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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote J-S Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Sep 2024 at 3:05pm
there was a database where you entered the serial number but when i load it the page is black. A handy tool so hopefully its not a dead site...

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Air Arms TX200('s)
Theoben Sirocco
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FWB 300s
Webley Patriot
One or two others...

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HOct 29 '11#1
saw this on another forum and can't vouch for its authenticity


First HW rifle produced: 1951
5100 Manufactured 1955
5138 Manufactured 1955
31151 Manufactured 1955
44485 Manufactured 1956
51322 Manufactured 1956
58446 Manufactured 1957
72243 manufactured 1959
76244 Manufactured 1960
120662 Manufactured 1962
142447 Manufactured 1964
149423 Manufactured 1965
195863 Manufactured 1965
200000 manufactured 1966
241065 Manufactured 1966
395231 Manufactured 1968
296000 Manufactured 1969
309345 Manufactured 1969
322960 Manufactured 1969
332966 Manufactured 1969
333015 Manufactured 1969
333219 Manufactured 1970
346900 Manufactured 1970
357053 Manufactured 1970
373816 Manufactured 1970
375788 Manufactured 1970
400000 Manufactured 1972
401391 Manufactured 1972
423452 Manufactured 1972
469655 Manufactured 1973
480574 Manufactured 1973
496842 Manufactured 1973
512990 Manufactured 1974
583245 Manufactured 1975
600000 Manufactured 1976
612502 Manufactured 1976
613000 Single sided safety introduced ?
623997 Manufactured 1976
624554 Manufactured 1976
670138 Manufactured 1977
671143 Manufactured 1977
702045 Manufactured 1979
741394 Manufactured 1979
755000 HW35 changes from 12mm to 9mm scope rail
778058 Manufactured 1980
785538 Manufactured 1980
800000 Manufactured 1980
843636 HW 35 changes from Leather to Nylon Piston seal and double sided safety.
890268 Manufactured 1980
902189 Manufactured 1981
902315 Manufactured 1981
926011 Manufactured 1983
1000000 manufactured 1983.
1000375 manufactured 1983
1001845 manufactured 1983
January 1984 MK 1 HW 77 released in UK
1003486 was delivered in 1984
1003582 was delivered in 1984
1003986 manufactured 1984
1007970 manufactured 1984
1011026 was delivered in 1984
1011108 was delivered in 1984
1016650 was delivered in 1985
1016823 manufactured 1985
1023310 manufactured 1985
October 1985 MK 2 HW77 released in UK
1032802 purchased new 1986
1036521 was delivered in 1987
1036528 was delivered in 1987
1041261 was delivered in 1987
1139541 was delivered in 1988
1139761 purchased new 1988
1178259 born 1989
1181401 was delivered in 1989
1181555 was delivered in 1989
1181588 was delivered in 1989
1182580 manufactured 1990
1183140 bought new in 1990
1186081 manufactured 1990
1188451 was delivered in 1990
1233526 Manufactured in 1991
1288125 was delivered in 1993
1288752 manufactured 1993
1289991 manufactured 1993
1302969 manufactured 1993
1364279 was delivered in 1994
1370364 produced in 1995
1446049 HW 77 switch from 25mm to 26mm cylinder
1459697 was delivered 1998
1538821 bought new in 2001
1551576 was delivered in 2001
1576934 was delivered in 2002
1616583 produced in 2004
1687223 was delivered in 2006
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Thanks people, that makes it an 83, just before Weihrauch made their millionth product.

No wonder it has seen better days. Best I tidy it up.
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Yes, both sides barrel hinge and both cocking lever screw heads munted, plus smaller trigger guard screw plus ones I likely munt trying to pull her to bits.
But at least my set of pin punches arrived so theres a chance I won't munt each and every pin Thumbs Up. punches arrives so I might minimise the pin munting...
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Nice trigger gaurd.
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Originally posted by kruzaroad kruzaroad wrote:

Nice trigger gaurd.


Cheers
Is that trigger guard not stock?
It's obviously an early HW80K - Did they change the trigger guard on recent models??

