A 2004E to complete the set?
Been trying out the HW40 that I bought today. Love my P17s ( high maintenance ) but thought I should really try the original to compare with the clones. Feels a tad more solid materials wise, but not a lot. Do like the fiber optic sights in good light, and with front light the sights do the same job as blacks on 17s (silhouetted). The manual says to use oil on piston every 500 shots, as opposed lithium grease for P17s. Power and cocking pressure seem the same. Accurate straight out the box. looking forward to trouble free shooting for a while!!! That seems to be the clincher for me, IF!!! it doesn't have the leak issues of the clones it might just be worth the extra money. I know having three of the same gun may seem excessive, but, I don't think you can have too many guns!!! Now what shall I buy next?
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
A 2004E to complete the set?
Get its Bigger Brother a HW75 also a SSP
Good choice Peteswright - they are great little pistols. I have had mine about 6 months and use it regularly - no problems with it at all.
I'm sure if you follow appinpar68's suggestion of an hw75 you would love it - though if you you want a challenge, go for an hw45 (at the moment I'm feeling as though I am just starting to get the measure of mine it ...but one tiny lapse with grip or trigger control and it shoots where it wants rather than where I want!)
ATB
Jon
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Sorry to hijack !
Anyone got an HW45 they want to part with ??
Tried one a few weekends ago - loved it !!
Roy
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A Smith 586 or 686, for accurate, multishot action.
An HW 45, for nice recoil in a last-a-lifetime pistol.
A Walther PPk, for realistic, blowback action, in an economical BB pistol that you'll be lucky to hit the target with!
What more do you need? You're all set.
Jim
UBC's Police Pistol Manager
"Nasty, noisy things, revolvers, Count. Better stick to air-guns." Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
It must be the most rebranded gun out there Love mine though (P17), it's my 'serious' fun gun.
Re: the HW45... heard a lot about it and always dismissed it as impractical and ugly, but after handling a 2nd hand one in a gunshop recently I fell in love and had to buy it. Built like a tank and gives good results - as long as your attention doesn't lapse...
All the more rewarding when you get it right though
TBH I haven't found it that tempremental, as long as you use the 'artillery hold'