Gash b*stards!!!!

[andyfr1968 772]

Hi, folks.

 

I was doing a bit of work today on a mate's HW77. The guns fairly new and has never been stripped before. When I took the spring out of the action I saw the front end had been cut down and not re-finished properly

 

I can only assume that's been done at the factory presumeably for the lower powered UK spec guns... They never used to be like this and I'm shocked that a company of HW's standing have cut corners like this

 

Cheers......

[77 si 21]

that is suprising its not like weihrauch to cut corners.

[secretagentmole 1,701]

Good grief! You think it would have picked up by QC! Then people have a go at Hatsans for poor finish...

[shepp 2,285]

I hear on the Weihrauch forum that it's now been rectified.

[andyfr1968 772]

Good grief! You think it would have picked up by QC! Then people have a go at Hatsans for poor finish...

 

Yep, it's a fair cop, Mike

 

What they've done won't really have a detrimental affect on the rifle but it's still a gash way of doing things however you look at it

 

I hope as Shepp's said that it's been sorted by now but I've got to say it should never have happened in the first place...

 

Cheers.

Edited April 11, 2011 by andyfr1968

[shepp 2,285]

Good grief! You think it would have picked up by QC! Then people have a go at Hatsans for poor finish...

 

Come on don't poke the lion with a stick moley, I thought you were still nursing the wounds from the last mauling lol.

[8shot 192]

its been like that for a few years.....when you take the spring out als take out the vast ammounts of grease in there

and polish the internals

 

there a good gun but not out of the box like the tx range

[andyfr1968 772]

its been like that for a few years.....when you take the spring out als take out the vast ammounts of grease in there

and polish the internals

 

there a good gun but not out of the box like the tx range

 

Yup. That's why I'd stripped it down, lube the thing up properly and sort any rough edges but as it turned out, this 77 was very well finished off inside and only a re-lube was needed.

[Phantom 631]

I would have thought it would have been more along the lines of "HC" assembling them with rough edges

 

When I got my HW70 it had (according to the shop that sold it to me) "Just come back from HC after having a full Service and is now putting out almost 6ft/lbs"

I thought "yeah, yeah! dream on its only designed to put out less than 2ft/lbs, its a match grade target pistol from the 1970's

[andyfr1968 772]

Hi, Tony.

 

Do Hull Cartridge do the work?? I always assumed they were done at the factory

 

Whoever did it wants a slap on the wrist though..... and whoever decided that this was an acceptable practice wants sacking.

 

Cheers.

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

they have been shit for the last 5 yrs or even more, the ends look like there cut with a shoddy angle grinder,you could shave a pig with the one out of my mates new 97,he binned it when fitting a venom tuning kit

[andyfr1968 772]

they have been shit for the last 5 yrs or even more, the ends look like there cut with a shoddy angle grinder,you could shave a pig with the one out of my mates new 97,he binned it when fitting a venom tuning kit

 

That's pretty much what this one was like, mate. You could even see the heat discolouration on the steel...

 

I used to fix airguns for a living many moons ago, I'd heard of this practice before but it's the first time I've come across one myself. I hope it's the last.

 

Cheers.

[Mrs Mole 74]

Good grief! You think it would have picked up by QC! Then people have a go at Hatsans for poor finish...

 

Come on don't poke the lion with a stick moley, I thought you were still nursing the wounds from the last mauling lol.

 

Sense of humour..lol

[stealthy1 3,964]

I'm glad my guns are old

[andyfr1968 772]

Mine too!!!!

 

Edit to add.... I've two 's to service this week and one is fairly new so it'll be interesting to see what's inside....

Edited April 12, 2011 by andyfr1968