Crazy $ for Hy-Score Phoenix Sporter Air Pistol.

[gingernut]

I bought a blued .177 Phoenix Hy Score a couple of months ago.

Mainly because I liked the blunt looks and the calibre.
Good condition.
No silencer or box but a good shooter with more power than the USA ones I've had.

I paid around $150.

[45flint]

I bought a blued .177 Phoenix Hy Score a couple of months ago.

Mainly because I liked the blunt looks and the calibre.
Good condition.
No silencer or box but a good shooter with more power than the USA ones I've had.

I paid around $150.

You live in the right country for this. Curious what FPS you getting? I heard the internals were indentical to the US model? No doubt the early one just looks right. Not really sold on the Mark 2, the sight looks blocky to me and I read it’s plastic?

[gingernut]

You live in the right country for this. Curious what FPS you getting? I heard the internals were indentical to the US model? No doubt the early one just looks right. Not really sold on the Mark 2, the sight looks blocky to me and I read it’s plastic?

This is an early model with the USA metal rear sight.
I agree with you about the later plastic sight.
Haven't done fps yet as I borrow a chrono, but it puts a hole in our British baked bean can at 6 yards.

[johnbaz]

They don't seem very common here in the UK but do come up for sale occasionally, I swapped two Webley pistols (slant grip Mk1 and a Senior if I recall correctly), The wife wasn't happy as for some reason she likes Wobbly pistols!








John

[gingernut]

Do you know what the thread on the silencer is JB?

[johnbaz]

Do you know what the thread on the silencer is JB?

Sorry Ginge, I don't know but if I can find my thread gauges i'll see if I can match it up to any


John

[gingernut]

Thanks

[Troubledshooter]

Here's a plated one that passed through my hands some time ago.









I had a cased version similar to JB's which sold a short while ago, and still have a boxed .22 version on it's own with no accessories.

[DT Fletcher]

You live in the right country for this. Curious what FPS you getting? I heard the internals were indentical to the US model? No doubt the early one just looks right. Not really sold on the Mark 2, the sight looks blocky to me and I read it’s plastic?

If memory serves, a UK airgun magazine review panned the sights which prompted the MKII. While the new sight itself is plastic (haven't looked at mine to confirm) but the real point is that gun now has scope grooves so most any sight or scope you want can now be mounted. Myview was that the MKII was a significant upgrade.

[cinedux]

I'm a bit disappointed with the foam lining in my Hy-score cases.It has crumbled away! A VERY temporary arrangement.I'll make a cardboard cut-out inner! Trev

[harvey_s]

You live in the right country for this. Curious what FPS you getting? I heard the internals were indentical to the US model? No doubt the early one just looks right. Not really sold on the Mark 2, the sight looks blocky to me and I read it’s plastic?

I had a black one some time ago and far from being the rumoured power-house - I do recall being very disappointed with my velocities...

I re-sprung and resealed mine - but the improvement was marginal, I cannot remember the exact velocity now, but they were advertised here as being 500fps in .177, but from memory I think mine struggled to hit 400fps.

The 'silencer' was just straight through and ultimately I felt disappointed with mine so it went...even though it was one of those guns I really wanted when I was younger.

I'd be interested to know if mine was untypical of the model...

[DT Fletcher]

I had a black one some time ago and far from being the rumoured power-house - I do recall being very disappointed with my velocities...

I re-sprung and resealed mine - but the improvement was marginal, I cannot remember the exact velocity now, but they were advertised here as being 500fps in .177, but from memory I think mine struggled to hit 400fps.

The 'silencer' was just straight through and ultimately I felt disappointed with mine so it went...even though it was one of those guns I really wanted when I was younger.

I'd be interested to know if mine was untypical of the model...

The "trick" in obtaining good velocities with the original version is to lube the piston with white grease (if memory serves, Lubriplate, a known American brand of lube that comes in a tube and is white, of course, is what they used.) Using this paste was what the factory substituted in place of the original piston rings. No idea if the version was any different.

[Benelli B76]

You can make a flat polyurethane washer that fits inside the piston and has a centre hole that is a good fit around the barrel. The polyurethane washer is then covered by a steel washer to protect it from the spring. This is much better than the grease which soon loses any sealing effect around the barrel.

Baz

[harvey_s]

The "trick" in obtaining good velocities with the original version is to lube the piston with white grease (if memory serves, Lubriplate, a known American brand of lube that comes in a tube and is white, of course, is what they used.) Using this paste was what the factory substituted in place of the original piston rings. No idea if the version was any different.

IIRC the Pheonix versions had an o-ring outer piston seal and nothing other than a sliding fit as an inner seal!

[gingernut]

My British one had more power than the American ones I’ve had.
But neither were powerhouses.
Especially when compared with American co2 pistols.