New to me FWB 602!

[wquiles]

Just received my b-day present to myself a little early - an used (new to me) FWB602. My first ever 10M rifle!

I lusted for a nice 10M rifle since I first saw them on the Beeman Catalogs in the 80-90's, and I finally have one, left handed, since I am a lefty. I want to scope mine, so I know I need a "short gate", but otherwise this is ready to go "as is". I have not chronograh it myself yet (it is 24F here in Texas today), but the seller was getting 598fps with RWS 7gr pellets - perfect for backyard mini-sniping 








My nicest rifle (which I really like) is my Theoben MKII (setup for FT at about 20ftp) but these 10M rifles are in a different league - it almost makes my Theoben look a little "ameteur" by comparison.  Almost as if these 10M rifles are meant to be shot constantly, for years and years and years - it oozes quality and craftsmanship.  And even though it was 24F here in Texas, I shot 2-3 shots in my garage (silent pellet trap), and the trigger is unbelievable smooth - what a treat!

I need now to find the short gate so that I can work on scoping it :-)

Will

[Motorhead]

Those SSP's are AWESOME !!!
Your will need sand paper to scubb the S eating grin off your face !!

Nice 10M air gun

[T-Higgs]

I have the 603, and you are going to love your 602! They are amazing rifles and not hard to work on either. I did a total re-seal on mine, short gate, and scoped it. Several guys I shoot ten meter with have them with target sights and they are just as accurate that way. I guess if your pest sniping a scope is the way to go.
I'm jealous! I shoot lefty and had to buy a right handed 603, couldn't find a lefty. I'm training myself to shoot righty and I'm quite used to it now, except for off hand work.

Congrats on, perhaps the best SSP line ever made.  I probably opened a can of worms on that statement. In all fairness, I won't be happy till I own a lefty Walther  lgm2 gray lam. I just shot a lgr this morning that was so easy to shoot and stupid accurate. There's  Nothing like a ten meter gun.

Higgs

[Taso1000]

William,

Congratulations on your 602!  I got a 601 about 6 months ago.  I was not able to find an original short gate but I did find "shortened" gates on ebay from seller nikkonos.  I bought one and had them shorten it for me because I couldn't do it nicely. 

http://www.ebay.com/sch/nikkonos/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

It seems he doesn't have any for sale currently but maybe if you contact him he could let you know if he will be getting more in.

I did cobble a scope mount but I have not shot with it yet.  It clears the loading gate by about 3/8 of an inch I'm guessing. 

Taso

[Horatio]

Might sound silly. I bet a rifle with no recoil could easily get away with only using one scope ring. At least to get you going.

[wquiles]

Thank you guys 

Yes, finding the gate has been hard so far.  I contacted Neil at International Shooting Supply via email, but I have not heard back.  I found on another forum that best way to reach him is via phone - so I will try next Monday.  I also just sent a note to ebay seller nikkonos, so lets see if he can find any.  If not, I have a small/home machine shop so I can try finding a standard gate and creating a "shorty" one, assuming I can find a standard/long one to modify.  I am not in a hurry, but I know I something can be worked out