Daz87 76 Posted June 8, 2014 Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 So tomorrow's the big day... As I said in a post before, I ended up buying a HW97k a couple of months ago for a good price, it's about 4 years old & in very good condition, only problem was that it turned out to be firing well under power & would not even penetrate a paper target at 20 yards! To say I was disappointed would be putting it mildly. I had heard so many good things about the 97 & was really looking forward to trying it out. To make matters worse, I'm not too bad at shooting springers but really don't have the confidence yet to carry out work on them, I'm so unpractical & would probably lose half the pieces. So I turned to the members of this forum to help me out, I got some good advice to what the problem was & how I could resolve it but It still didn't tempt me to open her up. My first port of call was to get a new spring as it was clearly knackered, I decided to make the best of a bad situation and treated myself to a v-Mach kit. Now all I needed was someone with the technical know how & willingness to fit it for me. So I sent out an SOS and mattybugeye came to my rescue, he offered to talk me through the process over the phone but I still didn't trust my ability to get the job done. I had a good chat with Matty & it was clear to me that he was passionate about air rifles & really knew what he was talking about, I had also seen previous projects he had undertaken and was really impressed with the finished article. Most importantly I could tell that he is a genuine guy & someone that I can trust. He agreed to fit the v-Mach kit for me & to give all the internals a good polish so this gun would be super smooth & accurate. I packaged it up & got my missus to write the address label & to send it for me, she managed to put the wrong house number on it so delivery took longer than it should have, but finally got there. Matty kept in touch & talked me through all the work that he had done, the original internals were in some state, clogged up with oil & grease & the spring in a sorry state. He carried out his work & gave me a full report on how she's now firing & at what power, along with a few pics of the process. He posted her back to me on Friday so she should arrive either tomorrow or Tues, I feel like a kid at Christmas & can't wait to unwrap her. I'll put her through her paces & then give you guys a write up on how I get on. I really can't recommend Matty enough, he is a real gentleman & has been a pleasure to deal with. I'm already planning to send my Hw80k to him for a trigger polish as it's a little bit snappy. Thanks for reading Daryl 4 Quote Link to post
mattybugeye 884 Posted June 8, 2014 Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 My pleasure mate was a struggle with a shattered thumb lol but luckily our tom came down for couple of hours to help That gun had never been apart the hardest bit was stripping it seized solid not the word lol But got there its shooting sweet as now the v mach kit is so smooth can't wait for you to shoot it mate I loved it ! Posted Fri morning so fingers crossed will land tomorrow 2 Quote Link to post
mole trapper 1,693 Posted June 8, 2014 Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 What a proper gent! Restores your faith in human nature "almost"lol 3 Quote Link to post
bigmac 97kt 13,806 Posted June 8, 2014 Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 He,s a good lad is our MATTY ,nice one bud atvbmac :thumbs: 1 Quote Link to post
Daz87 76 Posted June 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 Checked the tracking info and looks like it wont arrive until tomorrow now, might have to book Wednesday off work to give her a full days attention... Quote Link to post
mattybugeye 884 Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 1 more sleep lol !!! Quote Link to post
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