FWB 601 Maintenance

[KB7PYF]

Looking for advice.
I have a FWB 601 that requires cleaning and tune up.  Any idea of where to send her?  I live in Washington state.  Beautiful shooting rifle.

Thanks

Charlie (KB7PYF)

Now I got her right!!

[Roadworthy]

Living on the west coast Motorhead is probably your best bet.  If he can't do it he can tell you who can.  (AC7DB)

[Duckfish]

Pilkguns in Tenn. they provide sales and service to the U.S. shooting teams.

[Jason_Garvin]

I believe David Slade works on these also, you could reach out to him.

https://www.airgunwerks.com/tunes.html

Jason

[KB7PYF]

Thanks for the info.  I will be making a few phone calls to see what I can work out.

Many thanks!

Charlie

[Duckfish]

Just out of courosity, what is it not doing that makes you believe it is in need of service?

[justinp61]

I just resealed mine, they are really simple to work on and require no specialty tools. Complete seal kits using FWB parts can be found on e bay,  Neal Stepp at ISS in Texas probably has them too. If you are uncomfortable with doing it yourself Neal could probably take care of it.

http://www.iss-internationalshootersservice.com/

BTW, Scott Pilkington and Dave Slade are both first class guys too.

[KB7PYF]

Hey Mr. Duckfish sorry about being late I just got to read your post and I apologize sincerely. What's going on is when I cock the 601 it's not getting all the pressure that needs which implies to me that there's something wrong with the with the piston so I want it back to shooting form.  I bought the rifle secondhand and have shoot ~ 500 rounds before having issues.  Beautiful shooting rifle I love it.

R/ Charlie

[Duckfish]

Mine shoots jsb 7.33 at 600 fps.  They are not powerhouses buy mighty accurate.  What is yours shooting?

[KB7PYF]

Greetings, I am shooting the RWS R10 match, 8.2 grain wadcutter.  They perform very well for me out of my guns.

[Brazos]

If you have access to a chronograph shoot it and report back with velocities.  Also cock and load the rifle and let it sit for a few minutes and then shoot over the chrono to see if it is holding air.  I will be honest I do not know how long is acceptable for a 601 to hold air after it is cocked.  I just assume if it leaks air off pretty fast it’s not acceptable.  I also have a 601 and it is a wonderful rifle.  Replace the 18mm front sight with a newer 22mm front sight.  The 22mm front sight lets a lot more light thru and helps.

As posted above I do not believe these rifles are hard to work on.  There is a German guy that has a disassembly and reassembly video on YouTube.  Watch it a few times and it will make sense.  I also bought mine second hand more than a year ago and though I have not had to replace the seals after watching those videos a handful of times I am not too worried about it.