FWB 800 Junior

[davyboy30]

You’re right Robin,
I will be using it for 20/25 yd Benchrest Competions.

[RobinC]

Davy

Leave it as it is, and concentrate on accurate aiming and a good stable hold, bumping up power will reduce accuracy and give no advantage in wind, certainly at 20/25yds. As it is, its well capable of shooting one hole groups at that distance, that is, as long as its pointed at the middle on each shot!

I'm a precision match target shooter, and coach, with Air, Small bore and Full bore, I've only done bench to test, and I can assure you although its easy to get an "acceptable test" group, to get a top level bench group requires expert technique, no amount of power will compensate for poor technique!

Only where the ballistic boundaries of the calibre are being stretched, i.e trying to shoot considerably further than the design of the calibre will it make any difference to up power, and then it will be a compromise, distance for accuracy, and my question would be the same, why?

10 metre match rifles are "around" 550 fps because that is the optimum for accuracy with a pellet in the 8 gr bracket and the barrel twist is selected to give the optimum accuracy.

As I said, a good shot can punch a one hole groups at 25 yds with the standard 6ft lb match rifles, as long as its pointed at the middle!

I'll go back in my cave now,

Have Fun
Robin

[xbow]

I don’t know what the reg looks like on a 800 but I upped the power on my FWB P700 by increasing the air space in the reg body. I just made a new valve and reg body on my lathe. Early FT guns based on 10M guns were “converted” by drilling blind holes in the action to increase the air space. A bit crude but it worked.

[BigDuncs]

You’re right Robin,
I will be using it for 20/25 yd Benchrest Competitions.

The only advice I can give you Davy, is to listen to Robin. He sure knows his precision target shooting and I know nobody who is better informed on matters such as this. And I know his advice works.

I've also been amazed at the accuracy of 6 ft lb target air rifles.

[davyboy30]

Thank for your comments gentlemen, you’ve all been most helpful, especially you Robin. I had thought that increasing the power might have been a simple conversion, but it’s obviously far more complicated, and not a viable proposition so I’ll leave it as it is, and use it as Robin suggested.