johnbaz 363 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Hi all I recently bought a Mk1 HW80 that was in a pretty poor state on the outside though it was shooting spot on!! I paid £60 fot it from my locals SDS dive shop!Pics.. After a good grinding and polish I sent it off for a hot chemical reblack with a mate that has a contact How it came back.. And rebuilt, I was going to strip the stock and re do it but it's actually not in bad nick!! Total cost was £85, It came with the little 4x32 Nikko scope and both open sights I'm part way through a 100 year old Gem resto that was dead rusty and really pitted, I'll post that when I finish it John 13 Quote Link to post
rizla1 122 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Cracking job that mate Quote Link to post
mattybugeye 884 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Brilliant job mate nothing better than tinkering with a springer but it's bloody addictive But good job Quote Link to post
smk 31 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Excellent job with the HW80, I must admit I like the HW80s solid rifles and really nice to shoot, great job you should be proud with the way its turned out smk Quote Link to post
jamesS410 106 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Looks like you've done her proud there Fantastic job, well done Quote Link to post
tomburras 2,730 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Very nice old school springer! Quote Link to post
davyt63 1,845 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 nice job buddy Quote Link to post
Murphydog 30 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Top job and nice to see a old HW80 bought back to life. Quote Link to post
johnbaz 363 Posted January 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Thanks lads I'm currently doing a T-Bar Gem up!It's around a hundred years old and was pitted really deeply!! Luckily these little things were solid so all the steel i've removed to get it something like hasn't hurt it a bit!! After a fair bit of grinding and then polishing (And draw filing on the flats of the octogon barrel!!)... I gave it a go with some Ballistol Klever blue just to see what the finish of the steel would look like, I think it needs a bit more polishing as there's still some shallow pitting... After some more polishing it can go for a 'proper' chemical finish, I think i'll make the stock first so that any damage fitting it and refitting it can be cleaned up before the reblue Cheers, John 2 Quote Link to post
mattybugeye 884 Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 ay its hard to get rid of but nice work bud Quote Link to post
jandcguns 65 Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Great work my mate has a hw95 which I'm trying to nab at about £90-£100 which is In about the same if not worse condition than the one you had there but he is reluctant to sell as his dad has owned it for along time. And also how much dose the bluing cost as I was wondering if I could make a profit by buying and then selling once restored Quote Link to post
pianoman 3,587 Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Fantastic workmanship John. Brilliant! ATB Simon Quote Link to post
secretagentmole 1,701 Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Some nice restoration work there! Quote Link to post
Lloyd57 98 Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 You have made a fantastic restoration there mate. Regards Lloyd Quote Link to post
mark williams 7,554 Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Outstanding work John, credit to you John out of interest, what sort of power and accuracy did these vintage air guns achieve ? atb Quote Link to post
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