Quote Originally Posted by hwvixen View Post

Does anyone remember what his name was..?He must have been one of the very first British champs?
Probably Ian Law. He started out with a FWB300S and then realised that the 6ft/lb power was not great for a windy day and for the 45 yard targets so he got a FWB Sport.

The most common rifles in the very early days amongst the winners were the FWB Sport and the Original 45, some HW35s as well. There are lists of the guns used in the AGWs of the time, ask IJ to post them up. This was in the days before the HW80 and HW77. One shoot I went to saw John Whiscombe with his early prototype rifle made of two BSA Mercury cylinders welded together!