Cheers buddy shall make a note of the daisy.
Like it chaps, plenty I’ve never heard of
The FAS spares/repairs jobbie would be coming from a mate hence it might still be worth a punt
Keep me busy anyway we all like the ones that sit at the back of the drawer for that rainy day
Forgot about the Daisy and I even owned a 717 years ago! Very underrated pistol.
“We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that.” - Marcus Aurelius
Not really. Good yes, unerrated no.
They are agricultural. Built like a brick out-house, tough, reliable. Good modestly priced introduction to pistol shooting for 12 year-olds. Consistent trigger force but nearer to a combat pistol than a target gun. They even had a four step 'instructions for use' embossed into the frame. Military trainer style?
Had one for 10 years plus and used it often as an airblaster and plinker. Fire it, go put the kettle on then come back to see where the pellet went. With a soft back stop chances were that you could use the pellet again.
My second-hand Beeman P17 replacement began well but has developed three faults over a much shorter period of time. The main fault fixed simply as mentioned up-thread, and so is now useable. Cheap and chearful. More power than the Daisy.
P1V1overT1=P2V2overT2
Speaking of the HW40 clones I remember one of my local RFD’s (Go Dive/Go Shoot) stocking the Blister pack AirForceOne versions sadly they got so fed up with returns that they sent all of them back to the supplier
There’s been quite a few clones even some with two barrels in the packs.
It’s a shame the Stoeger XP4 wasn’t better quality as the original press pictures made it look very tasty but in reality it was poorly finished IMO and they just simply vanished when Solware were practically giving them away at the time
I know the one I tried in the shop had a very sticky trigger but another in the box was better although after a few shots I noticed the barrel wasn’t secure enough so I had to fix that and shim it as it really wasn’t worth returning it.
Great post thanks!
Just my 2p… from the SSP clan I’ve had the HW40, HW75, beeman copy, fWB103 and IZH46M
The 40 is fantastic and a real nice pistol - one of my favourites too
The 75, whilst built from metal and wood and oozes class I’ve owned a few and
1) they’re slightly less powerful than the 40
2) they are easier to cock in part due to the longer wider top lever but also #1
3) I’ve never found them as accurate as the 40 and I pellet test thoroughly
Beeman - great entry pistol but yes I agree I prefer the pedigree of the 40
FWB103, the holy grail for many - I owned along side my IZH but in truth I preferred the IZH so sold the 103
IZH46M- one of THE BEST entry 10m pistols you can get hands down. I shot a lot last year and got a PB of 575 with my IZ. So easy to cock and use…
BUT, the IZ is a match pistol and not one you can 2 hand hold/red dot/rest etc
I’ve not really used my IZ in a while - tiny plink the other week.
Today I was with my son using the HW40 and red dot to smash plaster Lego men and ink in the garden - absolute blast! Yes I’d make a few tweaks in an ideal world longer trigger reach mainly) but you simply can fault it.
I too have been toying with getting something else… I’d like something with a bit more grunt to use 25yards (not essential though) and tbh there isn’t anything… probably only the Webley Alecto/HP01 or whatever it is called. This is still being made and offers full power, but without using one they just look chunky and still have ‘anatomical grips’ making 2 handed shooting difficult…
Watching with interest
One other consideration is a multi pump - like the crosman 1377. 3 quick pumps gives similar power to an HW40, 6 with be around a match pistol and 10 full power… cheap, loads of mods too
Last edited by Reevo17; 18-04-2022 at 05:47 PM.