HW77 MKI project completed.

[frakor]

Found a HW77 MKI in .177 wit some damage but it was n.o.s.
Had a Venom (?) silencer for it, so a project was born. :-)

Decided to shorten the barrel and the underlever as it was way to long when the silencer was attached.
I wanted it to be a sub 12 ft/lbs rifle, so I made the piston much lighter, made snug fitting springguide and tophat and shortened the standard
full FAC spring by 7 coils (in different stages).
It is shooting very sweet now and extremely accurate.
There was a very large damaged area on the stocks fore end, so I stripped the stock and made it much nicer.
Forgot to take pics before I started, so this is the final outcome.







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Frank

[madcarlos]

Found a HW77 MKI in .177 wit some damage but it was n.o.s.
Had a Venom (?) silencer for it, so a project was born. :-)

Decided to shorten the barrel and the underlever as it was way to long when the silencer was attached.
I wanted it to be a sub 12 ft/lbs rifle, so I made the piston much lighter, made snug fitting springguide and tophat and shortened the standard
full FAC spring by 7 coils (in different stages).
It is shooting very sweet now and extremely accurate.
There was a very large damaged area on the stocks fore end, so I stripped the stock and made it much nicer.
Forgot to take pics before I started, so this is the final outcome.







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Frank

Nice early one that, And a good job done to,

[EricP]

Lovely looking gun. Great job you have done there
Eric

[Kevmcc]

That is lovely love a good mk1 HW77

[Geezer]

Very nice.

[Craig-P]

Lovely job as always, Frank.
I’ll be starting something similar as soon as our new pup settles in (he would reduce everything to matchwood if I attempted it at the moment)

[vintage]

Nice work. All that hard effort was worth it.

[jjjohn]

Love it.

[frakor]

Glad no one is offended by the finger grooves I added.
Means it is period correct for that era and could have been made once. LOL

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Frank

[averageplinker]

I was looking at it thinking how good the grooves look. Suit it well!

[Geezer]

I like it. It’s sort of “retro” 1950s. Reminiscent of a 35, or a BSF, say.

[harvey_s]

That's a nice job there ...
Had to look twice at the 3rd picture down though as the rubber scope caps made it look like some trumpet-like steampunk scope for a second

[T 20]

Inspired by this thread I've managed to find my old custom MK1 77k and take some photos. :-


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She was rescued after being in a roofless garden shed for 25 years, if you look closely at the stock you can still see the water staining.




All the best Mick

[mrto]

Inspired by this thread I've managed to find my old custom MK1 77k and take some photos. :-


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She was rescued after being in a roofless garden shed for 25 years, if you look closely at the stock you can still see the water staining.




All the best Mick

Very nice!

[T 20]

Very nice!

Yes, but I prefer Frank's.

I didn't even clock the finger grooves on his as they were just so period Weihrauch.





All the best Mick