Galway FieldMaster experts wanted.

[hookerball]

In my possession is nice Galway Fieldmaster .25 cal
Last owner had it from new delivered personally by Ken Galway back in the 80s as a prototype example.

Any comments welcome

Please see pics.
https://i.imgur.com/4DiS0K1.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/JaHPypa.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/8lWJHDc.jpg

Thank you
Paul.

[Nemesis]

In my possession is nice Galway Fieldmaster .25 cal
Last owner had it from new delivered personally by Ken Galway back in the 80s as a prototype example.

Any comments welcome

Please see pics.
https://i.imgur.com/4DiS0K1.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/JaHPypa.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/8lWJHDc.jpg

Thank you
Paul.

I still have my .22 bought in 1983 but it’s had no air in it for decades. I keep thinking I should see if anyone is capable of fixing it. Lovely lightweight stock.

[hookerball]

Any more info appreciated.

[averageplinker]

What sort of comments are you after?
Info on the rifle and maker?
Thoughts on its performance??
Praise for its classic lines and appearance???
All of the above?
Difficult to judge what you are after from your post.
Rich.

[hookerball]

What sort of comments are you after?
Info on the rifle and maker?
Thoughts on its performance??
Praise for its classic lines and appearance???
All of the above?
Difficult to judge what you are after from your post.
Rich.

Hello Rich,

Yes all above. I know very limited about this gun.
Early PCP
Early 80s?
Nice in .25
Nice walnut stock.

Thank you.

[Geezer]

Made by Galway Arms of Market Harborough, better known in the early 80s as a major manufacturer of air rifle silencers.

Designed by Jack and John Fletcher.

Announced late 1983, in production by spring 1984.

Allegedly it could use either air or CO2 - though whether that meant interchangeably or that different variants might be made for different propellants, I don’t know.

Easily interchangeable barrels, offered in .177”, .20” and .22”. And, apparently, .25”, though that may have been a one-off.

There was also a carbine version, but that may not have made it into series production.

They weren’t made for long. Couple of years, I think.

A simple and decent design, probably the best feature being the very nice stock.

[hookerball]

Thanks for the response Geezer.
That joins up some dots for me.

Nice one!

[the logun-ator]

Mechanically wise it's just a tool a simple piece of pneumatic equipment.
Repair/service wise I don't see any reason why it wouldn't be a simple enough job to do.
Orings can be measured with a digital caliper and ordered.exhaust valve and seats and any other parts that may have broken/failed will simply have to be modded from another gun or made from scratch.
now me.I like stuff like that.nothing better than repairing something other than the run of the mill stuff today.
I've done a few odd balls.skan ar/swift/r32.daystate pump ups.PH Phoenix to name but a few.

[T.Branford]

Hello Rich,

Yes all above. I know very limited about this gun.
Early PCP
Early 80s?
Nice in .25
Nice walnut stock.

Thank you.

Hi
Just came across your message
The Field-master was first made in 1983 by myself
I sold the rights to Ken but still retain Nos 1&2
Ken didn’t really get the production ones right
He employed a engineer who had a unit close to where he worked but it was never properly set up
Mines never leaked and is as accurate as any of today’s guns
If you were to ask a bloke named Jim Tyler who produced the sporting air rifle magazine he’d tell you the correct story behind the Fieldmaster
Regards
Trev Branford

[T.Branford]

Made by Galway Arms of Market Harborough, better known in the early 80s as a major manufacturer of air rifle silencers.

Designed by Jack and John Fletcher.

Announced late 1983, in production by spring 1984.

Allegedly it could use either air or CO2 - though whether that meant interchangeably or that different variants might be made for different propellants, I don’t know.

Easily interchangeable barrels, offered in .177”, .20” and .22”. And, apparently, .25”, though that may have been a one-off.

There was also a carbine version, but that may not have made it into series production.


They weren’t made for long. Couple of years, I think

A simple and decent design, probably the best feature being the very nice stock.

Respectfully your wrong mate I designed the fieldmaster and sold the rights to Ken Galway , jack was just a engineer Ken got to make the various parts for assembly
He never made much of a job of manufacturing them either
I’ve got the original 2 and they have never leaked and are still very accurate even after 40 years of use

[averageplinker]

Thanks for the input

It would be good to see a picture of #1 & 2

[silva]

Hi
Just came across your message
The Field-master was first made in 1983 by myself
I sold the rights to Ken but still retain Nos 1&2
Ken didn’t really get the production ones right
He employed a engineer who had a unit close to where he worked but it was never properly set up
Mines never leaked and is as accurate as any of today’s guns
If you were to ask a bloke named Jim Tyler who produced the sporting air rifle magazine he’d tell you the correct story behind the Fieldmaster
Regards
Trev Branford

This is a great forum. It was a ground breaking rifle, that seemed worlds away from the Bsa, Webleys and Weihrauchs of the day. I seem to remember an early pneumatic being tested with eley bullet heads in Sporting Air Rifle, was it the Fieldmaster ?

[Bedazzled]

a rare beast indeed
im wondering what barrel was used for .25 do you find pellets are tight in the breach

[hookerball]

Blooming hell. A resurrection from an old post of mine.

[Nemesis]

I still have a .22 Fieldmaster bought in 1983. It didn’t stay working for long but shot “NATO bullets” very well. It’s not had air in it for many a year but the stock was a revelation in its day.