I had a 98 in .177, could not adapt to it, my HW95K in .22 is fine
After having been shooting my Diana 34's for a few weeks I picked up my 95 for a plink and was immediately struck by its jumpyness in comparison to the Diana's. Mine is in .177 and short stroked by 12mm in an attempt to calm it down. Its also fitted with v-mach steel silencer for the same reason. Could it be due to excess surge generated by the small t.p.?
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I had a 98 in .177, could not adapt to it, my HW95K in .22 is fine
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In theory the 98 should be better due to the barrel sleeve but you shouldn't have to put a lump of iron like that on a gun just to make it right imo.
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I have a V-Match tuned 95 and its very smooth, but its still very light weight. Mine gives a straight smooth recoil shove but still takes very little to throw out of the group. When practiced with it, it is super accurate, but rarely when first picked up as I've forgotten how hold sensitive it is. Very cheek weld sensitive, I barely rest anything on the rear stock.
I don't know about jumpy, but they just aren't very forgiving being too light weight. So much so though mine is a .177 and if I did it again I'd probably just go .22 and stick to farmyard ranges.
Of a positive note they are a sporting weight and really nice to shoot standing unsupported. That can't be said of rifles that starting weight are 81/2lbs unless you are either very strong or very fit.
Not sure how the venom one is but the clamp on Parker hale universal steel silencer makes a huge difference.
It slides quite far down the barrel so gives you a very tidy looking rifle.
Fitted one on a recommendation and it cut the barrel flip down to zero.
https://youtu.be/_U1yadFTEro
Basically resulted in much more consistent accuracy out to 50yds.
Cheers,
Matt
I have 2 hw95s a .177 and a .22.
The .22 is tuned by wonky donky and is fantastic,hardly no movement just a thud upon firing.
My .177 is used for experiments to make the shot cycle nice trying different springs etc.
At the moment it runs a factory piston machined down to 195g with an aussie green seal and vortek spring and guides with steelsockets machined down to fit in the factory silencer for a tad more weight.It shoots very nice at the moment using jsb exacts 4.52 die54s for 10.8fpe.I have also put the action into an hw98 stock.More range time reqd after lockdown later this year.
From what i gather,the key to using the .177 seems to be linked to what state of tune the internals run.If the jumpy cycle can be tamed the rifle is capable of stunning accuracy.
My HW95L with a Hawke scope weighs right at 9 lbs. I would not want any rifle that weighs much more BUT that is just me.
I can't really add much to this thread since though I've got an early 85 Luxus and a custom version I haven't spent any length of time shooting either in order to make comparisons with the 34/38 I have.
The 34 is a very capable gun I know that from my own personal experience. On paper at least having a smaller cross section and lighter (?) Piston the 95 should be the better gun. Should being operative word. Clearly design, weight and overall balance of whole gun comes into things when judging a guns handling characteristics as does it's state of tune and ME.
The 34 is no slouch and it doesn't really suprise me that maximus has viewed it favourably compared to his 95.
It's an interesting comparison as I think nowadays both guns fill the same spot within their respective manufacturers range in light of the other guns within those ranges.
Dave
Fully agree Barry. Very pertinent point that.
But damn I wish you hadn't posted those custom pics there. Awww man!!!!!
Dave
you've short stroked it, which is a massive improvement, so the port shoudl be fine at the new, reduced volume.
Just add a steel mod, and it'll be fine.
Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.
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I have 99s and 95s in both the "main" calibres. Only the 95 in .177 seemed more "bouncy". Fitted a V-Mach kit a good few years ago and it shoots beautifully and very accurately.
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Hi John, its got a vmach steel mod already and still too much bounce for me to be happy with it. Checked the t.p. and its approx 3 mm so as you sa should be ample especially with the short stroke. Its in a cs500 with an airmax 3-9*40 on board so maybe the balance point is further back causing the front to flip about more
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