Original 35 resurrected

[lensman57]

Hi,

Just finished putting the old girl back together. All I can say is never again. I had to use my Myford Ml7 tail stock as a ram to take the compression out of the spring and then put it back. That trigger is a joke, whomever designed it must have had a sense of humour. Three small ball bearings vaguely loose inside of the mechanism and an arched spring that is held by its own friction in place. It fires and it is still as twangy as I remember it but it lives. Adjustments are sure to follow.

Regards,

A.G

[Mole trapper]

Braver man than me gungadin! sense of achievement though I'd imagine?

[Rickenbacker]

3 ball bearing trigger

Congrats!

[CapitalBee]

I had an Original mod 35. It twanged like a good 'un and so I stripped it down and relubed it. The trigger assembly is certainly a challenge and it didn't take too long to start twanging again. I sold it on here recently as it was well down the pecking order on my .177's.

[mrto]

I had an Original mod 35. It twanged like a good 'un and so I stripped it down and relubed it. The trigger assembly is certainly a challenge and it didn't take too long to start twanging again. I sold it on here recently as it was well down the pecking order on my .177's.

I bought it from you,Mark as you will remember.The thing with Original 35's is that they were a bit of a disappointment at the time power wise never living up to expectation.The Original 45 replaced the 35 and did what the 35 was supposed to do!

Because the 35 is only a medium powered gun people tend to have oversprung them looking for 12ftlbs.As a result they are harsh and twangy,but when fitted with the right spring etc they are a very pleasant and accurate gun to shoot.They are also exceptionally well made putting many HW's by comparison in the shade build wise and have a very good trigger when adjusted correctly,( which most aren't)!

Too much fuss is made about these triggers and with a bit of patience and common sense they are quite easy to deal with!

I have many Originals and am very fond of them they are great vintage rifles,but have to be kept tuned to within their original design limitations.

ATB,
Mark.

[CapitalBee]

I bought it from you,Mark as you will remember.The thing with Original 35's is that they were a bit of a disappointment at the time power wise never living up to expectation.The Original 45 replaced the 35 and did what the 35 was supposed to do!

Because the 35 is only a medium powered gun people tend to have oversprung them looking for 12ftlbs.As a result they are harsh and twangy,but when fitted with the right spring etc they are a very pleasant and accurate gun to shoot.They are also exceptionally well made putting many HW's by comparison in the shade build wise and have a very good trigger when adjusted correctly,( which most aren't)!

Too much fuss is made about these triggers and with a bit of patience and common sense they are quite easy to deal with!

I have many Originals and am very fond of them they are great vintage rifles,but have to be kept tuned to within their original design limitations.

ATB,
Mark.

Hope you enjoy it Mark. I just found I was shooting it so little as I have a couple of better .177's (in my opinion), I may as well let it go. Your comments ref' the power are correct, I think they got found out in the press at the time of their manufacture, which spelt the model's death knell, but apart from the twang, a pleasant rifle to shoot ( I have to admit the trigger on my old one probably needed adjusting)