Aricle on Richard Bachler's FWB 124 With Jim Maccarri Tyrolean stock+The Finish
The FWB 124 started out as a standard model that I bought at a local gun shop that was going out of business. The outward condition appeared as new but later found that the original seal was in need of replacement. So a project began. A Jim Maccarri unfinished Tyrolean stock was ordered. The roughed out stock was outfitted with a butt pad, aquired from Mac-1 and installed by Dave Thompson. Then many hours of scraping and sanding began. The application of the finish started with two base coats of Danish oil, then approximately seven applications of Tru-Oil. Bobby Corcorran coached me on the application of the finish. Dave Thompson did all of the interior work as well as the initial stock scraping. The rear sight came from Mac-1, who happened to have some used ones at the time. The front sight set came from Beeman. The spring and seal kit came from the Jim Maccarri collection. The kit included the spring, piston seal, spring spacer (since his spring is shorter than the original) and lubricants for the kit. The rifle chronies at 840 FPS with Crossman 7.9 grams Premier lights. Now if I can get the rifle operator to knock down the little animals......Richard Bachler
