Quote Originally Posted by coburn View Post
I agree why destroke an 80 when a 35 would do the same job. Perhaps it was fashion or people did not like manual barrel lock on the 35, or perhaps the 35 was seen as old hat!. Couldn't have been a power issue Venom were advertising 35's in various tunes up to 14.5ftlbs. They also listed a FT special 35 with reduced recoil and improved accuracy.

The other trend from the 1980's I don't like was the chopping of barrels down to 14", OK on a std 80 or 35 but criminal on an Export.
Hi Coburn

The 35 will run at 12ftlbs quite happily with a shorter stroke so perhaps the one piece cocking arm of the 80 which supposedly gave a lighter cocking stroke was the answer.

In my mind this is as near to the correct use of an 80 as you can get.

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/...1012006191.jpg

A HW80 running at 21ftlbs being used to put meat on the table by some bloke.

After all it's the power level they were designed to run at.



All the best Mick