MAJOR PROBLEM!

[Corky(amateur) 0]

Hi all, when i say barrel, i meen my gun barrel for all you jokers out there! I recently bought a HW77K for £30 from a friend. now before that , well long story so, bloke sort of stole it, refused to give it back, police got involved, gun was given back. as you'd of thought the twat damaged it. didn't realise until i went to zero it after cleaning it up that the scope won't go any further left when you turn the clickers, its still 2.5 inch right of the target. now, i looked down the barrel only to find that it is not straight and rather than looking straight into the piston, i miss out 0.5mm and get the 0.5mm on the other side, so its a slow gradual bend into the middle. has anybody got any advice/experiance with this sort of thing, becuase i don't want to spend a fortune at a shop, only to find its nackered. any advice or help would be greatful.

Thanks all

All the best

Happy Hunting

Corky

Edited May 20, 2008 by Corky(amateur)

[ironman andy 0]

Hi all, when i say barrel, i meen my gun barrel for all you jokers out there! I recently bought a HW77K for £30 from a friend. now before that , well long story so, bloke sort of stole it, refused to give it back, police got involved, gun was given back. as you'd of thought the twat damaged it. didn't realise until i went to zero it after cleaning it up that the scope won't go any further left when you turn the clickers, its still 2.5 inch right of the target. now, i looked down the barrel only to find that it is not straight and rather than looking straight into the piston, i miss out 0.5mm and get the 0.5mm on the other side, so its a slow gradual bend into the middle. has anybody got any advice/experiance with this sort of thing, becuase i don't want to spend a fortune at a shop, only to find its nackered. any advice or help would be greatful.

Thanks all

All the best

Happy Hunting

Corky

 

I had a Webley Hawk Mk3 which someone had fired without the barrel being returned to the breech, result, barrel bent upwards

(so much so, you could see the barrel in the scope picture). All I done was to take the barrel off then rest it on two blocks of wood

(one at each end of the bend, centre of bend facing upwards) and gently smack the bend out using a rubber mallet or hammer and wooden block)

(Easy for me to say being a blacksmith, and bending metal for the past 20 years)

Dont worry about it being perfect, as long as you can zero it, no matter how bent the barrel is, the pellet will still fly straight from it, (picture a hose pipe, you can loop it in circles but the water still goes straight out of the end of it!)

Hope this helps

Andy

[Guest bigredbusa]

hard to find a gunsmith who has the correct equipment so maybe cheaper just to get a new one for it

 

 

or

 

 

you can this

 

 

[Corky(amateur) 0]

lol, very good, ha ha. should be going to a gunsmiths sometime this week as i have told the seller and he is very sorry and is going to take it for me and sort it so will keep everybody updated, if you have a ny other idea's that may work before fri though, keep em coming. thanks again everyone.

Kind regards

Corky

p.s iron man andy, did you heat the barrel first, and if so, to what colour? i have a shed (by shed i meen like super shed workshop thing) at my expense with all the appropriate tools.

[ironman andy 0]

lol, very good, ha ha. should be going to a gunsmiths sometime this week as i have told the seller and he is very sorry and is going to take it for me and sort it so will keep everybody updated, if you have a ny other idea's that may work before fri though, keep em coming. thanks again everyone.

Kind regards

Corky

p.s iron man andy, did you heat the barrel first, and if so, to what colour? i have a shed (by shed i meen like super shed workshop thing) at my expense with all the appropriate tools.

No need to heat as air rifle barrels are quite soft (compared to full-bore rifles), (don't suppose the chap heated it up to bend it in the first place )

Steel dosn't take too much to bend or straighten, just clobber it once then check, then a little more brute force if needed.

Andy

p.s if there is a fly-press in the super-shed it will make the process very easy (BUT BE WARNED, BE GENTLE!!)

[Coney 3]

hard to find a gunsmith who has the correct equipment so maybe cheaper just to get a new one for it

 

 

or

 

 

you can this

 

 

 

 

Fecking brilliant mate p*ssing myself!!!!

[SEAN3513 7]

best reply to a post ever, big red.......................f*****g awesome..............god knows where you found it??

 

nice one mate

Edited May 20, 2008 by SEAN3513