HW35 parts interchangeability?

[Hsing-ee]

The internals will fit either old or new, the triggers will swap with just the cage being slightly different for the units fitted with a safety .All barrels will swap & all share the same size cocking link.Early ones don't have breach shims but can be fitted.
Old rails are 13mm & some are short, new are 11mm.Early block has 2 holes later have 3.

That means if you fit a 13mm cylinder to a 11 mm block or vice versa you get a free recoil stop for the scope!

[Garvin]

For a bit of fun, HW35 very old and very new (not to scale)!

[averageplinker]

Thanks chaps. I think I am going to enjoy playing with these 35s

[Hsing-ee]

For a bit of fun, HW35 very old and very new (not to scale)!

They've ruined the look of the thing!

[Geezer]

average,

Your mention of the cylinder indicates that you know about the change of transfer port size around 1980 (sure someone else can give a precise date) when the piston seal changed from leather to synthetic. Just thought I'd mention it here for the benefits of anyone else reading this thread with a similar query.

As Danny's pic shows, there have also been changes in the iron sights. I do not know if all the rear sights interchange. Clearly the fronts don't, going from an early dovetailed blade to a (1960s onward?) slide-on hooded unit with interchangeable elements.

And it also shows how elegant the early ones were. Myself, I think the 60s and early 70s ones usually have the nicest blend of features, looks, and build/finish quality. And I don't even really like 35s.

[johnbaz]

The 35 is my favourite HW offering, I think IJ has a gazillion of them!!








John

[Geezer]

The 35 is my favourite HW offering, I think IJ has a gazillion of them!!








John

First picture, second one down. That is what a 35 should look like.

[johnbaz]

First picture, second one down. That is what a 35 should look like.

That would be this one, I bought it for a mere £100 as the lads wife was playing hell up that he had a gun in the house (They had kids!)..










This is the one above it, No mention of Weihrauch, but marke EUSTA, I was told on the Woc that it was a fake!!






This is my fave though!






John

[averageplinker]

I have a sneaky feeling that I might really like my HW35s once they are resurrected!

[I. J.]

The 35 is my favourite HW offering, I think IJ has a gazillion of them!!

John

Thats because the beggars breed.

[Benelli B76]

Thats because the beggars breed.

I have worked on a dozen in the last couple of months, learned a lot about what springs to fit from different suppliers as they do not produce the same power output. Guys down here seem to like 5 inches chopped off the barrels.


Baz

[landymick]

average,

Your mention of the cylinder indicates that you know about the change of transfer port size around 1980 (sure someone else can give a precise date) when the piston seal changed from leather to synthetic. Just thought I'd mention it here for the benefits of anyone else reading this thread with a similar query.

As Danny's pic shows, there have also been changes in the iron sights. I do not know if all the rear sights interchange. Clearly the fronts don't, going from an early dovetailed blade to a (1960s onward?) slide-on hooded unit with interchangeable elements.

And it also shows how elegant the early ones were. Myself, I think the 60s and early 70s ones usually have the nicest blend of features, looks, and build/finish quality. And I don't even really like 35s.

The T.P size across the 35 range in old & new models with the Rekord trigger fitted I have found to be 3mm.In some leather sealed models it is 4mm but I also have some with the 3mm T.P.
My older ones were bought second hand so I have no idea if the 4mm versions were factory but they dont appear to be messed with.

[pelletcaster]

The T.P size across the 35 range in old & new models with the Rekord trigger fitted I have found to be 3mm.In some leather sealed models it is 4mm but I also have some with the 3mm T.P.
My older ones were bought second hand so I have no idea if the 4mm versions were factory but they dont appear to be messed with.

The HW35 showed the Rekord trigger from the very beginning.
The old leather piston seal type with the - indeed - factory transfer port of about 4mm got replaced by a synthetic seal and a TP of about 3mm somewhere in the year 1980 at around serial number 843636.

[landymick]

The very early HW35 with short block did not have the later caged Rekord trigger unit.