What springer did you shoot today?
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WE might actually get 3 to 5 inches of heavy wet stuff tonight , That means everything will be shut down tomorrow , And with the predicted cold might be snowed in a few days here .
your very encouraging to this soon 9/9/25 80 year old .
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Was excited to shoot my new-to-me FWB 150. A lucky Ebay find from a great seller. It checked some boxes: FWB, side lever, sled. First one I've ever shot and I am amazed at how quiet and smooth it is. Of course, it's a 6.3 fpe rifle, it should be easy going. It came with the original diopter sight with an eye cup. But I'm not a ten meter shooter so I scoped it immediately. At 25 yards with some wind it was super accurate with JSB 7.33 and AA 8.4. The AA Falcon 7.3's were also great. I tried a couple target pellets but the diabolo were so much easier to load and much more accurate at distance. And I asked the seller what spring/tune it had (he had mentioned that it was recently tuned/resealed). He casually replied that it was done by David Slade at Airgunwerks 
. This rifle may need it's own thread...Cheers!
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Went to shovel out my targets, I have to paint them frequently. There’s a set of stairs under there. Looks impossible. 
Went in from another drive and got lucky and got the 5 ft. blower in there without breaking a shear pin. Talk about a lucky break. Took 10 min. instead of a few hours of shoveling. 
And once I repainted my targets, I turned on a HW35 .177 on them. Been 3 days.
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Always like the FWB 150 stock design. I would switch it and put on my 300s,nice bag rider.....Enjoy !
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Very fortunate on that deal.Was excited to shoot my new-to-me FWB 150. A lucky Ebay find from a great seller. It checked some boxes: FWB, side lever, sled. First one I've ever shot and I am amazed at how quiet and smooth it is. Of course, it's a 6.3 fpe rifle, it should be easy going. It came with the original diopter sight with an eye cup. But I'm not a ten meter shooter so I scoped it immediately. At 25 yards with some wind it was super accurate with JSB 7.33 and AA 8.4. The AA Falcon 7.3's were also great. I tried a couple target pellets but the diabolo were so much easier to load and much more accurate at distance. And I asked the seller what spring/tune it had (he had mentioned that it was recently tuned/resealed). He casually replied that it was done by David Slade at Airgunwerks
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Congratulations!Was excited to shoot my new-to-me FWB 150. A lucky Ebay find from a great seller. It checked some boxes: FWB, side lever, sled. First one I've ever shot and I am amazed at how quiet and smooth it is. Of course, it's a 6.3 fpe rifle, it should be easy going. It came with the original diopter sight with an eye cup. But I'm not a ten meter shooter so I scoped it immediately. At 25 yards with some wind it was super accurate with JSB 7.33 and AA 8.4. The AA Falcon 7.3's were also great. I tried a couple target pellets but the diabolo were so much easier to load and much more accurate at distance. And I asked the seller what spring/tune it had (he had mentioned that it was recently tuned/resealed). He casually replied that it was done by David Slade at Airgunwerks
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Shot my old Beeman R1 and Weihrauch HW97K both in .177. Didn't have time to shoot my Diana model 52 with the Vortek kit in it. Will start with that one tomorrow.
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Not familiar with this rifle. Being a FWB has to be smooth as silk. Another gem. Thanks for sharing. CrowWas excited to shoot my new-to-me FWB 150. A lucky Ebay find from a great seller. It checked some boxes: FWB, side lever, sled. First one I've ever shot and I am amazed at how quiet and smooth it is. Of course, it's a 6.3 fpe rifle, it should be easy going. It came with the original diopter sight with an eye cup. But I'm not a ten meter shooter so I scoped it immediately. At 25 yards with some wind it was super accurate with JSB 7.33 and AA 8.4. The AA Falcon 7.3's were also great. I tried a couple target pellets but the diabolo were so much easier to load and much more accurate at distance. And I asked the seller what spring/tune it had (he had mentioned that it was recently tuned/resealed). He casually replied that it was done by David Slade at Airgunwerks
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Finally back to normalicy. Got a morning shoot in. 15F and a hot sun. Perfect. Shot a R9 .20 
This shoots with supreme accuracy. Perfect hunting gun. Nice nic in the stock.This was my first .20 cal. gun. Hall of fame.
Next up before lunch a HW50 .20 with Vortek spring and piston seal. Mind boggling gun.
Going to shoot this again and crony it. Crow
Next up before lunch a HW50 .20 with Vortek spring and piston seal. Mind boggling gun.
Going to shoot this again and crony it. Crow
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It’s cold but the sun warms you up where I start undoing my jacket.
Never did anything in gun room. Boxes were cluttering the furnace room. Gun room needs some time. Crow
‘Got out in afternnoon with a HW30 .20. Flies and Wasps are in big trouble this summer. Great gun.
Oh. Got 4 Arc springs delivered while shooting. Crow
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Nothing 
I haven't shot since Monday when I was accuracy testing the R8. It's been too cold and windy to shoot since and will be until at least Saturday. 
I have stuff to sort out and I need better weather. Sorry I needed to vent.
I haven't shot since Monday when I was accuracy testing the R8. It's been too cold and windy to shoot since and will be until at least Saturday. I have stuff to sort out and I need better weather. Sorry I needed to vent.Upvote 0
30 to 40 mph winds here lately, snowed again today. I shot the 97K Monday in the wind trying to see how much hold off was needed, one to two, to two and half MOA in gusting wind, still managed a couple of decent groups.Nothing
Time changes back in two weeks and 4 days, and I'm ready for spring.
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I know the feeling. I bought a 30, 95 and a 97 before Christmas. AOA shipped few weeks ago because of our strike. But tied up in LA.Don't know where my 98 is?
Hope you get your 98 soon. You’re going to love that one. What cal. did you get? Crow
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