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    Quote Originally Posted by robs5230 View Post
    Thanks for that Richard. The engineering on FWB rifles certainly grabs me.


    At the minute this does appear to be right at the top of my want list. Strangely enough, the more I look at it, the less I dislike the looks.
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    Buy one!

    It'll be funny!
    Yes, once again, thank you Richard for sharing your experience.

    Rob, if the looks are starting to grow on you, just wait until you see one in the flesh and especially once you handle and use one. The quality shines through.

    And don't listen to that Tinbum bloke, he's a right gnarly little bugger!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mach 1.5 View Post
    Myself and I hope he doesn't mind me saying - Rustybuzz own them. Build quality is FWB standard and the trigger is good. Barrel lockup is fantastic. I had mine imported by vmach who then upped the power from 5.5 to 11.4 with one of their springs. Overpriced, underpowered in original form, only .177 but...I love it. Mach 1.5
    Any chance you might bring it to the next Bash please, Paul?

    Would love to see one again and perhaps have a little go?
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    Yeah buy it please...

    I'd buy a secondhand one, so need someone nuts enough to buy their's new, sensible enough to then get rid of it, and realistic enough to know it'll be best sold to me nice n' cheap
    Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shed tuner View Post
    Yeah buy it please...

    I'd buy a secondhand one, so need someone nuts enough to buy their's new, sensible enough to then get rid of it, and realistic enough to know it'll be best sold to me nice n' cheap
    We've had this conversation before haven't we Jon? Iirc I think £150-200 was the most we would pay of our own money
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    Quote Originally Posted by tinbum View Post
    We've had this conversation before haven't we Jon? Iirc I think £150-200 was the most we would pay of our own money
    you mean, about the same as a 124/7 ?
    Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shed tuner View Post
    you mean, about the same as a 124/7 ?
    Exactly, but if you only had £200 in your pocket and you had to choose.....
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    Fwb

    Yep I'll bring mine to the next Bash. Mach 1.5

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    Quote Originally Posted by tinbum View Post
    Exactly, but if you only had £200 in your pocket and you had to choose.....
    tough call...
    Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mach 1.5 View Post
    Yep I'll bring mine to the next Bash. Mach 1.5
    Looking forward to having a shoot with the mk4 if That's possible??.
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    Quote Originally Posted by robs5230 View Post
    Did you do a write up for this mod Jon ?

    Have you got a link or any info ?

    Thanks Rob
    I just added a 2nd stage adjuster screw in a sensible location... if you assemble the trigger outside of the block, using the block to locate the pins, you can see what's needed. Also I took a little material off the first stage to get the travel right.

    Most triggers have a central adjuster - fine, but you need to remove some first stage metal in many cases to get the benefit.

    some pix:



    Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mach 1.5 View Post
    Yep I'll bring mine to the next Bash. Mach 1.5
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    Steady on Tony...yep no probs I'll bring it along. If I had to choose between a MK1 FWB and the FWB MK4 the MK4 would win hence that's why I own one and sold all my other sports off...to fund it cause it's so expensive!!! Mach 1.5

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    Quote Originally Posted by TonyL View Post
    You're a star, Paul. Love you xxxxxx
    Quote Originally Posted by Mach 1.5 View Post
    Steady on Tony...yep no probs I'll bring it along. If I had to choose between a MK1 FWB and the FWB MK4 the MK4 would win hence that's why I own one and sold all my other sports off...to fund it cause it's so expensive!!! Mach 1.5
    Okay........I like you........LOTS!
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    Fwb.

    Likewise Tony...I wonder how many BBS members own a FWB Sport MK3? Mach 1.5

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    Dunno, Paul, but I would guess that sales of the Mark 3 will have been steady compared to the earlier models, due to stiffer competition from the likes of the HW80 and 77.

    I reckon the earlier ones were held in such high esteem due to their graceful, sharper, more modern looks as compared to the HW35 and the various BSFs and also down to the perception that they made power more easily. The fine feel of beautiful engineering and fine tolerances certainly bestowed a feel of quality and finesse.

    Once the rifles mentioned above became available, plus the Original 45 and the Webley Vulcan, Omega and the Mercury Challenger for the sporting shooter, its market was chipped away at from lots of different angles.

    The "Dan Dare" muzzle brake won't have helped either!
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