FWB Feinwerkbau 800 Universal cocking lever?

[XhG76%o]

I recently purchased a new LH Feinwerkbau 800 Universal with the cocking lever on the left hand side. On the 800 universal the cocking lever from the factory will only ratchet up no matter if you get the LH or RH model. When I look at the 800X I see it uses a cocking lever that allows you to place the cocking lever at any desired position to avoid scopes or mounts. I found a dealer that sells the complete RH cocking lever for the 800X but wanted to know if anyone has compared the two before? Are the actions the same with just different levers. When I look at the two in photos they appear to use the same holes to retract and engage the bolt.

The 800x


The 800 universal.



The cocking lever kit.

Just curious if anyone else had already tried this change?

Max

 

[XhG76%o]

I guess I’ll be the Guinea pig. I ordered one of the 800x cocking levers. Due to eyesight I had to buy a left handed rifle but prefer a cocking lever on the right and the 800x allows you to clock the lever in any of 360 degrees. This should allow larger scopes without interference. I’ll update this when it arrives.

 

[XhG76%o]

If anyone is curious the 800x is a perfect fit and allows multiple adjustments on the right hand side.

 

[Kgphotos]

Glad to see it worked out for you. I was looking really close at the FWB Universal recently; and a bunch of other ten meter rifles. I ended up going with a Walther LG400. How do you like your FWB overall?
Kenny

 

[XhG76%o]

Glad to see it worked out for you. I was looking really close at the FWB Universal recently; and a bunch of other ten meter rifles. I ended up going with a Walther LG400. How do you like your FWB overall?
Kenny

Overall I like it. The build quality seems good. I looked at the LG 400 also. It came down to grip and hand fit. It didn’t hurt that the FWB is built in Oberndorf which is also Mausers home. I lived several miles from Oberndorf when I was young and collect many weapons made there.