Early HW55 with Aluminium butt pad

[frakor]

How many does one have to safe?




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Frank

[Garvin]

OMG Frank! No wonder they're so rare!

Don't you have a DST as well?

[frakor]

Yes it is up there #8275.

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Frank

[Garvin]

Oh, sorry, missed that.

[Geezer]

That is probably a unique collection, unless maybe Mike D has more.

Do you have one (or more?) of those weird bargain 55s without the barrel lock?

DST is a bit envy-inducing. I’ve never owned a set trigger rifle, and must some time. Any views on how the HW DST compares to the Walther or others? I’ve an irrational attraction to the Walthers, but, being irrational, it has no basis in fact.

[pajj]

Very nice collection.

[frakor]

That is probably a unique collection, unless maybe Mike D has more.

Do you have one (or more?) of those weird bargain 55s without the barrel lock?

DST is a bit envy-inducing. I’ve never owned a set trigger rifle, and must some time. Any views on how the HW DST compares to the Walther or others? I’ve an irrational attraction to the Walthers, but, being irrational, it has no basis in fact.

Fortunately enough I have some HW55's without the barrel lever, these are the "F" models.



Regarding the DST triggers, these where used mostly on the Walther's to see them on a Weihrauch is very rare, it took me 35 years to find 2 of them.
The Walther trigger needed only minor adjustment to make it ready for the DST unit, Weihrauch was a completely different afair.
These are by Walther. ..



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Frank

[MDriskill]

That is probably a unique collection, unless maybe Mike D has more.

Do you have one (or more?) of those weird bargain 55s without the barrel lock?

DST is a bit envy-inducing. I’ve never owned a set trigger rifle, and must some time. Any views on how the HW DST compares to the Walther or others? I’ve an irrational attraction to the Walthers, but, being irrational, it has no basis in fact.

Alas...I have but 4 aluminum butts, LOL. But one does sport a DST. I've never stumbled upon one of the lock-less "F" actions.

Frank will know more, but I think the DST's were all adaptations of firearm triggers. I know back when my pal Gaines Blackwell was collecting, he discovered that the Walther and HW ones differed, and that the DST in the Walther LG 53 was not the same as in the LG 55.