Introducing ' Beast '

[Robo9 152]

Well not communicated much on here lately, so thought I'd introduce the Blue Demon's new stable mate, I've christened it Beast, and for good reason , HW80 in 177 (just for the challenge to see how much horsepower I can accurately squeeze from it!) 

It's had my full knowledge of tuning Weihrauchs poured into it, the piston looked soooo nice when finished I almost didn't want it to disappear into the gun... ☺! 

much polishing and smoothing... 

the debur didn't take long at all was not as sharp or rough as the 80 I first got back in 1987 in England. 

It's had the full vortek PG2 SHO kit install and accuracy is very acceptable at 40mtres with the Stoeger X hollows that I've been using lately (in the 97)

anyone care to guess what the output is, with 10.43grn stoeger hollow points? 

 

have a guess... ☺ 

[philpot 4,986]

I have no idea what the legal limit is on within power in NZ but assuming there is no limit as in the USA, I will guess at around 18fpe.

Phil

[villaman 9,983]

18 for me as well 

[si brown 8,486]

im with the boys 17/18 have always worked well in .177

[Jonjon79 13,358]

I'm going to guess that he's managed to tip it a bit further - 21ftlb with that heavy pellet

[Rez 4,961]

Though it’ll go like a stabbed mule, I’m gonna say 26-27 FPE.

[mattwhite 1,993]

19 minutes ago, Rez said:

Though it’ll go like a stabbed mule, I’m gonna say 26-27 FPE.

Stabbed mule

[j j m 6,539]

for me 25

[ArchieHood 3,692]

My Lucky   says bang on..........

 

[villaman 9,983]

I would say any more than nnnnnnnineteen it would be inaccurate 

[Robo9 152]

Ha awesome great replies thanks guys! I'm off to the local hunting and fishing shop at 5 today so will post the results from their flash chronograph asap, you'll prob see it tomorrow, as I am in New Zealand... ☺ 

[liP 700]

8 hours ago, Jonjon79 said:

I'm going to guess that he's managed to tip it a bit further - 21ftlb with that heavy pellet

My thinking too, Jon

[Robo9 152]

grrr the bloody chrono at the gun shop turns out it's super sensitive to indoor lighting conditions - didn't record a single reading from the beast, dispite half an hour of tying, some there's a slight delay, my combro has gone unreliable it's all over the place, and I know it's not the gun.... 

watch this space.... 

[secretagentmole 1,701]

On 04/03/2019 at 07:44, Robo9 said:

grrr the bloody chrono at the gun shop turns out it's super sensitive to indoor lighting conditions - didn't record a single reading from the beast, dispite half an hour of tying, some there's a slight delay, my combro has gone unreliable it's all over the place, and I know it's not the gun.... 

watch this space.... 

Buy some new batteries for the Combro then or one of these!!

 

New Chrono

[pianoman 3,587]

My FAC HW80 .22 is 23 ft/lbs and cocks sweetly smooth but needs a positive, no mess, handful of barrel to do it.

For .177 FAC it has to be no more than 18 or 19fpe if your pellet has to have a chance of gripping the rifling properly. Otherwise it will just skim over it and fly like shit in all directions.

I've never yet found a heavyweight magnum pellet that flies accurately from an FAC HW80. Or maybe, this is an exceptional one that does

Pianoman..