Post by Bri M on Sept 29, 2020 12:05:55 GMT
What do you do when you haven't been shooting for months, you can't use the guns you have and your already meagre skill has evaporated away to nothing?
Easy - you get another gun.
I was beginning to think that I would go the whole of 2020 without acquiring anything new. Disturbingly, I was starting to want to go the whole year without any new toys as a test of willpower and self restraint. The trouble with temptation though is that it's just so... tempting and this was too much to resist.
It's an Original 6M pistol with the Giss dual piston system. Dating from 1980, it's complete in worn but good condition with the odd scuff and faded blueing. It was recently resealed by the previous owner and works as it should, i.e., recoilless. Despite the plastic grips (would've liked the wooden anatomical style but...) and barrel shroud, it's a big, heavy, old school, solid thing and shoots in the region of 430fps with an 11fps high to low spread.
So far, I've only put about 100 pellets through it in the loft range and it's grouping as well as my FWB 80 and Izzy. That's not really a glowing endorsement though as I'm abysmal with all of the above pistols now and the group sizes are too large to print without embarrassment. In comparison to its contemporary, the FWB 80, the ergonomics aren't quite as good and some of that may be down to the grips. My trigger finger rubs on the inside lower run of the trigger guard but it's not doing too much harm. The trigger itself isn't bad but not Match standard at present with a heavier pull than my 80 and not as crisp a release but still adequate.
It cocks like a normal break barrel after you've twisted the shroud round to protect your hand from the foresight blades. Yep, blades - it has two. One is conventional and fixed, the other (sitting behind it) is adjustable for width at the turn of a screw. A great little detail that I can't illustrate here as the pic won't post for some reason. You can feel that things are happening inside the gun when you fire it but there's no felt recoil. Which is strange for a springer but also very nice.
If push came to shove and I had to choose between them, I'd say the FWB 80 is the better gun. Anatomical grips on the 6M might close the gap a bit though. However, I'm lucky enough to be able to have and enjoy both of them so I'll say that, if you've got a bit of dosh to spend on a classic yet still perfectly capable pistol, you could do a lot worse than one of these.
Easy - you get another gun.
I was beginning to think that I would go the whole of 2020 without acquiring anything new. Disturbingly, I was starting to want to go the whole year without any new toys as a test of willpower and self restraint. The trouble with temptation though is that it's just so... tempting and this was too much to resist.
It's an Original 6M pistol with the Giss dual piston system. Dating from 1980, it's complete in worn but good condition with the odd scuff and faded blueing. It was recently resealed by the previous owner and works as it should, i.e., recoilless. Despite the plastic grips (would've liked the wooden anatomical style but...) and barrel shroud, it's a big, heavy, old school, solid thing and shoots in the region of 430fps with an 11fps high to low spread.
So far, I've only put about 100 pellets through it in the loft range and it's grouping as well as my FWB 80 and Izzy. That's not really a glowing endorsement though as I'm abysmal with all of the above pistols now and the group sizes are too large to print without embarrassment. In comparison to its contemporary, the FWB 80, the ergonomics aren't quite as good and some of that may be down to the grips. My trigger finger rubs on the inside lower run of the trigger guard but it's not doing too much harm. The trigger itself isn't bad but not Match standard at present with a heavier pull than my 80 and not as crisp a release but still adequate.
It cocks like a normal break barrel after you've twisted the shroud round to protect your hand from the foresight blades. Yep, blades - it has two. One is conventional and fixed, the other (sitting behind it) is adjustable for width at the turn of a screw. A great little detail that I can't illustrate here as the pic won't post for some reason. You can feel that things are happening inside the gun when you fire it but there's no felt recoil. Which is strange for a springer but also very nice.
If push came to shove and I had to choose between them, I'd say the FWB 80 is the better gun. Anatomical grips on the 6M might close the gap a bit though. However, I'm lucky enough to be able to have and enjoy both of them so I'll say that, if you've got a bit of dosh to spend on a classic yet still perfectly capable pistol, you could do a lot worse than one of these.
? so no excuse for not shooting some postal cards then 😉. Come on let's see some cards shot with the 'boxer' (apposed pistons) and the HW30.