Feinwerkbau 80 target air pistol

[Fronteria]

£2-300. If it has been recently serviced, usually indicated by a blue piston washer, towards the higher end of this. It is better if the grip is as manufactured and not customised to fit.

Hi. Inspector
It has never been serviced or been taken apart, the grips are completely original and have never been modified.
The case if I remember correctly also contains a selection of barrel weights.

[brucieboy]

If it's still on the original seals it will give up the ghost very soon once you start using it.They go to a cottage cheese consistency.New,modern seals will last virtually indefinitely,so you'll have to factor in the cost of renewing the seals,not cheap or doable by the average user.
I did one years ago,took me a week on and off with the pistol in bits meanwhileSo I'd say you're looking at getting on for £100 to pay someone to do the job,more if the springs need replacing as well which will hit the value somewhat.

[Fronteria]

Photographs Added.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fronte...57708975307536

[mikehill]

Hi. Inspector
It has never been serviced or been taken apart, the grips are completely original and have never been modified.
The case if I remember correctly also contains a selection of barrel weights.

Strange, on classic apa you say
“It was last serviced by Debens several years ago and has had little or no use since.”

[JLB]

Finish on the right side looks different to me, maybe just the light. In excellent un-marked condition with proof of recent service up to £300. Without the service up to £200. Yours looks to fit somewhere in between.

John

[Fronteria]

Strange, on classic apa you say
“It was last serviced by Debens several years ago and has had little or no use since.”

Hi.Mikehill
As the pistol doesn't belong to me I didn't bother to include the comment as I don't have any documented proof of when it was done.

[mikehill]

Fair enough. I’m interested if you would like to message me a price

[mikehill]

Also, what’s the mark on the right hand side just above the grip ?

[AC all day]

That's brought back a few memories....my first real target pistol....mine had the same box too. Good luck with the sale

[Fronteria]

Chronograph Test results.
Which should give an indication of the condition of the seals and internal parts.
Just run the FWB 80 though my chronograph H&N pellets which weighed 7.4 grns.
The results are:
F.P.S. 455
P.D.S. 3.40
The results are better than I expected them to be.
Obviously, there is not much if anything wrong with the internal working of this FWB 80 air pistol.

[harvey_s]

Fair enough. I’m interested if you would like to message me a price

You might want to read the stickies first ....

http://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread....luation-thread

[mikehill]

Oops I apologise... will wait for the sales thread 😬

[Fronteria]

Oops I apologise... will wait for the sales thread 😬

Sorry Can't sell this FWB 80. I took it to the club to give it a real test, after quite a few shots the anti-bear trap stopped the cocking arm being returned to shooting position, I suspect that the sear is sticking and failing to hold the piston in the cocked position causing the anti-bear trap system to operate, after much gigging around with the cocking lever it was possible to cock the pistol and get the cocking back into its firing position and fire the air pistol, this happened several time during the evening, I suspect the cause is the sear is sticking because it has not been used for around twenty years and the grease has congealed.
So it can’t be sold with this defect, it up to my mate to decide what his next move is.

[Fronteria]

The parts have arrived from Germany these are a complete set of latest genuine FWB seals, Buffers, damper and a Piston ring, new springs and two tubes of FWB special grease.
On striping the pistol, the slides on the recoilless system were stuck so the system couldn't have worked, this had to be freed up before the pistol could be striped as it has to be moved to get access to some of the E clips to be removed.
The spring was removed after further striping, had a fair bit of preload so I had to use a sash clamp to remove the end cap.
The trigger components are quite complicated so it was photographed at each stage.
On cleaning and inspecting the parts the seals were worn but complete, the buffer was still serviceable but was going to be replace anyway.
The small damper had failed and was like the consistency of cheese as expected, this was replaced with the latest one made from the more durable black material.
The springs were an inch shorter than the new ones which I was going to replace anyway.
The rebuild is underway I have got to make two dummy pins before I can rebuild the trigger set which is the next job.
If you are interested there are a couple of new photographs of the original seals, buffer and damper, and the new seals buffer and damper fitted to the slide and piston.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fronteria ... 8975307536
Rebuild including re-lubrication complete, the pistol is now operating correctly.
Chronograph results below:
Foot Per Second 429.6 Foot Lbs. Energy 3.57
This is the average over 5 shots with pellet weight 8.7 grs.
Bisley Pest Control Pellets used for test.
Variation over 5 shots 6 feet per second.
Target shot with it whilst adjusting the sights by another member of the club.
What is it valued at now?

[Fronteria]

Oops I apologise... will wait for the sales thread 😬

Sold To Protek Supplies.