Reply With QuoteA 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.
Six out of seven dwarfs aren't happy
Yet Another HW35
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 agoYIPPEE!!
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
Last edited by premierpistol; 10-06-2008 at 10:03 PM.
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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
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Excellent Paul.
ATB
Ian
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Good Job mate,
You have had better succes than me, i accidently shot myself through hand when i rebuilt a hw35 years ago!!!
Dave
Six out of seven dwarfs aren't happy
Originally Posted by 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!!!
DaveBloody hell, how'd ya manage that? bet it hurt lke hell!
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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.
The Chrono Slayer
very nice job there
don't s'ppose you'll be selling it??
john
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Looks great. Fancy having a go myself soon
Six out of seven dwarfs aren't happy
Have a go, you get a good feeling bringing an oldie back into the relms of a useable gun! this could be up for sale if there's any serious interest, Johnbaz?
I fancy doing another!
Mmmmm..... what next..... anyone got a rusty wreck in need of a restore!?
( no Neil, i'm not after an airsporter
possibly a FWB, maybe a Vulcan, or even YET ANOTHER HW35
may also be employed in conjunction with a drawn reciprocation dingle arm, to reduce sinusoidal repleneration
Thats a beautiful rifle saved from the scrappers. What calibre is she?
Six out of seven dwarfs aren't happy
.177, as opposed to the usual .22 i keep aquiring
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