Kingfisher61
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Look up FWB on the Internet these days and be ready for a deluge of casual sex sites! How things change.
The FWB 150 is a classic example of how much things have changed in the airgun world over the last 50 years. It harkens back to a time when Spring rifles like it were cutting edge technology. A time when for a few years....form and function reached a pinnacle IMO. The stock oozes quality. It's sleek and sexy shape almost overshadowed it's "new" technology.
The whole action is attached to a sliding rail. When the rifle is fired, the recoil force of the spring is absorbed and disapated by the motion of the action sliding back on the rail. A virtually recoiless rifle is the result. It's a simple, yet ingenious way of gaining accuracy.
My favorite part about shooting the 150 is the side cocking lever system. It is without question one of the most impressive sounding noises I have ever heard an airgun make. Akin to winding an old Swiss Grandfather Clock. And the precision....oh that old time German precision! !!! It is evident in every milimeter right down to the gorgeous hand cut checkering. Everything about these old beauties has been lost in an age of 3D printing. They are literally hand crafted works of art that if produced today would cost in the thousands! Old Hans and Franz who made them have long since past.
Personally, I am an old school kinda guy. I yearn for the quality of products from days gone by. Everything made today is obsolete in 5 years. Plastic rules. I guess it was inevitable. All good things must come to an end. Thankfully I have a lovely relic from 5 decades ago that still works perfectly. She still makes me smile ...............every time.
The FWB 150 is a classic example of how much things have changed in the airgun world over the last 50 years. It harkens back to a time when Spring rifles like it were cutting edge technology. A time when for a few years....form and function reached a pinnacle IMO. The stock oozes quality. It's sleek and sexy shape almost overshadowed it's "new" technology.
The whole action is attached to a sliding rail. When the rifle is fired, the recoil force of the spring is absorbed and disapated by the motion of the action sliding back on the rail. A virtually recoiless rifle is the result. It's a simple, yet ingenious way of gaining accuracy.
My favorite part about shooting the 150 is the side cocking lever system. It is without question one of the most impressive sounding noises I have ever heard an airgun make. Akin to winding an old Swiss Grandfather Clock. And the precision....oh that old time German precision! !!! It is evident in every milimeter right down to the gorgeous hand cut checkering. Everything about these old beauties has been lost in an age of 3D printing. They are literally hand crafted works of art that if produced today would cost in the thousands! Old Hans and Franz who made them have long since past.
Personally, I am an old school kinda guy. I yearn for the quality of products from days gone by. Everything made today is obsolete in 5 years. Plastic rules. I guess it was inevitable. All good things must come to an end. Thankfully I have a lovely relic from 5 decades ago that still works perfectly. She still makes me smile ...............every time.
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