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Thread: Is the Hw45 frame Steel or Aluminium ?

  1. 07-03-2011, 01:40 PM #1
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    Is the Hw45 frame Steel or Aluminium ?

    As per the title is the Hw45's frame Steel or Aluminium ?
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  2. 07-03-2011, 01:50 PM #2
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  4. 09-03-2011, 04:03 PM #4
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  6. 11-03-2011, 10:59 PM #6
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    They are not as strong as they look.I had one run over by a fork truck in a freak accident,it just shattered in to many pieces of cast metal.
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    Who was the freak, and what was the accident?

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    Quote Originally Posted by pcusername View Post
    They are not as strong as they look.I had one run over by a fork truck in a freak accident,it just shattered in to many pieces of cast metal.
    I tend to think no pistol could withstand being run over by a fork truck!!
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  9. 11-03-2011, 11:12 PM #9
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    Some people imagine full bore pistols easily withstand such treatment - usually based on Hollywood footage
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  10. 11-03-2011, 11:17 PM #10
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    I never leave mine unattended / on the floor even in areas that are not accessed by things like fork lift trucks eg the lounge.

    HW's seem pretty robust to me.
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  11. 11-03-2011, 11:59 PM #11
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    You could argue that the floor is the safest place - where's it going to fall?
    Now we have the answer
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    Quote Originally Posted by eredel View Post
    I tend to think no pistol could withstand being run over by a fork truck!!
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    Probably not: but I wouldn't expect it to shatter like glass, either.

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    Doesn't matter if it bends, breaks, shatters or explodes, once run over by a fork truck it's a dead HW45, deceased, ceased to exist in its previous state, shuffled off its mortal coil, gone to that great armoury in the sky, will never project another pellet at 500 fps....it'll be an ex HW45!!!!!!
    Sorry...went a bit Monty P there...
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