Results : Muscle Power League 2018, Autumn/Winter Series

[robthedog]

Hi Bob,

Many thanks for the reply, mine is going off to Geoff Bullock at Liquid steel design, he is a gunsmith at Preston, who turns out some excellent work, he built my .25 80, & he will dove tail the 177 80 for me,, so could be worth you getting in touch as he's not that far from you.

Rob

[PhatMan]

Rob,

Please let us know how the '80 gets on with it's dove-tailing.

With the HW77, you can remove the existing fore-sght post assembly, and use a standard HW sight tunnel on them - the HW77s are fitted with the standard HW dove-tail grooves at the muzzle.

Have fun & a good Sunday

Best regards

Russ

[PhatMan]

Hello to All,

Scores updated Sunday, 20180923.

Have fun & a good Sunday

Best regards

Russ

[zooma]

Hi Bob,

Many thanks for the reply, mine is going off to Geoff Bullock at Liquid steel design, he is a gunsmith at Preston, who turns out some excellent work, he built my .25 80, & he will dove tail the 177 80 for me,, so could be worth you getting in touch as he's not that far from you.

Rob

Thanks for that Rob,

I will contact Geoff and find out if he is happy to cut the dovetails for me in the sleeve of my HW - once I have worked out how to remove it

The larger diameter of the sleeve should allow the dovetails to be cut to a larger width (such as that used on my Walther match rifles), and this in turn would allow me to use my existing raiser blocks and front sights etc.

Meanwhile, I think I will dust off my HW55T as I have not shot it at all this year and it must be in need of some exercise!

[PhatMan]

Hello to All,

Scores updated Tuesday, 20180925.

Have fun

Best regards

Russ

[PhatMan]

Hello to All,

Scores updated Sunday, 20181007.

Have fun & a good Sunday

Best regards

Russ

[zooma]

Nice to see you rotating your MPL rifle collection Russ - they all need some exercise now and again - and the MPL is a great excuse to shoot them all !

I should follow your lead and dust the cobwebs off of some of my "hidden treasures" and see how I get on with them - but have enjoyed shooting the HW30S even though it is a bit too small for me and does nothing to help my damaged neck to feel comfortable!

My HW30S is such a lovely shooting little rifle, and my example is as smooth as silk with a lovely trigger - I wonder if I can find a larger size stock to fit it into?

Has anyone tried to fit the HW30S mech into a different stock ? - it would be perfect in an HW98 stock with the adjustable cheek peice

[PhatMan]

Bob,



For the first time, I think, I have used a non-springer rifle

I cannot see why the HW30S could not be fitted into another stock - all that would be needed would be some semi-circular spacer pieces fitted into the new stock, front and rear, and a block to allow the front mount to work.

For a very cruel solution, the action could be glued in place - like my Diana 35 !!!

Food for thought and experiment

Have fun & a good Sunday

Best regards

Russ

[zooma]

Bob,



For the first time, I think, I have used a non-springer rifle

I cannot see why the HW30S could not be fitted into another stock - all that would be needed would be some semi-circular spacer pieces fitted into the new stock, front and rear, and a block to allow the front mount to work.

For a very cruel solution, the action could be glued in place - like my Diana 35 !!!

Food for thought and experiment

Have fun & a good Sunday

Best regards

Russ

If I can find an HW98 stock I think I will "bite the bullet" and give it a serious try!......but I am not too hopeful about finding one of these as I have not seen any advertised.

One of the other HW break barrel stocks would probably work just as well, but would not have the elegant adjustable cheek piece that I would like to have - but it would give me the extra length that I think would help the rifle fit me better.

Cutting the stock and fitting a spacer would also work - buy it may not look as nice!

The HW30S action is quite small so I am expecting to have some space to fill around it when I drop it into a stock that was designed for a bigger action. Your idea regarding the spacers etc would have to be used - but I may also try bedding the action in - if possible!

The full bore lads often bed their actions into other stocks ( the Walther laminated Anatomic stock is very popular) so I would like to find out what sort of filler paste they use to do this with . If it can survive the recoil of a full bore rifle, it should be OK on a break barrel air rifle!