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Comment on The HW70A Pistol – What fun! by Jock Elliott

Jock Elliott — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:43:21 +0000

Jim,

Thanks for the kind words. The fit and finish of the metal on the HW70A are really very nice.

Comment on The HW70A Pistol – What fun! by Jim Lowe

Jim Lowe — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:37:55 +0000

very nice review. I just got my first pistol, a used FWB65 that is a kick in the pants to shoot, making me want to get a few more for my collection. The price point on the HW70A is pretty good so I might give it a try.
Like you I found the pic’s of the gun to be unattractive, but then again you can’t judge a book by it’s cover.

Comment on Scopes, springers, and recoil by Jock Elliott

Jock Elliott — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:14:27 +0000

Talk to the good folks at http://www.airgunsofarizona.com They will talk to you about your needs and help you with recommendations.

Comment on Scopes, springers, and recoil by tjschweg

tjschweg — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:10:30 +0000

I am considering getting a Talon SS as a squirrel gun. I do not have much experience with airguns but I like the idea of a quiet .25 cal. Any other ideas? Thanks

Comment on The RWS LP8 – A Classic in the Making by Sue

Sue — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:24:46 +0000

Hated shooting such a fine pistol with plastic grips, so I dressed her up with a walnut pair. Dropped them in and screwed them tight, they have made all the difference in the world!

http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb422/Charlotte38Images/Grips/Pisto_Combined.png

Comment on How Airguns of Arizona preps guns before you get them by Jock Elliott

Jock Elliott — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:13:42 +0000

Mike,

Thanks for the kind words.

Comment on How Airguns of Arizona preps guns before you get them by Mike

Mike — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:53:42 +0000

Just ordered my hw30s deluxe today. Seeing your level of service in prep work plus talking to my salerep (Jared) makes getting the rifle an all around good experience.
thanks!

Comment on Weihrauch HW40 by Don

Don — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:05:27 +0000

Pleasure Jock.
For everyone else, its great just as it is but im born to tinker lol.
I had minor success tackling the issue of compression, namely increasing it but you have to be careful to not ruin the gun. I started by machining a spot face into the front of the piston of approx 20mm in diameter x 2mm deep. Then drove in a bung i machined up from aluminium which was 0.05mm above the dia of the hole and approx 3mm long. This left a protrusion of 1mm.
It turned out to be too much and was in danger of forcing the muzzle pivot pin before the top strap had closed. I eventually found an increase of 0.4mm worked, with the top strap completely closing. Removing the dead space with this slight build up of the piston returned 17 fps.
I have found that Hobby pellets give the best accuracy save for JSB match but are cheaper and much easier to obtain than the JSBs so go with these.
Im getting 440fps with the 2 mods i perfomed. Added Hawke red dot which i use with the green 3 M.O.A dot. Very hard to beat it in a pistol, even my 2240 Crosman not quite matching it for accuracy or consistancy.

Comment on Weihrauch HW40 by Jock Elliott

Jock Elliott — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:20:21 +0000

Thanks, Don. It’s a fun gun.

Comment on Weihrauch HW40 by Don

Don — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:04:16 +0000

Love mine. I added extra barrel length to mine by turning up an identical copy of the barrel but 17 mm longer through the compensator void right upto the true muzzle. I decided to not extend beyond the muzzle as it might ruin the appearance. Used a nice piece of Walther blank. Got an extra 20fps and the little bit of extra barrel weight inside the void seems to do more for the muzzle flip than the void compensator does at these low gas levels.
Ive benched the gun from soft bean bag into a 20mm group at 22 yds and produced a few enlarged one holers at 10.