Lovely.
What's the stroke as standard, Mick? And what are you hoping to stretch it out to?
Lovely.
What's the stroke as standard, Mick? And what are you hoping to stretch it out to?
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Nice one Ian
My usual conversation with delivery drivers is to ask why they did not shut the gates (as requested on the sign!). Usual answer is I was going to do that on the way out; to which I answer "and you will get there before the dogs?"
However, thanks for the notion in case one asks the time!!
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As far as I can make out, Tone, they're the same stroke as the HW50, so about 65mm, which would tie in with John Walther's Airgun book which tells of a HW55 model that used a HW50 cylinder and barrel latch ?
Hopefully I can stretch the stroke to around 72mm but I may be able to go a little more, it's very difficult to give an exact figure until I've measured everything up a few times.
I can't work measurements from the HW50 I have in bits as I have a 99 barrel on that which moves the cocking lever about 3mm forwards of it's normal position.
All the best Mick
Ah, great stuff. The HW55 is the best gun Weihrauch made by quite a margin. I have no doubt you could get over 11fpe with an increase in stroke but they shoot magnificently well at 6-7fpe I would be tempted to keep it at that level and give it a good spit and polish tune, sized synthetic piston seal, standard spring etc. They can get very close to the original Walther LGV's in terms of smoothness and I don't think recoilling spring air rifles get any better than that. For a target work in the garden it would be ideal.
Of course, if you can get all that at 11fpe... oof!
Interested in this thread and see how you get on with it Mick. My old venom 55 t does 10.7 ft lbs. I was planning a .22 version which would bring the power up a little but may go down the route of a barrel chop on my other 55 to around 14inch.. Mach 1.5
Hi Evert.
I'm pretty sure that the HW55m action will drop straight into a HW99 stock, as should the HW55 action if the stock was relieved for the barrel lock, if that floats your boat ?
The Old School HW50 action definitely fits into a HW99 stock as I've already done it, but the rear stock bolt hole needs a sleeve in it to take up the slack.
I can recall BBS member, Mattyboy, fitting a HW55 action into a HW50 stock, and from a quick measure up this morning the mounting holes on the HW50 and HW55 action are the same distance apart at 7.25 inches.
All the best Mick
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