Feinwerbau 124 Sport .177

[I. J.]

One thing to be particularly careful of when stripping the rifle is the safety catch 'flaps'. These are only sheet steel and easily damaged/snapped off.

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Airs...ml?sort=4&o=63

HTH
Ian

[Garvin]

The rifle looks very nice! If you're planning to keep the two-piece 'scope mounts, I would buy one of these arrestor blocks if I were you.

Agree with I.J. about the 'wings' on the safety slide - I shaped a bit of wood to fit the spring compressor so it would bear on the centre of the slide, with cutouts to protect the wings.

[Muskett]

An arrestor block could be a plus but not that one! There is one for the rifle which matches the rings in machined blue steel, but it is very hard to find. Think I sold one a good few years back, wish I hadn't.

Such a lovely rifle really gets the anorak out of us
This is mine and my 127 favourite set up of scope and choice of mounts. IJ just sold a set of Apel's. However your Heiver are elegant enough:
http://i820.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/IMGP6760.jpg

This picture shows three. Note the top one with SportMatch mounts on a Moonlighter scope; though my user 124 rifle it just doesn't look as good:
http://i820.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/IMGP6381.jpg

Last few points, the woodwork on your rifle is the early type with some colour swirls to the beech. To me thats a real plus as most stocks are very all one colour. My minter is a 127, wish it was a 124 as I prefer the .177 to the .22; always have and my shooter is a .177.

All in all, once tuned up and working you have about as good a FWB Sport as you can get. They don't come better..... unless in Walnut.

[Garvin]

An arrestor block could be a plus but not that one!

Fair enough, you're the expert! I just know that the recoil on a Sport is not to be under-estimated - my old 127, bought new by me in 1982, has slight damage to the 'scope rails IIRC from the cross pin on an Apel one-piece mount. Maybe the mount wasn't tightened enough (you can get only so much torque from a 2p piece ) but other Sports I've had with later mounts never had this problem. Maybe because the rifles were more highly tuned and kicked less?

[Muskett]

Apels might look great but I've used Locktight occasionally to keep them there. One set I had to tap on as it was a tight fit. My shooter's Moonlighter has scope scrimps of Sportsmatch so couldn't use anything else, well couldn't change the format. Sports do well with a good tune as factory can be a bit rough.

Its not easy trying to get every part just right. Brings out the anorak so part of the challenge. Its an air rifle! People stuck on whatever they could.

With x4 scopes the open sights really need taking off. Macarri does/did and blanking plate for the rear sight holes. It takes a slim moderator to hide the front ramps and best a plastic Hushpower period one or a permanent Slimline Theoben. On the latter point they are quiet enough and just leave alone.

[Muskett]

One last huge point.

There is a lot of discussion about Mint rifles. For me a mint FWB Sport is the quintessential of what is so appealing about Mint. Just oozes something that fresh out of the box can give. Sad man that I am

[landymick]

Its a lovely example,i think its 1979 as number 20400 is also of 1979 vintage.

Butt pad is right for the year it may be a bit soft on the edges by now like mine.The stock is the better early MK1 type with its deep hand cut checkering it should also have a palm swell which you can see & feel on the pistol grip.As Muskett says the colour should show the grain the later ones are very bland.

The fore sight is interesting as it is the fixed post type which the sport "Sport" had as opposed to the Target "Sport" which had interchangeable elements.

[I. J.]

FWB Sport front sights is a world of ?

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Airs...ml?sort=4&o=14

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Airs...ml?sort=4&o=15

Then there is the one mentioned above with the fixed blade.

ATB
Ian

[Shed tuner]

tuning a sport is pretty easy:
shave 20-30g off the piston
on .177s, open out the port a fraction
tin can piston sleeve
find a longish, softish spring (as per factory) that actually fits the rear guide properly (unlike the factory)
on "loose tube" guns, use a sized down supersport seal to get a decent fit

job done

[les allam]

Another beauty, Duggan.


Has anyone tried a V-Mach seal (ot kit) in one of these?

Hi Tony
I have a v-mach kit in my fwb sport, and it totally transformed the gun.The original piston seal went to mush and disintegrated,so I replaced with a kit from v-mach..
Regards
Les.

[TonyL]

If the V-Mach kit for the Sport is like the ones for many other guns, I'd also guess that it will use a shorter, stiffer spring, Les?

So, much easier to rebuild?

I know many people in the know will prefer longer / softer springs, but the shorter / stiffer ones can sometimes boast softer piston landing, so preferred by many? I know I'm delighted with the ones that I've fitted in mine and others' HWs.

I'm also going to guess that it's a nice fit on the guide?

[les allam]

If the V-Mach kit for the Sport is like the ones for many other guns, I'd also guess that it will use a shorter, stiffer spring, Les?

So, much easier to rebuild?

I know many people in the know will prefer longer / softer springs, but the shorter / stiffer ones can sometimes boast softer piston landing, so preferred by many? I know I'm delighted with the ones that I've fitted in mine and others' HWs.

I'm also going to guess that it's a nice fit on the guide?

The spring is a short stiff one, and is a nice tight fit on the guide, you get a steel Top-hat,piston sleave,piston seal,spring,grease lubes and instructions. It was much easier to fit , with not much pre-load to worry about.
A big improvement over standard for me.
Les..

[Duggan]

Just been on the phone to my Elf friend in Diagon Alley and he said call in tomorrow and pick up a spring compressor and every chance of tbe right seal. But get this hes got a dozen tins or more of vintage pellets from the same era. No corrosion all shiny bright and forty years old. Is this interesting ?

Land ymick i think you advised about palm swell...?? Does this help?



Cheers

[Muskett]

I've fed my Sports 124's RWS Superdomes forever it seems. All the ones I've had shoot them brilliantly. No idea for .22.
Sports shoot straight but its their lightness, trigger, and the spring that makes them unforgiving. Get it right and they will tac drive.

[TonyL]

The 127 that I had loved 'Domes.

It also absolutely loved the old Eley Wasps for accuracy, but they were a very tight fit in thr breech and will, I assume, have robbed power (no chrono back then).