Ever wondered how much an FWB 65

[Garvin]

would sell for new? Here's one that was advertised as having only been test fired at the factory.

It sold on eGun yesterday for around £640.

[Peter Pig]

Great pistol, what a price! I see there is a FWB 90 on Gun Star for £550, they must be getting collectors items as well as fine shooting pistols.
Peter

[zooma]

If Feinwerkbau made the Model 65 again now, and the retail price was £640, I think they would still sell well, so I guess paying the same for one that is effectively "new" is not a bad price to pay.

However, all those years of unused storage may not have been so kind to the internals, but unlike the Giss system there is nothing to rot away on a Feinwerkbau so it could still be ready to shoot and enjoy.

[BrianS]

This thread has aroused happy memories.

[RobinC]

I suspect that any one willing to pay that price has bought it as a collectable so will not shoot it, actualy mine bought new in 1972 has only had the factory test shots through it, apart from the occassional ones I put through it over the following years, certainly no more than 80 or a 100,000.
Have fun, Good shooting,
Robin

[Garvin]

I suspect that any one willing to pay that price has bought it as a collectable so will not shoot it, actualy mine bought new in 1972 has only had the factory test shots through it, apart from the occassional ones I put through it over the following years, certainly no more than 80 or a 100,000.
Have fun, Good shooting,
Robin

By FWB 65 standards, that's only just run in, Robin!

[RobinC]

Hi Gavin
Most of my guns were bought new, used and kept as part of my shooting history, it's from the days when basically every one used one apart from the odd extravert with a Walther LP2, it served me well, I shot my all time 40 shot personal best with it (384) and I still shoot it very occasionaly when I'm feeling nostalgic.
They are certainly the most iconic air pistol of all time.
Good shooting
Robin

[Garvin]

Looking at the one that sold for 755 euros again, it must have been one of the very last made. Its serial number is 145,956. According to Feinwerkbau, around 145,000 of the model 65 were made in total.

[nige346]

I bought a "new old stock" FWB80 before Christmas for £295, came in a sealed box with all paperwork, Cleaning pellets and a tin of original supply pellets, The only item that was past its best was the tin of pellets and the safety buffer, £8 later the gun shot and still shoots superbly and is a joy to use, I do consider the gun at a total cost of £303 an absolute bargain and would never sell it on .