Quote Originally Posted by MrGreengrass View Post
As they are collectable already... thought I would enquire here.
Wanted New model FWB Sport in .177.
If you are inquiring about the "Sport" that FWB manufactured up until fairly recently, yes, they are collectible. Here in the States, I purchased one of the last ones available from a retail outlet, SN 552. Curious about how many were made, I reached out to Feinwerkbau, and a Mr. Volker Müller responded with this:

The Sport model was launched in 2014 in variants with 7.5J and 18J muzzle energy and was produced in small quantities until 2022.

Total production figures:

7.5J variant - 120pcs.

18J variant - 607 pcs.

At approximately 80/yr over the course of nine years, those are shockingly low production numbers. By the way, it's a fantastic rifle. The Lothar Walther match barrel puts pellet on pellet, the Minelli stock is beautifully designed (easily the most attractive contemporary beech stock, IMHO), the all metal rear sight is a thing of beauty, the trigger is crisp, predictable, and comparable to the Rekord, and the quality of machining is outstanding. On the downside, it was extremely expensive to make, and FWB passed the cost onto customers (initial retail price was $900!). Also, a few unlucky customers fell victim to some minor quality control issues that were blown out of proportion by a vocal minority, hurting sales. But I would argue, (copying and pasting what I wrote on another forum because I'm lazy):

... the fact that FWB continued producing the Sport for nine whole years at deliberately low production numbers tells me it was conceived more as a vanity project than a moneymaker, hence the high suggested retail price due to the expensive machining involved. If it was simply about making money, they would have either produced a lot more to get the price down, or they would have pulled the plug on production after the first year or two of low sales. But no, they soldiered on and produced them at a rate that suggests a specialty made hand-built production item, not a mass-produced, run-of-the-mill break barrel.

And it shows. I'll post some side-by-side photos of the Sport and my FWB 124 for comparison.