HW80K Tuning advice

[Fitzy1812]

Hi all, Very new here but was hoping for some advice on tuning my hw80k. I have been searching for V Glide kits from Steve pope but have had no luck. My father use to have a HW80 when i was younger that was venom tuned (lazaglide) and im now looking the same upgrade for my own.

If anyone knows of any it would be greatly appreciated.

[The Squire]

Sadly Steve Pope passed away a few months back.
Not sure you can get a lazerglide as a kit, your best bet may be to contact Lyn Lewington at ARC tuning as I believe he is doing what we’re the V Mach kits.

[TonyL]

As above. And welcome to the forum.

[BAD DAZ]

Hi and welcome to the forum, if you are thinking of doing the tune yourself, I would strongly recommend investing in a chrono, it doesn't take much to make the mighty HW80 into a firearm and even if you set it at legal limits, it's still a good idea to check the fpe every couple of weeks until the gun is settled, atb Daz

[bighit]

Hi and welcome to the forum, if you are thinking of doing the tune yourself, I would strongly recommend investing in a chrono, it doesn't take much to make the mighty HW80 into a firearm and even if you set it at legal limits, it's still a good idea to check the fpe every couple of weeks until the gun is settled, atb Daz

It's already a firearm



Short stroking is an option too.

There is people that do the bearings on the piston similar to V-Mach.

[CapitalBee]

Hi all, Very new here but was hoping for some advice on tuning my hw80k. I have been searching for V Glide kits from Steve pope but have had no luck. My father use to have a HW80 when i was younger that was venom tuned (lazaglide) and im now looking the same upgrade for my own.

If anyone knows of any it would be greatly appreciated.

Am I correct in saying that you have to have your air rifles on ticket in N Ireland? If so, I guess no need to worry about 12ft/lbs? There are still a few who could glide the piston for you and produce custom guides. You'd need a transfer RFD to RFD though if you were sending the whole rifle, I'd guess.

[Mach 1.5]

Welcome to the BBS. As mentioned above Vglided kits are no longer available but as Tony L mentioned Lyn can still provide a spring, guide, piston seal and top hat whilst other companies can provide a glided piston. What set the V-mach pistons apart from others was the fact they were hand made and not a reworked HW factory piston machined into a glided piston by adding the delrin rings or studs. Mach 1.5

[keithy]

Hi all, Very new here but was hoping for some advice on tuning my hw80k. I have been searching for V Glide kits from Steve pope but have had no luck. My father use to have a HW80 when i was younger that was venom tuned (lazaglide) and im now looking the same upgrade for my own.

If anyone knows of any it would be greatly appreciated.

Welsh willy produces drop in kits which will transform your hw80 i had one in mine. 18 ftlb is very nice for .22 and upto 22 ft lb for .25.

[pot75y]

Would you leave the steel piston liner in when fitting a drop in kit ? Or would it be removed as it could make more noise and vibration on firing ?

[evert]

Would you leave the steel piston liner in when fitting a drop in kit ? Or would it be removed as it could make more noise and vibration on firing ?

The steel piston liner is needed on the older 80/85/95/98 to support the cocking shoe. If you want to remove the liner you should replace the cocking shoe with one of the more recent that rides on the tube.

[cozzamec]

I'm not on Facebook so tried contacting Lyn Lewington about a tuning kit etc on here and via email with no response unfortunately

[Neil54]

Lyn Lewington
07974 230 549

[hawkeye]

I'm not on Facebook so tried contacting Lyn Lewington about a tuning kit etc on here and via email with no response unfortunately

I messaged him a few times emailed as well but no reply over a month ago.

[Shed tuner]

The steel piston liner is needed on the older 80/85/95/98 to support the cocking shoe. If you want to remove the liner you should replace the cocking shoe with one of the more recent that rides on the tube.

yeah, it's a good upgrade, especially on a full power 80

[TonyL]

I'm not on Facebook so tried contacting Lyn Lewington about a tuning kit etc on here and via email with no response unfortunately

I messaged him a few times emailed as well but no reply over a month ago.

I do hope he's okay.