....as being the iconic air rifle which kick-started the British air gun scene's coming of age (in the face of the lack-lustre U.K. home-grown offering which existed in the late 1950s when the HW35 was launched, the HW35 was like an Exocet missile launcher in comparison
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For the HW35 was the first truly accurate and powerful production air rifle to hit the British market, and in the late 1950s when it landed, it simply blew all the other pretenders away and heralded the dawn of a bright new air gunning era. Without a doubt, the HW35 was a trail-blazer. Without it I proffer our scene would not have prospered?
HW broke the mould and pushed the envelope yet further twenty years later, when it introduced (first) the HW80, and (later), the HW77. Yep we owe good old Herman an awful lot.
Originally Posted by Gareth W-B
....as being the iconic air rifle which kick-started the British air gun scene's coming of age (in the face of the lack-lustre U.K. home-grown offering which existed in the late 1950s when the HW35 was launched, the HW35 was like an Exocet missile launcher in comparison
, an Omega and a Vulcan with adjustable gas ram similar to the Theoben range of rifles.
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