Is There Any Way To Upgrade The Power On A Hw30

[Steve Thomson 24]

I thought if I could get this to full power it would be perfect for hunting

[bilbobagins 92]

Anything is possible but I think the idea of the gun was for kids to have a low powered easy to cock and smooth to shoot springer, I think upping the power would make it a bit harsh and lively to shoot

[Steve Thomson 24]

Okay thanks

[Rez 4,961]

Add a few washers at the piston... what's it running at the the moment?

[Steve Thomson 24]

9 and a bit ft pounds

[charlie caller 3,654]

What calibre is it mate?

[neil82 1,087]

  On 15/11/2016 at 07:35, Steve Thomson said:

9 and a bit ft pounds

that's plenty for most hunting, its more down to putting pellets in the right place than hitting as hard as possible, and if you uprate that gun you will very likely make it a pig to shoot

[Jonjon79 13,358]

A drop of oil on the back of the pellet

[Steve Thomson 24]

It's 177

[Greyman 29,738]

  On 14/11/2016 at 17:45, Steve Thomson said:

I thought if I could get this to full power it would be perfect for hunting

getting full power is easy, but getting useful power is another story, it can be done but will cost you more time and money than the gun is worth so unless it has a special place in your heart I would sell it and buy a full power springer like an hw80 or an air arms, the reason these make good full power rifles is due to there weight absorbing much of the recoil, there are very few small full powered springers that are nice to use without some tuning, the bsa Lightning is a typical example

[JBWALES 5]

  On 15/11/2016 at 07:35, Steve Thomson said:

9 and a bit ft pounds

Most .22 model HW30's don't make that, you must have got extremely lucky with that that one. I would be inclined to leave it alone, they were not designed for full power. Better off buying a full power gun.

 

John.

[charlie caller 3,654]

  On 15/11/2016 at 15:53, Steve Thomson said:

It's 177

Then as said you have got a good one, if you want a small light full power rifle similar to your hw30 get yourself a hw99 a TBT tuning kit and a Vortek piston seal, along with some polishing and fettling will get it up to close to the legal limit, BUT it will have to be a .22 mate, as the .177 version will not get much above 10.5 ftlbs.