Yet Another HW35

[premierpistol]

Hi Gang, I bought and sold a couple of HW35's a few weeks ago and ended up
buying a box of spares from one of the sellers, i sold some bits on here but kept enough bits to make a complete gun up, as a night time project type of thing

I finally finished it a couple of hours ago YIPPEE!!

the missus can have the kitchen table back (for a while anyway) so she's happy too

The stock had some serious water staining and some deep scratches along with a split which although repairable would'nt have finished well by means of staining and oiling or varnishing, so i decided to give it a couple of coats of satin black plasticoat.

The whole of the cylinder was well rusted as was the barrel but after a week of rubbing down with various grades of wet and dry it eventually came up satisfacturary enough for a full re-blue, that took the best part of this week to get the desired results with 4 good coats of the gel type Birchwood casey stuff.

To complete the rebuild i fitted the original piston and the freshly oiled leather piston seal back in with a good spring with plenty of Maccari light tar on, also fitted were a immaculate set of 35E open sights and sling swivels.

I've had a lot of enjoyment doing this gun up and am very pleased with the finished results. from a box of almost scrap to another fine rifle to add to the armoury

I'll add some pics soon for you all to see

ATB PAUL

[Gareth W-B]

A brilliant story mate -- always good to see another old gal up-n-running as a labour of love (I've this week just finished an FWB Sport MkI 127 ). Atb: Gareth W-B.

[I. J.]

Excellent Paul. Another classic rifle saved from the dustbin due to a labour of love.


ATB
Ian

[dave blakemore]

Good Job mate,

You have had better succes than me, i accidently shot myself through hand when i rebuilt a hw35 years ago!!!

Dave

[premierpistol]

Good Job mate,

You have had better succes than me, i accidently shot myself through hand when i rebuilt a hw35 years ago!!!

Dave

Bloody hell, how'd ya manage that? bet it hurt lke hell!

[dave blakemore]

The fact that the trigger block retaining pins were in 3 pieces (each! ) didnt help matters and the gun didnt have a safety....

When i slammed barrel shut gun went off and i had edge of my hand over barrel.......

Actually it didnt hurt that much, just felt like i had hit fleshy part of my hand with a hammer, impact then numbness. Now if pellet had hit bone........

All good fun


Dave.