Got this nicely boxed FAS 604 last week
— my first air pistol after receiving my AWC. It came with three weights but, sadly, no sight extension.
This one appears to be a later version with a rounded top cover, rather than a sharp corner where cracks tend to develop on earlier models. I’d always thought this change only came with the FAS 6004… I was actually confused for a while and thought someone had swapped in a 6004 top lever, but I eventually found more photos online showing this rounded feature on later examples with serial numbers past 10,000. Hopefully this one will last longer, as I paid quite a sum for it.
It has an adjustable palm shelf, but the grip is still too large for me, so I spent a few hours printing some customised palm shelves to get a somewhat better fit. Maybe I’ll print a whole grip someday when I’m in the mood for modelling (though that will probably never happen…).
Next bit of tinkering was the sight extension. I modelled one based on the a few photo I found online, may not be an accurate replicate but it turned out to be a nice match. Solid enough and effectively takes the sight radius to about 13".
Another thought came to mind later that day
why not hollow it out and add a few chambers? It might not be the most effective way to make a moderator, but it does seem to take the edge off the sharp crack a little. The first version looks like this below, 3D printed as a single piece, following the profile of a sight extension.
To push it further, I expanded the chambers slightly in the horizontal direction to the width of lower frame. The overall volume is probably still smaller than the first chamber of a proper moderator, but it’s at least more useful than a dead-weight sight extension. Looks a bit ugly though
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It shoots 360ish with econ II and punches nicely at 6 yards and deadly accurate. Haven’t tried 10 meters but I’m quite happy for now
— my first air pistol after receiving my AWC. It came with three weights but, sadly, no sight extension.This one appears to be a later version with a rounded top cover, rather than a sharp corner where cracks tend to develop on earlier models. I’d always thought this change only came with the FAS 6004… I was actually confused for a while and thought someone had swapped in a 6004 top lever, but I eventually found more photos online showing this rounded feature on later examples with serial numbers past 10,000. Hopefully this one will last longer, as I paid quite a sum for it.
It has an adjustable palm shelf, but the grip is still too large for me, so I spent a few hours printing some customised palm shelves to get a somewhat better fit. Maybe I’ll print a whole grip someday when I’m in the mood for modelling (though that will probably never happen…).
Next bit of tinkering was the sight extension. I modelled one based on the a few photo I found online, may not be an accurate replicate but it turned out to be a nice match. Solid enough and effectively takes the sight radius to about 13".
Another thought came to mind later that day
why not hollow it out and add a few chambers? It might not be the most effective way to make a moderator, but it does seem to take the edge off the sharp crack a little. The first version looks like this below, 3D printed as a single piece, following the profile of a sight extension.To push it further, I expanded the chambers slightly in the horizontal direction to the width of lower frame. The overall volume is probably still smaller than the first chamber of a proper moderator, but it’s at least more useful than a dead-weight sight extension. Looks a bit ugly though
It shoots 360ish with econ II and punches nicely at 6 yards and deadly accurate. Haven’t tried 10 meters but I’m quite happy for now
