Reply With QuoteNick Simmons is your man but he is a like busy at the moment so prepare for await. Mach 1.5
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Anyone out there offering piston gliding? For an HW80 if that makes any difference
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Nick Simmons is your man but he is a like busy at the moment so prepare for await. Mach 1.5
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Or if you are in a hurry, there is a glided HW80 piston on the bay.
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Is gliding buttoning, ringing or both?
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As above. If in a hurry one evil bay..VMACH old stock. Mach 1.5
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I saw that, I think it's about £80, I think Nick Simmons charges around £60 plus postage.
Your choice.
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You plonker Rodney...
Another vote for Nick Simmons
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Yep, I'd be going for the V-Mach one, if still available.
If not, how about Nick G?
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Some tuners re work HW pistons. VMach machined their own and only used HW latching rods. Steve once told me there were 17 processes in making a 97 / 77 VGlide unit. Mach 1.5
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I've been in touch with the seller on bay of fleas and his are custom made (assuming it is this one 285824109090 - if there is another I've missed when searching on there please can someone post the item number)
Keen to make simple changes - out of the box the HW80 has been so much better than the 99 and 95 that came before it, power has crept up a little from new, and it is almost 1980's long with the HW mod on the end of it, so there is a DM80 slimtech style 'barrel weight' on order, and while I have it apart to lop the end of the spring off having a thorough clean, deburr and decent grease makes sense.... and if there are fractions to be gained in smoothness by gliding it would be a good opportunity to do it all at once
Just not too sure about the lightening of the piston - shot cycle out of the box was smooth and docile, has become a little less docile as power has crept up (about .5ft/lb with 16gr pellet), see no reason for drastic machining if it's not required
TX200 .177 21mm TL | HW80SLK .22 | HW35 .177 | Sneaky HW100 (or 2)
HW40 | HW45 | Diana Mod5 | Webley Senior....... Because PCP is like kissing your sister (apparently)
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I was told that buttoning/banding etc just helps with the cocking. My 80 cocks really easily so I won't have need of it.
I have no idea what lightening would do, and until I know I will leave well alone.
Don't get me wrong, there's loads of information on here, out there about it, but I can't, yet, understand it.
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The venom lazaglide/ VMach vglide systems run 25mm piston. The maglaza they did ran a 30mm piston. Mach 1.5
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I've used a maglaza piston with a nose extension in the past, which worked rather well for many years, however the rifle ended up with a VMach reduced cylender conversion by Steve(RIP) which is possiblely the ultimate HW 80 conversion.
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Would have to agree the VMach reduced cylinder conversion is possiblely the ultimate 80 tune hence I brought a full VMach 80 the other week. Tried it and I couldn't say no to my friends excellent work. Mach 1.5
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