anschutz butt hooks that I'm thinking of fitting to it - as you suggest I think it will do wonders for the balance. Xbow, I love your 700, where did you buy it? Did you get a good discount for the lack of iron sights and was converting it difficult? Streetfighter, mine looks very much like yours, except mine is black where yours is silver and vice-versa.

[xbow]

Xbow, I love your 700, where did you buy it? Did you get a good discount for the lack of iron sights and was converting it difficult?

I bought the P700 mail order from a gun shop in Germany, It was about £800 inc shipping without rearsight - UK quote at the time was £1020! It took a while to work out the best way (for me) to get the power up - I made some new reg parts. As supplied, the P700 is over-lever cocking so I had to design and make a side lever for it. Also it only has a rear dovetail so I also made the custom scope mount. It took me a while as I only have a Lathe at home so I had to do the milling at work. I'm not a machinist but making the bits wasn't difficult just time consuming.

Vic.

[BANKROBBER]

hi felloow FWB'ers!!
i bought my p70 about a month ago and i really like it.having sold my pro-target this last sunday,i have no regrets.
i had wondered why there was a screw missing on the shroud...surely now my scope will 'wander'???
luckily for me,the previous owner had done most of the bling thing to it,but last week i made a couple of mods...as a result i now have a real nice pair of sling mounts!i think they turned out ok....if anyone would be interested...i may well make some to order

[simona]

Update; the problem was the scope. I've fitted a butthook and a nice Deben and have been on a really hot streak the last couple of months. Managed to win FFTA winter league and the association championships [with a performance I was most proud of, 36 ex 40 on a very hard course in horrible conditions, won by 4, not done that for a while]. Zero has been almost totally solid since putting the Deben on and the pure accuracy still impresses me greatly. Weight has been to my advantage in the gusty conditions this winter; I'm sure it's been more stable than a lighter gun. I'm not really having to think about the machinery anymore.....Really enjoying working on my shooting rather that messing about with equipment all the time.