FWB FWB P85 Multi Shot

[Helmet]

Cool!

Questions if you would:

1. How does the magazine advance? Trigger pull? Air power?
2. Is there air release with dry fire?

THanks! Kim

1. The magazine is spring loaded and is automatically indexed for each pull of the trigger.
2. With the training magazine installed, the pistol works as semi-auto and a little burst of air is released. With no magazine installed, you can still cock the action and get a trigger pull, but you will have to cock the action for each pull of the trigger, and no air is released.

 

[Kim]

Great, thank you. Please keep us updated on your experiences!

 

[Helmet]

I made some adjustments on the trigger action today. That made a big difference. It's not quite there yet, but it's getting better. The final tuning takes a lot of time and shooting to get right.

 

[Kim]

Is the P85 trigger harder to adjust than the P8X (or P44), and does it function or feel different?

 

[Helmet]

It depends on what you are adjusting. Adjusting the weight of the first stage and pressure point is easy. Other adjustments are more demanding due to the complexity of the semi-auto action.
It feels different than FWBs singe shot pistols. And it's way better than FWBs earlier 5-shot pistols. The rumors were that the P85 trigger was as good as the P8X trigger (which in my opinion is the best mechanical trigger you can get). Well, it's not that good, but it's still good enough for single shot precision shooting.

 

[Gwelo]

Have you had a chance to “air” it out yet? Chrony, trigger pull, accuracy, shot count?

Is there a way to mount a red dot, possibly in place of the rear sight or ?

 

[Helmet]

No chrony or accuracy test yet. But I have worked on the trigger to get it to the feel I like, and it's way better than any 5-shot pistol FWB has made before. I haven't done a side-by-side comparison with the LP50 yet, but I emptied one air cylinder yesterday (in the ball park of 150 pellets) and the trigger feels good for both single shot and rapid shooting. I will say it's at least as good as the LP50 trigger. Probably better, as I recall the LP50 trigger to have a little more creep.
A red dot can be mounted on the rail the rear sight is mounted on, but you will probably need to make a custom mount as the cocking lever is in the way when it's operated.
A mount for the barrel shroud would be more appropriate, but that will also call for a custom mount as I don't think such a mount is commercially available.

 

[Helmet]

As you can see, you can mount a rail where the rear sight usually sits, but the rail must be narrow and stick out a good distance forward so as not to conflict with the cocking lever. To 3D print such a mount is easy, but the question is how stable it will be. I feel that this should be made of aluminum. But if the demand is large enough, someone will probably make a commercial solution.

 

[Gunnertrones]

How is the noise compared to the Steyr lp 50’s distinct crack would you say?

 

[Helmet]

I would say they make about the same amount of noise. But I haven't done a side-by-side comparison. I'll see if I can get a quick comparison done during the Christmas break.