Quote Originally Posted by Geezer View Post
Thanks! So much for trusting years of "received wisdom".
Yes, so often received wisdom is shown to be suspect or untrue in the vintage airgun collecting world, it seems. It's the same with the plastic FWB65 grips - I was pretty convinced this was an economising move by Feinwerkbau late in production, perhaps to differentiate the 'budget' 65 from the more sophisticated models 80 and 90. But then I started to see early models with plastic grips and finally was given a first-hand account by someone (Robin on here) who actually bought a 65 with plastic grips in 1972. So I had to abandon the theory, sharpish.