For the attention of Wiggers! (Wonky HW95 tune)

[eyebull]

Very good and promising thread. i agree diminishing returns indeed. Get youselves a tinbum kit and get stuck in. Now, its a matter of pride that i tune my own springers.

The main reason I now do all my own 'tuning' (well alright just fettling and tidying up really) is that I once paid someone to sort my Lightning out for me. At that point I had never opened up a spring rifle.
Got it back and after a week or two still wasn't happy. Followed some online instructions and opened it up, and it was pretty clear that it was the first time the gun had been disassembled. Meaning that this person had taken my money for nothing.

For similar reasons I won't send kit off to be modified if I can help it, after Nick from Magic 9 disappeared off the face of the earth with my 586 sight assembly.

[look no hands]

The short of it is, if I had a bog standard out of the box 95 that had a twang on shooting and was harsh and was a bit graunchy on cocking, then sending it off to Wonky and having his wonder tune WOULD blow your mind when you received it back and put a load of pellets through it but considering mine had had some tinkering done and a good tuners kit fitted and had been run in, then the difference wasn't overly noticeable at first, if I could have compared two rifles side by side, one Wonky tuned and one V-mach kitted then you'd probably tell the difference, when it was V-mach kitted it was smooth and twang free but it had a strange "Ting" on cocking (probably the piston rod touching the metal piston guide) and there was a tuning fork type of resonance upon firing which could be cured with a Delrin spring guide, to be honest it was perfectly usable but the "Ting" and resonance would have eventually got the better of me and would have had to had been sorted.

Pete

[Bad Beagle]

I have a .177 95k that was short stroked by Dave Price (WW). It was done in 2015 and is the only rifle I wouldn’t ever part with, super accurate with a very fast firing cycle.

It had originally been bought by me from SFS with a stage 1 tune but within 6 months began to creep over 12 Fpe. Dave transformed it and it is a joy to shoot. Nowhere near £200 iirc.

[look no hands]

I have a .177 95k that was short stroked by Dave Price (WW). It was done in 2015 and is the only rifle I wouldn’t ever part with, super accurate with a very fast firing cycle.

It had originally been bought by me from SFS with a stage 1 tune but within 6 months began to creep over 12 Fpe. Dave transformed it and it is a joy to shoot. Nowhere near £200 iirc.

The tune cost £160 but I added the postage both ways into the equation, so come up with a £200 total.

Pete

[SCW22]

I spent over £400 on a vmach tune/shims and the rest on muy old fac 80 and it was horrid to shoot. It shot better before I sent it - never again.

Tuned my last couple of springers and got my own guides made, they shoot spot on.

I would keep your money and have ago yourself if able, you could be surprised with the results

Steve

[TonyL]

I own a few Venoms and Steve of V-Mach recently refreshed two of them - my reduced cylinder Bullpupped '80 and '77 Vantage.

And I have sampled a few of Dave's (WonkyDonky).

All sublime, as are the many expertly fettled (in some cases extensively re-engineered) ones by Mick (T20), NickG and Jon Budd.

For many, as in the OP, a simple fettle and fitting of correctiy fitting guides and caring relube is sufficient to rid twang and bestow a satisfactory level of refinement for most of us. After that it's a case of spending time getting to know your trusty Boinger.

[TonyL]

And, Pete, there's nothing remotely "lowly" about being a BSA fan.

I owned many over the years which all gave great satisfaction at the time.

I haven't owned one for years until the freebie little Supersport came into my life a couple of weeks ago. Much of what I remembered from years ago were the horrid Meteor pistons formed from sheet. But this Supersport really surprised me. It's obviously had a hard-ish life, but the cylinder and piston are perfect (the piston being VERY impressive, actually) and the much feared wobbly breech isn't there. Some bits maybe a little "flaky" like the cocking linkage, although I'd guess that that is a non-issue if not using an overly strong spring.

And I have shot a few Beesas which impressed at the various Bash events.

I could quite easily become a BSA fan all over again.

Can't wait to get this one built up!