OMG Frank! No wonder they're so rare!
Don't you have a DST as well?
How many does one have to safe?
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Frank
OMG Frank! No wonder they're so rare!
Don't you have a DST as well?
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In British slang an anorak is a person who has a very strong interest in niche subjects.
Yes it is up there #8275.
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Frank
Oh, sorry, missed that.
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In British slang an anorak is a person who has a very strong interest in niche subjects.
That is probably a unique collection, unless maybe Mike D has more.
Do you have one (or more?) of those weird bargain 55s without the barrel lock?
DST is a bit envy-inducing. I’ve never owned a set trigger rifle, and must some time. Any views on how the HW DST compares to the Walther or others? I’ve an irrational attraction to the Walthers, but, being irrational, it has no basis in fact.
Very nice collection.
Fortunately enough I have some HW55's without the barrel lever, these are the "F" models.
Regarding the DST triggers, these where used mostly on the Walther's to see them on a Weihrauch is very rare, it took me 35 years to find 2 of them.
The Walther trigger needed only minor adjustment to make it ready for the DST unit, Weihrauch was a completely different afair.
These are by Walther. ..
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Frank
Some times I'm glad I don't live in the EU - my family would have to live on bread & water
Nice collection Frank
Lovely...,
Are the DST’s nice to use? I feel I’d like an example at some point.
Matt
Once used to the extremely light trigger once "set" it is a joy to use.
It gave the shooter a great advantage just like a Tirolian stock, thats why they banned them from match games as it was " unfair" to have these features, meaning people who could afford them had the advantage.
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Frank
My HW55DST:
I only have one Walther DST now, a superb condition LG53M:
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In British slang an anorak is a person who has a very strong interest in niche subjects.
Lovely rifles, Danny!
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Frank
Thanks Frank.
I also still have my 1st pattern HW35:
and smoothbore HW50 #890:
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In British slang an anorak is a person who has a very strong interest in niche subjects.
Apologies for going off at a slight tangent... I think that what first attracted me to these early Weihrauchs was the extraordinary engineering ingenuity the gunmakers showed. For example, look at these amazing early match triggers:
https://forum.vintageairgunsgallery....w35/#post-4971
You can almost witness the engineers feeling their way towards the mighty Rekord, a trigger which let's remember was first deployed in the mid-1950s and is still in use today, virtually unchanged and never-bettered nearly 70 years later! How many innovations can you think of that have survived untweaked for that long?
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..Above link posted with permission from Gareth W-B
In British slang an anorak is a person who has a very strong interest in niche subjects.