here have Daisy marked FWB 300 and maybe 300S rifles. I thought I had one too until today. Got the gun out today to take a look at it and discovered it is marked FWB 150. Since I cant find any reference to Daisy marketing the 150 I thought I would pick the brains of the experts here. the serial number is 38701 and the gun is in excellent condition, probably 85-90%. Any ideas or comments are welcome.

Daisy did indeed import some 150's and I have seen only a few as most were the later 300 series.

As to date your rifle the closest 150 serial number I had pass through my hands was number 37118. FWB told me...... made in 1980, making yours a bit later than that.






"Love them Walthers"

Tom Strayhorn
Catawissa Missouri

in beautiful condition with nice walnut, serial # 32938. It has Daisy stamped on it. It showed little sign of use but I had Dave Slade rebuild it.

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and the wood on my gun didnt come from the same tree. Thats beautiful. Getting ready to reseal mine and do some shooting. I would like to take the barrel sleeve off to make it a little lighter but understand that the Daisy marked guns had the sleeve installed with epoxy. Its pretty heavy for an old mini dude like me.

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It looks proper on a match gun. Mine has a weird pattern !! LOL But then I am not handy with an airbrush as some, LOL.

My understanding is that Beeman guns were expoxied on at their request. Do not know about Daisy. It seems a strange thing to do on a gun that begs to be adjustable. Mine has the straight sleeve as well but my T has no sleeve...much better for me ....GB

The lower rifle in these photos is a Daisy-marked FWB 300S, serial 138686--sorry I don't have any better pics. Dave Slade has also been inside this one to excellent effect.

the 150 stock rather than the 300S. What improvements were made when FWB introduced the 300 and 300S?

The 150 was introduced in 1963.

The 300 came out about 1968, and had a longer barrel, shorter cocking lever, an improved trigger (don't know details of this), and a slightly revised stock with more vertical grip and stippling in lieu of the 150's checkering.

The 300S appeared in 1972, with deeper stock, barrel again shortened, barrel sleeve weight changed to a "stepped" profile, trigger again revised, cocking lever again shortened (now with the familiar top-release button), and of course the significantly changed woodwork.

You will see quite a few 300/300S transitional guns with odd combinations of features. I've seen several with the old stock and new cocking lever in particular.

I very much agree that the angular 300S stock is less elegant in profile as the earlier guns, but the fore end is significantly narrower and very friendly for smaller hands. The extra depth is a solid improvement for a steady offhand hold, too.

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