Beautiful!!! That is a genuine Beeman Thumbhole stock made by Richards. Only know of three.
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Is it laminated sorta like Mk1 & Mk2 BSA Airsporter stocks were? If you know how they were glued up from 3 pieces of walnut.
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That's a great bit of information, and if you visit the Richards Microfit website it's obvious where these stocks came from. I wonder if they would still make one up, as a special order?
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Karl, That's the only Beeman thumbhole stock that looks like it's been laminated. Could be Richards was doing some experimenting back then.
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It looks like 2 pieces of walnut. A darker walnut with a blonde walnut through forearm and top of grip. Definitely interesting pictures don’t do it justice.
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When I got it it had some wear in finish definitely not a safe queen . I had my friend Scott Blair refinish for me. Originally had the heavy clear coat . I just had him leave with oil finish no poly coat.
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This is not my gun, but it's so much better than my own! Custom Shop stocks must have come in different grades, as is the case with Richards?
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That looks amazing. Been on the hunt for 1 of those for my collection they seem to be few and far between.
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The stocks are lefty friendly. You should do a show about them. I would watch!Lucky for you that they're all right handed guns. I know where to find you, John.
I was actually watching your show today. The ones about the LGU. I picked up 3 of them. One is from special UK run of 100. It's called the LGU Royale. Heres the add they ran...
THIS IS FOR DESCRIPTIVE PURPOSES ONLY. THIS RIFLE IS NOT FOR SALE.
Walther .177 LGU Royale Limited Edition Air Rifle. 44cm long barrel. Gold trigger. Walnut stock. Overall length 107cm. Complete with Enfield Telescopic sight. Complete with slip. Both rifle and sight are complete with original boxes.
They didn't mention that the recoil pad is adjustable, or that the stock is made by Minelli. These were retailing for nearly 1300 Sterling new!
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Nice looking gun. Seems odd for a Walther to use a British scope. BSA made Enfields, is it a BSA imported scope?
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I’m getting my swim fins.
Is that ever sweet. Bet it shoots as nice as it looks?
There’s one for sale in Australia according to Windmill01. Not the same stock but a LGU. If 5 years younger I’d try the swim.
LGU and LGV at the top of my list. I have a LGU Varmint .22, so I know. Crow
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Just to clarify and based on your previous very informative posts over the past few years, the "King Bee" and "Queen Bee" are Beeman marketing terms for a Beeman Custom Shop FWB 124/127, or a Weihrauch HW80 or R1?
Are all Beeman Custom Shop guns "Kings or Queens", or only the very best ones, aka "extra fancy", like your's or this one I showed but do not own?
If a stock only came from Beeman Custom Shop, does that make the gun a "Beeman Custom Shop" gun, or just a gun with a nicer stock than usual?
Am I getting to far out in the weeds with these questions, and is anything whatever you want it to be...
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Good question!Just to clarify and based on your previous very informative posts over the past few years, the "King Bee" and "Queen Bee" are Beeman marketing terms for a Beeman Custom Shop FWB 124/127, or a Weihrauch HW80 or R1?
Are all Beeman Custom Shop guns "Kings or Queens", or only the very best ones, aka "extra fancy", like your's or this one I showed but do not own?
If a stock only came from Beeman Custom Shop, does that make the gun a "Beeman Custom Shop" gun, or just a gun with a nicer stock than usual?
Am I getting to far out in the weeds with these questions, and is anything whatever you want it to be...
King and Queen Bee rifles are Beeman Custom Shop rifles based on the FWB 124 platform. King Bee was an early version, Queen later. The name Queen B were derived from reference to a 124 Custom Shop stock by Goudy that was made for Mrs. Beeman.....Queen B. King Bee came later as a slang term for the earlier versions.
The action itself had some minor differences. It was up to the buyer what they wanted to do to it.
For example, back then they offered a "Supertune" where the chrome plated the internals and special lubed it. There were many options.
I will try to look up exactly what they did and post unless someone else beats me to it.
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