I have a small business and an older gentleman brought in a nice looking pellet rifle that is a Feinwerkbau Sport 124 with Obendorf on the front hinge. I did a little digging and it looks like it was manufactured around 1982 best I can tell. I am wondering what kind of value this pellet rifle has as it is in quite good shape and appears to be very well built. Thanks in advance for any info. Have a great day and stay safe.
Feinwerkbau 124 Sport
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Depends on if it's a Deluxe or regular. Regular has a very plain stock with no buttpad, and no sling swivel on the breech block. The Deluxe has checkering, a rubber butt pad, and sling swivels. The Deluxe is worth more.
Some people pay stupid money for them nowadays, personally I think they are drunk to pay more than about $400 for a mint Deluxe. The Standards usually seem to bring $75-100 less.
The Beeman fanboys get all hot and bothered over the early ones and would probably pay more. In my experience those are built more sloppy than the later ones.
This post was probably no help but there ya go anyways lol!
Try egay if you want top dollar.
Some people pay stupid money for them nowadays, personally I think they are drunk to pay more than about $400 for a mint Deluxe. The Standards usually seem to bring $75-100 less.
The Beeman fanboys get all hot and bothered over the early ones and would probably pay more. In my experience those are built more sloppy than the later ones.
This post was probably no help but there ya go anyways lol!
Try egay if you want top dollar.
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Another big variable is if it's been rebuilt with a new piston seal. If not, it probably doesn't shoot or won't shoot very long. The factory seals were white colored and crumbled into dust by now. Peek in the transfer port with a flashlight and look at it. If it's white, it needs rebuilt and that will knock the price down quite a bit. Seals are about $20 but labor to replace one is about $75-100. That's what I charge anyway. A spring is about $25 if you wanna change it while it's apart.
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The deluxe have the white space liner on the pistol grip. I watch these all the time on Ebay. Regulars sell in the $400-$500 range. The deluxe versions run in the $600-$800 range. Depends on options. Some of the Beeman versions with select wood, select barrel angle, select group, etc. run in the $1K to $1.4K.
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Ok, thanks for the information. This one does not have the checkering on it. It certainly seems to be in very good condition overall. I will take a look in the transfer port (thanks for the tip).
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It also says Obendorf on the barrel hinge. I did snap some photos, I'll see if I can upload them here.
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NICE ! That is a regular version. If the seals are original you might want to consider a new spring and seals.
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With the Beeman models; could the be ordered with the Beeman scope? If so, were the open sights removed or were they still on the gun? Just curious.
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You could get their scope, I have some old catalogs. You could get their Lazer tune and other special items. I took my open sights off, and recently sold them, after 41 years of them setting in a gun locker. So they came on the rifle, but totally not useable unless you took the scope and mounts off. Wonderful rifles and I paid less than $300 at the time. Hah! In 1979 you could have bought a Winchester 70 or Remington 700 for a similar price. My friends thought I was nuts to pay that much for a BB gun. Well, they just didn't know. But if you read(which I did) the info from either Robert Law of ARH or Dr. Beeman, then you knew what you had was the best air rifle sporter made anywhere. The mighty Beeman R1 finally clipped the FWB 124D's wings, but it remains a great piece of work.
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With the motivation of a member here, I put a couple pellets through it and it shoots very very well. I don't think there is any issue with the launching mechanism for sure. I had some match grade pellets that I used and just wow. I wish all rifles were built like this. Are they known for their barrels, because the precision is remarkable?
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Yes, they are certainly known for their precise barrels. I bought my first one while stationed in Germany in 1984, no Beeman name on that one, I was the importer. I got a second one stateside so that I would always have parts. They are all that, and a bag of chips, too. I don't talk about mine much because people won't believe me. There was a guy on these forums called Yarrah , I believe, who use to post about his and the accuracy he got, and it didn't surprise me. I have had numerous people tell me that it was impossible to shoot chipmunks at 50 yards offhand with a (2.5x SS-1 scoped) bbgun and proven them wrong. Of course, most people back then, even today, don't know what good airguns can do, unless they are on these forums.
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I'm seeing references to non-Beeman 124's. Is there a difference besides how they were imported?
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No difference in production, just distribution.
Usually, unless self imported like Puma, the non-Beeman ones were imported by the old Air Rifle Headquarters. Robert Law was the owner...sort of a legend in 124 history. Many of his rifles had the rear site removed and the holes filled with brass screws. Some collectors value the old ARH models more than a Beeman stamped one.
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My ARH FWB 124D version does indeed have the tiny brass screws to cover up the rear sight holes. I forgot about that, I bought it with a Bushnell Sportview 3X9 scope. It never failed, but when I had it rebuilt in 2016 by Pomona Air. ( not in Pomona, Ca. , but way the hell out in the desert near Victorville.) I had Steve put on a Hawke Vantage 4X16 scope.
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I was looking for a 127 but an exceptionally nice 124 came along with a Beeman Blue Ribbon scope and rings and....you know. It's now mine
No open sights though.
It's fine because I wanted a scope on it anyway and the Blur Ribbon was a bonus. Now I'm looking for a rear sight plate and screws. Can anyone tell me where I might go to get it?
No open sights though. It's fine because I wanted a scope on it anyway and the Blur Ribbon was a bonus. Now I'm looking for a rear sight plate and screws. Can anyone tell me where I might go to get it?Upvote 0
I was looking for a 127 but an exceptionally nice 124 came along with a Beeman Blue Ribbon scope and rings and....you know. It's now mine
Congratulations!
ARH sometimes has the rear sight plate and screws for the FWB sporters, but right now I only see the screws available on their website. Not sure you're going to find those anywhere else - almost certainly not in North America, anyway.
https://www.airrifleheadquarters.com/catalog/item/251483/10405890.htm
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