HW35E- what's so special?

[I. J.]

Plastic beer crates have other uses tha knows standing on one makes him almost average height

God gave me a choice. Good looks or height.

Well it doesn't seem to effect you shooting up at those 10M match cards Ian.

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Airs...0.jpg.html?o=0

[Rickenbacker]

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Airs...0.jpg.html?o=0

Aaaarrrrgggg!

[mikec4]

God gave me a choice. Good looks or height.

Let me guess; you couldn't decide and ran out of time

[fizzgig]

its the wood

[TonyL]

Picked my copy up earlier of the April edition. Not had chance to read yet, only a very quick flick through, but there's an article on our beloved HW35E in there.




Cue Trumpetier and Tinbum rushing down to Smith's...

[fatttmannn]

Picked my copy up earlier of the April edition. Not had chance to read yet, only a very quick flick through, but there's an article on our beloved HW35E in there.




Cue Trumpetier and Tinbum rushing down to Smith's...

yes there is and very good it is too

[TonyL]

Will have a better look later matey.

I see Jim's been busy with the drill, too!

[prosport.177]

Hw35 e long barrel .)
My very first air gun.. Happy days

[oneseven]

Do they get jumpy in .177? I fancy one but most of my rifles are .22, so it would be nice to have a .177 for a change.

[CapitalBee]

Do they get jumpy in .177? I fancy one but most of my rifles are .22, so it would be nice to have a .177 for a change.

A bit snappier, but not jumpy.

[Muskett]

Pre Airgun World 1978 then te HW35 was jogging along and competing well with all the other farm yard rifles like the Webley MKIII. Open sights and short range, many had good wood and did what was expected. Its trigger beat some of the competition like BSF's and such. Power ok but then nothing was that great.
But it was when cheap Jap scopes arrived in number in the late 70's when most of the competition were found wanting. The heavyweight HW35 with its trigger could hold it together at the new range 40m that these scopes sight pictures gave. Tuning also helped get that consistency for the longer ranges and then FT got off the ground. Tuning was necessary to get the power up too against rifles like the Webley Vulcan and Original 45. Hw35's walnut, weighty, great trigger and more forgiving, then its not surprising it was the rifle to beat. And Airgun World and the advertisers told us how great it was.

But as a 12 year old it was too heavy, thugly, and expensive. So we looked to BSA, Webley, and FWB. British manufacturing was in cloud cookoo land and then got expensive for what they offered. FWB Sports had the elegance though not the trigger nor walnut. Early HW35 and especially the 35E are, if they have the top bluing and better walnut, fine rifles; though probably better as a .22 for max power. As time has gone by they are getting dubbed down wood and finish and to be honest there are just better rifles to be had. Late 70's and early 80's they were the one to beat.

And then the HW77 blew them all away. The rest is history.

[fatttmannn]

Pre Airgun World 1978 then te HW35 was jogging along and competing well with all the other farm yard rifles like the Webley MKIII. Open sights and short range, many had good wood and did what was expected. Its trigger beat some of the competition like BSF's and such. Power ok but then nothing was that great.
But it was when cheap Jap scopes arrived in number in the late 70's when most of the competition were found wanting. The heavyweight HW35 with its trigger could hold it together at the new range 40m that these scopes sight pictures gave. Tuning also helped get that consistency for the longer ranges and then FT got off the ground. Tuning was necessary to get the power up too against rifles like the Webley Vulcan and Original 45. Hw35's walnut, weighty, great trigger and more forgiving, then its not surprising it was the rifle to beat. And Airgun World and the advertisers told us how great it was.

But as a 12 year old it was too heavy, thugly, and expensive. So we looked to BSA, Webley, and FWB. British manufacturing was in cloud cookoo land and then got expensive for what they offered. FWB Sports had the elegance though not the trigger nor walnut. Early HW35 and especially the 35E are, if they have the top bluing and better walnut, fine rifles; though probably better as a .22 for max power. As time has gone by they are getting dubbed down wood and finish and to be honest there are just better rifles to be had. Late 70's and early 80's they were the one to beat.

And then the HW77 blew them all away. The rest is history.

all very true Sir, and yet and yet , I love my 35,s

[oneseven]

Thanks for the history, very interesting. So I'm taking that it's better to find an old one that buy one new today? Have they really dropped off noticeably?

[CaineIsCarter]

Thanks for the history, very interesting. So I'm taking that it's better to find an old one that buy one new today? Have they really dropped off noticeably?

Buy one because you really want one, like I did, not because you need one; if I could have only one rifle, it would not be a HW35E.

I bought a new one from Germany, delivered to my door and saved a fortune on UK prices. I absolutely love it. The walnut is certainly not as good as that found on older models, but it still looks the business.

They seem to be a Marmite thing. Lots of people don't seem to like them at all, but those of us who do, really really like them

[fatttmannn]

Buy one because you really want one, like I did, not because you need one; if I could have only one rifle, it would not be a HW35E.

I bought a new one from Germany, delivered to my door and saved a fortune on UK prices. I absolutely love it. The walnut is certainly not as good as that found on older models, but it still looks the business.

They seem to be a Marmite thing. Lots of people don't seem to like them at all, but those of us who do, really really like them

100%, cant have to many 35,s.