FWB Sport Safety Tab Question

[ken69]

Gents,
There have been a couple of posts regarding the Feinwerkbau Sport on here recently which got me thinking about a problem I have on a 127. Can anyone point me in the right direction as to why the safety tab fails to engage the trigger. The tab travels back into the safe position when the rifle is cocked but does not stop the trigger from being operated
Thanks in advance,
Ken

[I. J.]

Could it be that this tab is bent or missing?



HTH
Ian

[ken69]

haven't had it apart yet Ian, but I will give it a go early next week.
ATB
Ken

[smallholder1]

I bought one new in 1978 took it back had it supposedly fixed still never worked my friend bought one same time different shop his never worked.....I got a second hand one I bought 10 years ago same does not stop trigger being pulled.....great rifle useless safety and in the wrong hands dangerous

[I. J.]

Point of interest [ maybe ]. If you remove the first part of the safety slide the safety catch becomes manual only rather than automatic.

HTH
Ian

[Vic Thompson]

Regarding Safety Catch problems : is this possibly due to damage in the area where the Lug engages with the top of the Trigger ?

Just an idea,

Vic Thompson.

[I. J.]

Regarding Safety Catch problems : is this possibly due to damage in the area where the Lug engages with the top of the Trigger ?

Just an idea,

Vic Thompson.

I have known the little square lug on the trigger wear.

[Geezer]

One of mine did exactly what the OP describes. The safety would move all the way back, but pulling the trigger would move it to the “fire” position and fire the rifle.

I’ve also had the even more “interesting” condition where releasing the safety fires the gun. 😳

A brilliant rifle, mostly made and designed to really high standards, but the trigger mech is meh, and the breech lock-up is also poor.

[Garvin]

One of mine did exactly what the OP describes. The safety would move all the way back, but pulling the trigger would move it to the “fire” position and fire the rifle.

Same here. The Sport is a great rifle but the trigger/safety and lock up were definitely weak points, design-wise. Didn't prevent it being a contender in the '70s and '80s though. I treasure mine, which I've had for 40 years! The Maccari alloy trigger is wonderful and the lock-up seems OK as I've always had it well greased. The safety stopped working after a few years.

[I. J.]

Dont forget the problems with the early marks with the stock splitting around the pistol grip.
These comments with regards to trigger, safety and stock make the 'Sport sound like a right pile of poo but they are of the best looking and handling rifles of their era.

[DM80]

I always thought they were manual safety straight out of the box

Dave.

[I. J.]

I always thought they were manual safety straight out of the box

Dave.

Auto Dave. The rear of the top of the piston pushes on the front of the safety slide when very near to full cocking.

P.S. You would have know this if you had the Blue Book Of Airguns (9th edition). Its not often a I get summat airgun right over the Airgun Guru Dave.



The above was taken from the Beeman catalogue.

[ken69]

Auto Dave. The rear of the top of the piston pushes on the front of the safety slide when very near to full cocking.

Just so I understand how it operates Ian, what exactly do the two tabs do

[I. J.]

This is what I found on GOOGLE IMAGES. There is more photos on there.



HTH
Ian

[Vic Thompson]

A 124/127 Trigger Assembly only looks the above images if they have an Alloy Trigger fitted.

Otherwise I stick with my suggestion that plastic Triggers (in particular) get damaged by the Safety Slide operation and stop working correctly for this reason.

JMHO, Vic Thompson.