The mother's WELL glued on and IF'n you try to remoce it, you all will loosen the barrel! There's one of TWO ways to IMPROOVE the silencing on the HW100
1) By the slip on silencer from Target Sports of Bolton. 50+ simoleons and its GOOD!
2) Post a quiry on the BBS scetion where this IS, ask for 'DAVE' the gunsmith at Target Sports. Then, when he answers, send the HW100 to him, he will TUNE it to LEGAL limit, ie:- Magnums out at 11.8 ft. lbs., instead of 14.5 grain RWS Super domes at 11.5 ft. lbs, Magnums out at 12.12 + ft . lbs. At the same time ask and he WILL screw cut to 1/2" UNF, the front end of the barrel and fit his OWN neat an very, very quite silencer. All for UNDER 100 simoleons!
Saddle Tramp.