The Mark II saw the plastic trigger blade upgraded to a cast aluminium version and a new look safety catch. These models were marketed in the UK as the Mark II and, yep you’ve guessed it, the equally imaginatively named Mark III. For me the ‘125’ is one of the two prettiest Sporting air rifles ever made. Feinwerkbau also produced the model ‘121’, a 6 ft lb model wearing the standard stock made specifically for the German market and the Beeman commissioned ‘125’ which featured a beautiful ‘American style’ sporter walnut stock which was, according to legend, also available in. Both were available in either standard (S) or deluxe (D) configurations. The only other difference between the two models was the calibration of distance on the rearsight. First produced in 1973 the Feinwerkbau Sport became available in the UK in 1976 under two different model designations - the ‘124’ being. As makers of the worlds finest target rifles their first attempt to build a ‘sporting’ air rfle was greatly anticipated. For the next 5 years Field Target became our obsession and the Feinwerkbau Sport’s dominion.Ĭompared to some, Feinwerkbau of Obendorf, Germany are a relative newcomer to air rifle design. Dave won! He was amazed, the rest of us weren’t. Inspired by Rex, we’d been practicing all that winter and attended the second heat in the spring of ‘81 which was held somewhere near Leeds. The inaugural competition had been held the year before, which Rex Browne had won with a. My rifle arrived the same year that Field Target took off. But I couldn’t have been happier, it was perfect. The wood work was featureless and grey, the trigger was now metal but otherwise the same and the firing cycle still made me want to shout ‘Time for Bed!’. It was one of the very first mark 2’s and in all honesty it looked very plain. Six months later after many early starts and hours wrestling oversize Sunday supplements, I’d managed to earn enough money to purchase a Sport of my own. So Uncle Dave, quite rightly, adopted the Sport and I had to make do with the Vixen - I know - poor old me.
Mounted with an Original 4x40 scope and using Mount Star Silver Jet pellets it seemed impossible to miss. It looked the best by a million miles but after a week of plinking and hunting, both of us were favouring the Sport. From the first moment I picked it up it felt right. However, as is often the case, first impressions can be deceptive.īoth of us fell head over heals for the Feinwerkbau. The Vixen had a wonderful trigger and smooth firing cycle where as the sport by comparison, clearly had the trigger from a staple gun and was powered by 'Zebedee' off of 'The Magic Roundabout' (ask your Dad). Shooting the two at close range confirmed my suspicions. By comparison, to my young untrained eyes, the Sport looked like a poor doudy cousin with its plain, almost purple beech stock, plastic trigger, square lines and total lack of bling. It really was the ultimate in late 70’s airgun ubercool. The Vixen looked fantastic with its beautifully figured, rounded walnut stock, white line spacers, elegant 22” barrel and sparkling chrome detailing. He actually went to buy the export model Vixen that was the subject of the ad but by happy chance, he also returned with a FWB Sport. 22 example from a classified in the back of the Airgun World. "My first encounter with a Sport came when my Uncle Dave bought a. Jag har själv personligen haft en Sport och jag kan inte mer än att hålla med. Självfallet så är den också, vilket titeln antyder, även en hyllning till ett av världens bästa fjäderluftgevär. Berättelsen är därför ett intressant historiskt dokument ifrån någon som var med på tiden då det begav sig i sportens begynnelse. Idag kommer ett gästinlägg ifrån Richard Wellham, England, som tävlade friskt med Feinwerkbau Sport i begynnelsen av Field Target.
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