 I love the classic old rifle - I'm old but hardly classic!
And I'm pretty sure that it's in better mechanical nick than me - first tutu with erratically operating Cheap Chinese Chrono gives it 223 m/sec with .95 g H&N FT Trophys or 17.45ft/ib so it seems reasonably sound and shoots straighter than anything I've air-blasted lead through.

The chrono - it feels like it I get a muzzle velocity otherwise it just ignores the lead flying between it's sensors - I haven't had it long, used just twice in a week or so, and it may be it likes shade and dappled cloud and sun gives it brain freeze.

Can someone tell me the best place to buy Weihrauch parts? 
Posts here seem to indicate you order from the UK so are there some good suppliers that will ship to Godzone NZ?

And while I'm ordering and planning to have it in bits, I'm not TOO worried about spending coin as the rifle will likely end up with my son, so should I consider any new parts / mods to improve accuracy?

I'm quite comfortable with action, twang, noise and recoil so no mods needed there unless they improve my groups.

Not interested in more power but at some stage I'll experiment with that .177 barrel for longer range targets and may want to get serious about having fun trying for bulls at a local range so I'm thinking maybe the .177 barrel and heavy pellets will group better at 25 or more meters? Am I right in thinking flatter trajectory is better for serious target shooting? I know the rifle will never be a serious target beast but keen to play target shooting with it and the Diana 52.

Ah, news on the Diana - it was a bargain at an auction, sight unseen, photo did not show the right side and bent cocking lever and not surprisingly, now I've broken it cocking the gun. I've emailed Ron for a new one, assume he's the best local source? Ron's prices seem very reasonable to me and I love having a yarn with him - people that share knowledge will get my money...am I better to order HW80 bolts etc through Ron as well....I'm regularly (reluctantly) in Auckland...Aucks is a great place except for the driving...
  
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There is no formula for tight groups, best will be to try both barrels with as many makes, weights and shapes of pellets as you can. Each barrel will have its own preference and eventually you'll find a pellet that each likes.
Everything will look good at 10y. By 20y you'll start seeing the cheepies and the better quality ones, at 30y you'll separate the men from the boys, and at 40y you'll find "the One" for that rifle/barrel/calibre.

Same with the D52.
Post us some pics of your D52, or maybe start a thread under the "Reviews" section.

Edited by RangerPete - 27 Sep 2024 at 1:18pm
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The Goddess of the Hunt Mod 52.
Doesn't look as though it's had much use - or been treated well apart from abuse the fool trying to fold up the lever without releasing the anti-amputation rachet.

That turned an auction bargain into a OK buy but that's sight unseen auctions for ya.

As an aside, I ended up with 3 very old hammer shotguns when I only wanted one - made two what i thought were silly low bids on two others and bingo, 2 more for total $120.

Having said that,  while I love those old hammer guns I think the Cops get angry if you display them which was my plan; a hammer gun over my Rei Hamon Huia print as it was guns exactly like these, along with wealthy dead bird collectors, that resulted in the extinction of the huias. Oh, and apparently they were damn tasty as well, which may have not have helped...


I'm a bit of a fan of eating wild birds I guess from lots of game bird shooting with the Old Man and would love to do some swaps for some Californian quail or roosters.  Would love to try a fat Kereru but not a good idea but I really enjoyed Weka in the Chathams where they are fair game in pest numbers. Weka taste a lot like Paradise Duck - Mmmmmmm.   

Frankly I'd also be keen on a few bunnies - the numbers you experts shoot mean a freezer full of back steaks and back legs would do me...many years ago when dinging the bonnets of MPI Patrol vehicles by Wellington bunny shooting sitting on the bonnet at night we ate a lot of rabbit and I really like it. My Nurse flatmates didn't like the idea of eating Watership Downs stars but once those legs were casseroled up with a slice of bacon around each one them they into them like a flock of seagulls out side Fish & Chip shop.
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NB Pigeons aren't bad but Doves have so little meat and so little flavour I don't bother any more except they seem to be breeding up and displacing some native birds around here so i night have to start nailing the pests. Maybe my cat will eat them.
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