Bought an 'as new' condition sporter deluxe 124D few years ago and a friend who was very airgun knowledgable relubed/greased spring/chamber, etc. after cleaning all old out.

Today the seal apparently gave way, won't shoot properly. Where can I get new seals and what advice can anyone give on replacing?

Thanks.

Are you taking it to bits yourself?
When you know whats wrong it shouldn't be hard to get parts.

Have not yet, but planned to, gun cocks smooth and fires, but a pellet lodged just a couple inches from the muzzle, cleared it, then the next pellet would not even leave load port area, noticed what looked like piston/seal debris inside skirt of pellet. Imagine 30 years give/take of age deteriorated the synthetic parts.

Specialist,

I think it is easier for you to get parts on your side of the pond. I have an RWS 6M pistol that has the same issue, power loss then spitting the seal in pieces. I was quoted $45 for a replacement seal (part not labor). One of these days when I'm bored I'll figure ou how to take it apart and see what this $45 seal is made of.

6.5br, here's a link to your part:


http://www.airguns.citymax.com/page/page/251483.htm

I had Mac1 Airgun in California replace the spring, plunger and seals for my 124 FWB last summer after the seal went bad. Here's their website, phone and email: http://www.mac1airgun.com Phone 310-327-3581
tim@mac1airgun.com The new spring was supposed to get 900 fps. There was an increase but not that much, maybe velocity will increase after break-in? He said the rifle would not vibrate as much since the new parts fit better with less room to move around. Accuracy seems better and it seems much less critical how I hold the rifle now. That is, I can hold it loose or tight or with or without a rest and it now seems to hit the same point of impact a lot more consistantly. Before the work it was very finicky to shoot. Now it seems to hit (and kill) almost every pest bird, rabbit or squirrel I shoot it at. If I would have known what an improvement there would be, I'd have had the work done before the seal went bad.

I've rebuilt several FWB 124s. When I find and buy them I KNOW the piston seal will need replacing. The factory origional seal will most ALWAYS decay with age if not use. There are several guys making aftermarket piston seals and better mainsprings for the 124. I would put a new spring in,,,the gun is so nice that it does deserve a complete custom tune.
I don't do airgun repair anymore but there are some very good airgunsmiths out there.[and some that aren't~!].

Thanks guys,,,,,the friend of mine in past who lubed etc. did a few 'tweaks' on it and knew his stuff well......gun shot like a dream, VERY lacking in any vibration/recoil etc. SUPER SMOOTH like a 22 w/silencer almost....deadly accurate......

I think the spring is good as is, never chrono'd in past but figure 775-850 range or so depending on pellet but the other day it was hitting many inches low the first few shots and then lost power......emailed the site listed above, was told symptoms basically indicate seal went. May just tear it down soon myself to verify before I order any parts. This gun I found at a local shop literally in As New condition, what a honey of an air rifle! The deluxe model, palm swell, whatever everyone brags about the Beeman Rekord trigger-and I have 2 R9's, this FWB124D has no complaints by me! It is NICE, and if made today, I feel it would outsell the R9's as a gun of choice for adults. EASY cocking for the power, amazing speed for such low 18lb force vs say 30-35lbs IIRC on the R9....yes they have a tad more juice but I dropped a squirrel running on a telephone line about 70 yds once....dead....led about 2 feet and held high and squeezed....stopped under hide offside. That gun has the Beeman mini sized scope fixed mag around 3x IIRC.......sweet set up....oh the gun is quieter than the R9 it seems also.

Ok, really need to get this back shooting soon so my 10 year old can experience a 1st class Cadillac airgun that likely put spring guns on the map in USA or at least Beeman on the map!

Jim Maccari of ARH does a couple of spring and seal sets for these guns, as well a lube package and an aftermarkey trigger. Most other parts are hard or near impossible to find.

http://www.airguns.citymax.com/page/page/251483.htm

These guns can be a little tricky to strip - the main traps being the safety getting fouled and broken, and the trigger block being softer than the bolt that holds it - easy to crossthread the block.