Your perfect sporting breakbarrel?

[tinbum]

Old, full length HW95 in .22. Muzzle weight, thumbhole stock and minor fettling to action and trigger.

I love this gun!

[TonyL]

I like so many aspects of many break barrels, making it hard to choose.

Keeping it simple (and pretty standard) I'd have to say the HW95, mildly fettled.

[SRV1]

Mercury S - It may upset the HW cult and purists, yes I have HW's too, but hell, the Mercury looks the business and has an alpha male trigger.

All the best to all

[Mr. Gen]

Air Arms pro elite

[Zomboid]

For nostalgias sake ... BSA 635 Magnum.

[look no hands]

At this moment on this day 2020 AD.

My Mercury S.

Mercury S - It may upset the HW cult and purists, yes I have HW's too, but hell, the Mercury looks the business and has an alpha male trigger.

All the best to all

For nostalgias sake ... BSA 635 Magnum.

I love you guys

Pete

[rapidresponse1]

hw tuned 95k in 22

[look no hands]

Oh and the same for me, a Mercury S action with a 10 inch barrel, in a Challenger stock.

Oh hang on, I already have one of those, aren't I lucky

Pete

[TonyL]

As if by luck, Tom Gaylord, on his pyramydairblog, has today started a series on designing a break barrel springer from scratch.

Lots of topics and potential design features mentioned, including narrow bore / long stroke, barrel, breech security and trigger etc. Just the sorts of things we often talk about on here.

Be interesting to keep an eye on it and see how it progresses.

Can anyone do a link to it, please, as I'm hopeless at stuff like that?

Some of his thinking may not quite align with some of our esteemed home tuners, though.

Hmmm.....if we HAD to re-engineer a rifle, the adaptable, previously mentioned HW95 would still make a fantastic base platform and we've had reduced bore ones already. So nothing new in the following, but would be an easy conversion and cover many of Mr Gaylord's design wants - 23mm bore, buttoned piston and custom fitted guides on design specific spring. Rekord trigger still outstanding to this day, barrel quality and breech lock up no issues either.

[TonyL]

I love you guys

Pete

I do worry about you sometimes, Pete.

[SRV1]

I love you guys

Pete

Your sentiments are well received, yes, I have the 635 Magnum, the Challengers and Carbine Challenger. Bloody lovely break barrel springers tell 'ew mam. Keep 'em coming, as the actress said to the bishop, nice to see the old classic BSA's getting a mention in this thread. Otherwise, those angry HW cultists will dominate this thread after doing a bit of leaky breeches and filing the galling with tales of wonderment - in your dreams.....

[Rair rifles]

Early 1950s Bsa meteor .22 bone shaker and my little dog Sheba walking up the clough 15 years old and know one bothered you .I would swop my collection for that freedom again just for a week.

[Tinram]

FWB Sport…sorry for being old school!!

[Mr wobble]

A glided 95 does everything I need of it.

[massa]

I love two rifles I own …
A HW95 I bought it from well respected member in this forum.. it’s smooth shooter and the trigger is absolutely perfect spot on … I just love this rifle and it’s good as my HW100
The second one is my dad rifle given to me by him it’s HW77 in .25 flavour this rifle it’s so accurate put pellets on top of other pellets all the time … I am so pleased with these 2 springer