New HW'S where are they made?

[Murphy]

I did hear last year that the 97 was going to be made in China?

Yes they are.

By BAM.

[eyebull]

Yes they are.

By BAM.

I heard that BAM are farming their production out to Africa to keep costs down.

[Murphy]

A HW made in the 70's or 80's is a completely different thing
to the twangy rubbish with sharp cut ended springs they churn out now.

This gets bandied about on here a lot.

Apart from the spring in what way are they different?

Because from what I've seen a modern CNC'd HW is far better than anything I've seen with West Germany stamped on it.

[bighit]

This gets bandied about on here a lot.

Apart from the spring in what way are they different?

Because from what I've seen a modern CNC'd HW is far better than anything I've seen with West Germany stamped on it.

galling on the hw99s ,my 2003 model does it so its not that new of an issue.

[vestlenning]

Just because something is made in China doesn't mean it is of inferior quality. iPhones are made in China. They will manufacture anything the customers want to their price point.

Hear, hear!

[vestlenning]

I think HW re quality is not good on new guns,
it could be the begining of the end for them.
A HW made in the 70's or 80's is a completely different thing
to the twangy rubbish with sharp cut ended springs they churn out now.

My 2013 HW 50 (99 in the UK) does not fall short compared to my 1980 HW 35, so what do you see that I don't?

[rabbitwrecker]

did you not have a pic of a Chinese weihrauch

Funny that you should mention it...

[Bigbill]

Afterall, I now see that the "Blue Riband" chocolate bar is now going to be made in Poland !

Oh dear a case of mistaken identity "Blue Riband" is a chocolate biscuit not a chocolate bar

[DEAN C.]

Me too.
But it's worth pointing out that the Euro and EU financial system has so many inbuilt biases towards manufacturing in Germany, that it is not surprising that investment flows there.

The one size fits all interest rate in the Eurozone being the prime example.

Thats why I voted for Brexit mate, despite working for a German owned company and having respect for them. It doesnt mean I want to be controlled by them. Regarding the EU I fully agree with you, and when my Grandfather was hanging on to a life raft with burnt oil on his lungs in 1944, I'm pretty sure he did it to stop Britain being completely ruled by Germany, and that is the way things were going.

But what I was referring to earlier was not just about investing using EU money ( it does happen ), but he fact that German laws state that they have to re invest a large percentage of their 'profits' back into the company. Why don't we do that? Oh yeah I forgot, a lot of our companies have been bought by German, French and the USA to mention a few other manufacturing countries.

[scrane]

I have a HW35 from around 1980 and a modern HW35e. Apart from the black hole built into the older gun's breech plug the quality of both is comparable.

[Artfull-Bodger]

Compare the cocking slot/rail thingy me jig,the manager at HCC (15 mins or so from my front door) when looking over my new 95
said there and then ''this is how they are made now,I admit they aren't as good but this is what we have'' and went on to advise a tune up job
even saying they could do it for a price.
I wasn't having it at all,a brand new gun galling and twanging like a dried out old fairground boinger.
He also explained that all new 77's 80's 97's are all ''different now'' and there was a whisper (unlike their guns) that a retro fit de twanging kit was on the horizon.
Brand new HW's are s##t fact.


(Weihrauch owners club November 2007).

There's a clue here!

[Barryg]

This gets bandied about on here a lot.

Apart from the spring in what way are they different?

Funny star breech and cast metal screw on bits on the break barrels and the end block warning

[Murphy]

Funny star breech and cast metal screw on bits on the break barrels and the end block warning

I assume they mean a difference in manufacturing quality not actual physical changes.

[vestlenning]

There's a clue here!

Absolutely!

[Blackrider]

Oh dear a case of mistaken identity "Blue Riband" is a chocolate biscuit not a chocolate bar

Yes, I did realise that just after I posted !
Been ages since I had one.