HW45 tuning - is it worth the trouble?

[Twodoctors]

Hi all,

Starting quite a few threads here... but it's always quiet in this part anyway.

I am tuning my rifle with the Welsh Willy kit. I was just wondering whether to do this to my HW45.

It's shooting fine, and as mentioned in the previous thread, I think I'm doing alright with it. Yes, there is recoil, but this is part of its appeal. I don't need more power for it as I'm only shooting paper target anyway. So what would I gain from getting a new spring (I can only see Titan Spring no 15 available for it), or getting new guides/tophats etc (only found one made by Tinbum Tuning). Do I want/need less recoil? Do I need more power? I don't know. I'm not sure what "smooth" is either as I'm very new to shooting and only have the HW45 (second hand with non-truglow sight) and my Hammerli Black Force 800 (aka SYNSG) to compare with. It's already got a semi-anatomical grip (which actually is a bit too big for my "baby hands"), and going to have a 2x scope for more distant/accurate shooting.

Is this a matter of "if it ain't broken, don't fix it" or "you are not really into airgun shooting until you've modded your guns" type of scenario?

Not sure...

Adrian

[airgunnut]

take a look at this http://my.tbaytel.net/coopers/HW45Review/review.html

[Twodoctors]

I've seen that before. Not convinced I need to turn yet as not sure what I'm tuning for. Bought a chrono so I guess I can make a more objective decision then.

Adrian