HW45 Service time???

[MikeHW45]

How many shots would people recommend putting through an HW45 before servicing or having it serviced and how many shots do you think a 45 would be good for in its lifespan ? Totally wild question I know but interested to find out!!

[Murphy]

Millions.

[tinbum]

Get in, clean all the grease off and give it a good polish. It's a tricksy little beggar, but there will be a "How to" guide in issue 102 of Airgun Shooter. Once done it will be a whole different experience.

[MikeHW45]

Fantastic thankyou. I will be looking out for that without a doubt.

[thisisdonald]

Get some delrin into it.. when I had mine, I also stamped out 0.5mm PTFE washers and used them on all the rattly bits like the cocking arms... and like tinbum says.. clean out all the shitey grease... it transforms the gun into an accurate powerful pistol with quite low snappy recoil... Superb.. I wish I hadn't sold mine!

[TonyL]

Get in, clean all the grease off and give it a good polish. It's a tricksy little beggar, but there will be a "How to" guide in issue 102 of Airgun Shooter. Once done it will be a whole different experience.

I'd better be getting that one, then.

Love my '45.

[MikeHW45]

I love mine too. I have the silverstar in .177 and the standard black finish in .22. Awesome pistols, especially once you get the hang of them properly

[Mark A]

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I added a ptfe sleeve to mine, mainly to stop any grease from the spring getting into the comp chamber. Also polished the piston lightly and buffed a light coat of high moly paste into it. Seemed to cut the dieseling down a bit, but it felt a little rough to cock, so i had to add a little lithium moly grease to the cocking slot to smooth it out a bit.

I wouldn't have thought it would need servicing again for thousands of shots as you run these guns pretty dry. I doubt you'd ever fire enough shots to find out its lifespan.