Hello, my name is George and I'm new here. I've been shooting airguns for 20yrs, and I have a small, but nice collection of shooters. A few friends told me about some of the airgun sites online, so I started searching and found this place. I'm very impressed with this forum as I love target airguns, preferably old, but new ones also.
I'm posting to tell you about my first purchase of a target airgun. I was at the local gunshop with my wife yesterday looking for something interesting in the used airgun rack. I came across 2 guns that really got my attention. A mint condition FWB 124 with a custom stock, and a nice Beeman R-1 lazer. Unfortunatley both were out of my price range. I hadn't even noticed the old FWB 150 sitting in the used rack, when my wife pointed it out. Well, lets just say it didn't look good. The bluing is about 75% with no rust, and the stock is about the same. I asked the salesman if he had any chrony info on it, and he told that it was chronied the day before and it was shooting consistant low 600's. So I asked if I could shoot it at their range. Well, after shooting it I was convinced that this should be my first precision target gun. It was so accurate, it was almost like cheating. I just thought about where I wanted the pellet to hit, and the next thing I know there's a hole where I was aiming.
The only downside is that I hadn't asked about the price, and I was expecting the worst. Surely I thought, a gun of this quality, even with the cosmetic problems, was going to be a decent chunk of change. So I took the leap and asked the salesman the price of the gun. He says that the gun belonged to his son and that he would have to give him a call to find out. After 10 minutes of waiting the salesman comes back and says" How about $200"?
I got it at a small family owned shop outside of Buffalo, NY. The shop is built off of the main house. The owner buys and sells interesting firearms and airguns, mostly older, but some new ones. The owners been a shooter of all things all of his life, and used to compete at Camp Perry. I've known him for about 10 years.
Yep, you're right about the 150. I love this gun, although its seen better days. At 25yds I'm stacking pellets with no problem. Its like cheating!
Sorry, I've been trying to upload the pics of the 150 to my computer, but it ain't working. I'll have my brother in law help me out,(as I'm computer illiterate) and post them asap.
