Quote Originally Posted by dalesman917 View Post
I'm bit curious now as to why someone like yourself who has probably had the opportunity to own, or has owned, most HW rifles, would go to the trouble of short-stroking an 80 as above to make it optimum to sub-12ftlb, rather than just tuning a 35 or 95 with the swept volume already optimised. Is is because the 80 is then so sedate that you get favourable shot cycle, recoil and hence accuracy?
The 80 is iconic, imo everyone should have one! With the 65mm stroke it is very nice to shoot, not the same as any other HW, but then every one of them is different.

I have at least one of everything and have optimised them all, without that knowledge and experience I couldn't do what I do properly.