I think that person may have been me, I don’t remember much about that day but we went to a couple of stour vale club shoots at the invitation of BT, and I did once shoot a good round there with a 127. Ian Law shot a 124 never a 127 so I don’t think it could have been him. Rex Brown had a beautiful 127 but suffered from nose bleeds north of Watford. If it was myself, “hello, nice to hear from you after 25 years?”Originally Posted by hwvixen
Many many moons ago....probably nearly thirty,I had gone down to my local club shoot (Stour Vale Woodsmen) for the weekly "shoot" & was drawn to go around the circuit with the then British champ at that time.Can't remember his name,but nice bloke.I had the collecting bug even then & went around with a Webley Supertarget...he used his FT FWB 127 (I think?) don't think it was a 124.Needless to say...he shot the pants off me...mind you,I never was a very good shot!As far as I can remember from what he told me,the FWB was standard except for the trigger being "worked on"
Does anyone remember what his name was..?He must have been one of the very first British champs?
Wouldn't it be interesteing in seeing a list of the British FT champs & what guns they used from it's very earliest beginings...does anyone have such a list?You would get an insight to when PCP's took over from the springers...
Very interesting post by the way.
The 124 is a remarkable rifle, but not everyone can get the best out of them. Even some of the best shots, in my experience, just can’t get on with them. Terry Wheeler, for example, won just about everything going with his .22 45 in the early 80’s but just couldn’t master the 124. He saw how successful we were using them and when his source of ammo dried up for his 45, he tried a number of times but something about the 124 didn’t work for him.
As to whether the sport is better than the 335, all I can say is that in my experience yes it is. FT was extremely competitive even in those early pre 77k days and if a rifle gave you any advantage it would have been used. It’s a matter of fact that the 335, as good as it is was never used with any great success. In that small but wonderful window of time before the 77 swept all before it, the 124 was king and the dominant prize winner at national level.
Long live the king!
Richard
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