it needs the RB cylinder - just throw away the breech itself, and it's ready to go... worst case I might open the access port up a bit. I already have some 30mm OD (need to shave 1mm off) 24mm ID tube that I used some of for my hw80, so that's sorted - it'll be 24mm. Just trim down an hw or tx piston to suit.
Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.
Far too many rifles to list now, all mainly British but the odd pesky foreigner has snuck in
If you see Jon's lathe, you would be a bit taken aback. The Shed Tuner name is completely accurate, and the lathe is something that might have come from the metalwork room of a 1940s School for Children of the Undeserving Poor.
Nothing fancy.
As far as I can tell he taught himself, just got in there and did it. Very few of his guns are 'lookers', all for performance.
Now if you got an old lathe and, say for example, an HW35 ....
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The other niggly problem I can see is the breech end of the barrel will be flush with the end wall of the cylinder, doesn't make it very easy trying to get a pellet in the bore, at least with the usual suspects (PS/TX/97) the barrel protrudes and allows a bit easier access to insert a pellet, I don't think it's going to be easy to get the barrel out to move back either with out doing damage to the cylinder.
Or are you going the whole hog and fitting a completely different barrel?
Pete
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Far too many rifles to list now, all mainly British but the odd pesky foreigner has snuck in
yup, will fit a new barrel and have it protruding in 8mm ish, like a tx or hw... the current bore is too loose at the breech anyways, the pellet would just fall out backwards.
ABT I have no idea, I might just hold tight to the lever, like you have to do on a HW77/97
Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.