BSA Scorpion or HW 45 ?

[oling]

The HW45 isn't inaccurate, it just requires a light yet consistant hold. Then it will shoot just fine.

I guess inaccurate is the wrong word. But few seem to be able to get much accuracy out of them and that can be very frustrating.

[clarky]

I guess inaccurate is the wrong word. But few seem to be able to get much accuracy out of them and that can be very frustrating.

The problem is the idea that rearward moving pistons ....like the Webley pistols is a better idea as it should be easier to control the recoil direct into the palm of the hand.....or so that is how it appeared on paper.
Wrong.
Its actually the secondary recoil that is at issue where control is concerned.
Thus your typical HW70, Center, Original 5 etc are more accurate to shoot because they control the secondary rearward recoil better...but the webleys trying to jump forward after the initial rearward recoil has taken place.
With the 45 we merely exaggerate the problem as a more powerful webley direction shooter.

If triggers on these guns were as good as the 45 they would absolutely trounce it.
There is another problem in so much that the 45 set up is great for generating flash over but we can counter this to some extent by not lubing.

[throdgrain]

We sure there's no rose tinted specs going on in this thread? I had a Scorpion back in the day in was very heavy, hard to cock, ugly and I couldn't hit anything with it.

Now I have a 45, its beautifully well made, amazingly accurate and powerful too. Well, the accuracy is up to you, but with some practice my newish one seems great. I used to have a Crossman pump up 1377, that was accurate too, but I never liked it. I do like my 2240 as well, but I hate the power tail off you get with co2

[Geezer]

We sure there's no rose tinted specs going on in this thread? I had a Scorpion back in the day in was very heavy, hard to cock, ugly and I couldn't hit anything with it.

That basically what I thought back in the day. Then I got one recently, and concluded it was not really too heavy, not too hard to cock, distinctively styled (er....), and very accurate.

[throdgrain]

That basically what I thought back in the day. Then I got one recently, and concluded it was not really too heavy, not too hard to cock, distinctively styled (er....), and very accurate.

Each to their own mate, reckon I'll stick with my HW45 though

[clarky]

Each to their own mate, reckon I'll stick with my HW45 though

It is a bit old fashioned i guess....all 70s pistol designs of barrel infront of the cylinder were never going to be very compact and one would have imagined the design to have long since evolved and gone by say the early 90s but they are accurate and nice to shoot.
The Scorpion is potentially very very accurate.

[lightning22]

It is a bit old fashioned i guess....all 70s pistol designs of barrel infront of the cylinder were never going to be very compact and one would have imagined the design to have long since evolved and gone by say the early 90s but they are accurate and nice to shoot.
The Scorpion is potentially very very accurate.

The Scorpion is the one pistol I have kept as can actually hit stuff with it. My .177 Mk2 has been reblued by Colin Molloy and sports a Venom Slimtech which doubles as a very useful cocking aid.