hw 35 vixen

[T 20]

Well, T20 mentioning the Vixen on a current '35 thread prompted me to do a search........

Very interesting thread.

Very interesting indeed, and also very weird, Tone.

From 11 years ago, I describe in this thread the last HW35 I built, and you've used it.

Bobbin shaped 30mm rotating piston with TX latch rod and TX rear bearings front and rear :-

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And I can remember banging on in another thread about fitting the action in an E stock :-

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I got there in the end

[coburn]

Saw my first Vixen at the Arms Fair at Kempton at the weekend. Export, didn't ask what calibre, £750.7

[T 20]

Saw my first Vixen at the Arms Fair at Kempton at the weekend. Export, didn't ask what calibre, £750.7

You'd have to really want one to pay that.

The tuning advantages of the Vixen could now be recreated with a decent drop in kit and piston bearings, which shows how far we've come since its introduction.

The early Vixens had a leather sealed piston with a 65mm stroke and an estimated piston weight of over 300gms --- obviously this combination worked well at the time so I can't knock it.

I often wonder if we'd have had all the other 1980s tuning houses if the Vixen had been a flop ?




All the best Mick

[WILBA]

There is a vixen a dealer has up on one of the sales sites for £895

[coburn]

You'd have to really want one to pay that.

The tuning advantages of the Vixen could now be recreated with a decent drop in kit and piston bearings, which shows how far we've come since its introduction.

The early Vixens had a leather sealed piston with a 65mm stroke and an estimated piston weight of over 300gms --- obviously this combination worked well at the time so I can't knock it.

I often wonder if we'd have had all the other 1980s tuning houses if the Vixen had been a flop ?





All the best Mick

Agree, seller did have a boxed MK1 FWB Sport for similar money! Both too rich for me, but a very clean HW55T at £650 with another vendor was very tempting!

[T 20]

I've just found a copy of the August 1979 edition of Airgun World which contains the launch of the Vixen in it as well as the original Fred Grimwade article on it.

[Mach 1.5]

Remember reading that Mick all those years ago and my jaw hitting the floor when I say the price of them. Mach 1.5