Quote from: Razor62 on December 06, 2022, 10:22:45 PMI had issues with the Sportsmatch rings that have the crosbar which is supposed to engage with the radial slots machined into the Sport's receiver. The crosbar does not completely match those grooves. The rings crept and marred my rifle. I switched to BKL double strap rings and everything is staying put. Highly recommend BKL for their holding strength.. What model do you recommend
I had issues with the Sportsmatch rings that have the crosbar which is supposed to engage with the radial slots machined into the Sport's receiver. The crosbar does not completely match those grooves. The rings crept and marred my rifle. I switched to BKL double strap rings and everything is staying put. Highly recommend BKL for their holding strength.
Thanks Elroy. It really does have a tremendous amount of potential. BTW....That triggerguard kinda grows on 'ya. The more i hande the rifle, the more I like it.
The trigger guard is different, but I am good with it. I say this only because it appears as if someone at FWB who was on the design team had a fascination with angles and wedge shapes. These types of shapes are used in developing stealth aircraft as well as other vessels and vehicles of many modern militaries of the world. Overall I think they transfered that concept into the Modern FWB Sport, after all it is a hunter and stealth is everything when your hunting.
One thing I've sometimes wondered is, how those thoroughly degreased scope rails & mounts fare with the realities of field / hunting use, what with rust being an ever-present, uninvited guest on bare, unoiled steel, and especially bare steel featuring tight crevices and such. I don't use scopes on springers, so I have no experience on this. I do have plenty of experience with rust, living with 90% RH humidity most of the year, plus plenty of drizzle, fog etc.
Thanks, Chris.My guns aren't purposefully exposed to the elements, either. The weather and climate just are what they are, and I use my guns outdoors, well-oiled. When I buy second-hand / antique springers, there's usually rust to be found in spots where two components lie tightly together, such as the rear sight / breech block, scope mount / scope rail interfaces.