Which one? HW80 .25 or Webley Xocet .22

[crinky 0]

Hi,

Both my air guns are in need of alot of TLC. Which one of them would you advise me to re-condition. I have a HW80 .25, its all there apart from the butt pad and a few screws but it looks very short in the barrel. Has the barrel length been reduced? if so has this ruined the gun? The other is a webley xocet, had it for years and really like it. Ill put up some pics of the weihrauch see what you think.

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj271/crinky1984/IMAG0225.jpg

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj271/crinky1984/IMAG0227.jpg

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj271/crinky1984/IMAG0228.jpg

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj271/crinky1984/IMAG0229.jpg

Edited January 4, 2012 by crinky

[robwelsh 354]

do the both aslong as you have the time..and by the sounds it wont cost you alot

[BLACKHEART 61]

if the hw80 is gasram -they are easy to tune and .25 have good stopping power-you can add a silencer for barrel lenght as it might be a carbine-dont know much about the exocet-last webley i owned was a tracker side lever which infairness was a good gun.atb

[8shot 192]

does it say hw80k on the gun ???

[thursodog 353]

The 80s chopped as its shorter than the K model.

I've put up my for sale .22 full length (prefer my hw80k) which although is the shorter model is about 3 times the length of the one in your pics.

Does it group well at 30 yards?

If so no worries there.

 

Atb Chris.

[crinky 0]

No, it just says HW80. And its powered by a spring. What are they like to change for a new one?

[crinky 0]

To be honest ive only ever shot it once so dont have a clue how it groups. Why would you shorten the barrel, does it make the gun more powerful?

[thursodog 353]

No it doesn't help with power or accuracy, i'm going to post a vid from youtube that shows how to take apart and assemble the rifle. Take no time atal and only requires the minimum of tools.

You must find out first if its sub 12ft/lbs so to avoid injury when removing the mainspring.

Al go and find the vid now.

 

Atb Chris.

[crinky 0]

So am i right in thinking the barrel was reduced to make it lighter?

[robwelsh 354]

shorter maybe, lol mind you it is short, depends if it was done by someone with a haxsaw or done professionally

Edited January 4, 2012 by robwelsh

[thursodog 353]

Yeah perhaps, I reckon the've overdone it but if it shoots well fare dues.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPdh_nPjF8g

This guys does a good job of explaining how its done.

The assembly of the on his other vid is cock on too with the all important correct greasing of the parts prior to the assembly.

I use Bisley gun grease and it works great with no dieseling at all.

Hope this helps.

 

Atb Chris.

[thursodog 353]

Sorry link doesn't work, i'm not bad at the tinkering with guns bit but sh!t at the technology side of stuff.

I'll have another go.

 

Chris.

[thursodog 353]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPdh_nPjF8g

 

Try this.

[crinky 0]

thats great, thanks for the help.