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Hi Wxm. I can certainly vouch for Andy's (rossy08) Weihrauch HW35. This is one of the original models that put this amazing German maker on the map in Britain, and, having owned and shot one during the late 1970s,-roughly about the same vintage as this one, I can honestly tell you this one will be a real beauty. Andy had already done some superb work on her but, all she needs now, is a bit of TLC and a re-blue. Certainly nothing major. Unless you are after something for nothing, this is one of the best rifles for a restoration project I've seen in many a while. I'm a left hander so, that
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Nice one Gary and spa. I'm enjoying the work you make mate. ATB Simon
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Dear Darryl and Gary. I must tell you lads how much I really enjoyed reading this piece. An adventure with new NV kit in extreme conditions and one in the bag! Brilliant stuff. :clapping: Gary dear lad you need some decent gloves mate, nothing worse than trying to shoot with frozen-to-the-bone hands. (I know, I'm turning into my dad! But he would have loved this too.) Sincerely, all the very best for your night shooting, you fellas. Cheers. Simon.
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Gary lad, that S200 of yours looks really sweet mate. Interesting its action can fit into an HW100 stock though! Well on this note; it's nearly 03:17am, I'm reassembling my HW80 Std .22 rifle after a strip down relube and a re-polish and this beautiful German honey has been with me through one Godawful marriage to a very beautiful but extremely volatile nutcase, several bitches and cows of my aquaintance, to one honestly, very sweet lady currently sleeping upstairs. I have other rifles, all of them bloody superbly set up and irreplaceable. But this one is my most special cheris
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Cheers Phantom. That's another testimony that there's a little bit of treasure to be found with this rifle here, under the cheapy cheerful image.... Simon
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:clapping: Happy Birthday Si. Enjoy your day mate , whatever you do, however you do it! :alcoholic: Simon Rock n Roll-playing Pianoman
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Andy, do you sell those long-looking SMK underlevers? Looks a bit like an HW77. I quite fancy one to have a bit of a tweak and fiddle with. See if it can be made better? It looks quite good, if you know the one I mean?!
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...But it does have it's own rest on a rocking chair
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....And no scope!
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Alright lads, a jokes' a joke...But opening Collie's Christmas present before Santas' given it to him, is a bit rich! Maybe this really is Collie liam's Chubby air rifle!
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Yaaay! There you go! ASI SNIPER. What a cracking little air rifle this was. You could pick a Starling off a house roof at 25 yards with it's open sights; and its excellent trigger was lightly set. Pretty good let off and a very accurate little barrel made it a potent little shooter, I'm not bulling here. Terrific little Garden plinker and target shooter. I'm tempted to fish mine out of my parents place and restore it, if I can still get the bits and parts. I recognise the air pistol, but I cannot remember the name of it. Cheers for this Phantom. Simon
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Hello raymac. Top spring rifle. Air arms Prosport, or TX200. Or Weihrauch HW80K, HW97K HW95K HW77. All world class accurate sporting air rifles, don't need to buy divers bottles of air to charge them up and you'll have enough change for a decent scope. It your money mate, but I know what I'd buy. Simon
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.177 Prosport. That would be the one for me John
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Hmmm . If you can cock, load, aim and fire the rifle without any problems, I'm at a loss as to what else to suggest. Hope it's okay mate Simon
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I have a .177 TX200HC in my air armoury. I could fill a whole thread with superlatives about this little rifle. But I'll use just one to describe mine. PERFECT. Simon
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Never mind about the errors and this and that Gary, just keep going as you are mate and better tools will follow. I could enjoyably watch your shooting films buddy anytime A SPA for your persistance mate, well done! Simon
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Hi Fry. Nice to hear you braved this cold night and got a result for it mate . There's a peculiar effect of light in the dark viewed through the scope when shooting at night I find can be confusing. Even on the lowest mag setting, the sightpicture looks misty and cloudy. It's not an area of shooting I have great experience of but, I practice for it with range practice-shooting at targets under my gunlamp in the dark on my permission. You can annotate all the ballistic data you like but, there is no substitute for practical shooting experience. And that comes with hard practice Simon
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Gary, hunter1989, Big thanks to you gentlemen for your compliments Simon
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Hi hullhunter. Cock the rifle open and have a look inside around the protruding pellet breech. It may be the lining around that, that's broken. I cannot think of anything else in a TX200 that's as large as a 10p piece and could fall out of anywhere but the loading port. Hope it's ok. Simon
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Hi 19powpell90. First off mate, hit your caps lock key on your keyboard so you ain't shouting in capitals! Thank you! Right, if you are used to shooting .22 at thirty metres you'll love the 97k in this calibre. But .177 is equally effective in the right spot; through the brain! .177 will give you some great long range accuracy for target shooting with this rifle as well as an effective hunting round. But it's a beauty of a hunter in .22. ATB Simon
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Hi Wurz Fire 10 to 20 shots through your HW95 and get the oils and lubes around the internals warmed up and circulating at the start of your hunting session, you should be fine for the day after that. I get a bit of sluggishness with my HW80s on very cold days, and this seems to cure it. Simon
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Gosh! I haven't seen one of these for nearly 40 years. I remember shooting one or two ASI Paratroopers at the Fairs that came around, as a young kid. I had a little ASI SNIPER .177 garden plinker when I was about 13 yeas old (It's still at my parents' house) and that was a really accurate, great little air rifle. Cheers for posting that pic Phantom. Don't suppose there's one of the Sniper is there? Simon
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Hi DeerhoundLurcherman...! Sorry if I'm wrong but, I get the impression you are not a highly experienced air rifle shot. There's no reason to tune up the power to FAC levels or switch to .177. You just need to understand your pellet's trajectory loop from the power at your rifle's muzzle a bit better. And how it relates to your scope's reticle in the sightpicture. IE, where your shot is actually going under shorter, and over longer ranges than your basic zero. For example, if you zero at 25 yards and you want to be able to hit a target 15-20 yards further on, you need to raise the
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Hi Big Bald Beautiful. Really? All the Pro Elites I came upon were all FAC-only. But I often thought they would make a lovely sub 12ft/lb rifle. Do you still have it?
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I'd agree about the Pro Elite. It was a nice rifle but, it was an FAC only job. And not as good as the .177 FAC TX200HC. That's what I went for and cannot rate it highly enough. Hits a penny size group at 45 metres. But our friend here makes no note of having the ticket, so, it's a no-no it seems. Simon
