Hi from Wellington - getting back into it

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   Hi, Back to airguns after many years away. Love shooting, long range and hunting with centrefire, but theres something special about an airgun. 
Started with a real Gamo in the late 80's , and prgressed to Webley, Weihrauch, AA, Theoben Gas Rams and ended up with Rapid 7 FT FAC in Germany.  Dabbled in FT, but mostly rebult and tuned them for fun. 

Just picked up a mint HW90, as close as I could find to my old Theoben 90TB.  I've coverted it to a K style (400mm barrel) and added a custom supressor I still had tucked away added Krylox, Vortek seal, soft bedded the action, trigger job and use a MTB suspension pump to tune ram pressure.  
Forgot how dam heavy HW are, but she now shoots to 20mm at 50m at 795fps and Exact jumbo 15.9.  
Not sure I need a PCP with a custom .22LR in the safe. (may be swayed by an HW100 or decent R7) 

Now on the hunt for another german springer, always liked the look of the HW97K or at a push the TX200 or prosport. Keen on tuning a sub 20FPE. 

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Jit Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 11 hours 40 minutes ago Location: Wellington Status: Offline Posts: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jit Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Hi from Wellington - getting back into it Posted: 10 hours 20 minutes ago at 8:40pm
	Hi, Back to airguns after many years away. Love shooting, long range and hunting with centrefire, but theres something special about an airgun. Started with a real Gamo in the late 80's , and prgressed to Webley, Weihrauch, AA, Theoben Gas Rams and ended up with Rapid 7 FT FAC in Germany. Dabbled in FT, but mostly rebult and tuned them for fun. Just picked up a mint HW90, as close as I could find to my old Theoben 90TB. I've coverted it to a K style (400mm barrel) and added a custom supressor I still had tucked away added Krylox, Vortek seal, soft bedded the action, trigger job and use a MTB suspension pump to tune ram pressure. Forgot how dam heavy HW are, but she now shoots to 20mm at 50m at 795fps and Exact jumbo 15.9. Not sure I need a PCP with a custom .22LR in the safe. (may be swayed by an HW100 or decent R7) Now on the hunt for another german springer, always liked the look of the HW97K or at a push the TX200 or prosport. Keen on tuning a sub 20FPE.

Pauly5 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Moderator Joined: 11 Mar 2013 Location: Titahi Bay Status: Offline Posts: 1597	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pauly5 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 7 hours 22 minutes ago at 11:38pm
	Hi Jit, Sounds like you got the ram sorted. I had reached out on the other forum. The 98 with the heavy barrel is worth looking at too, but the 97k is a great gun.... they are all great! Just get one of each.

RangerPete Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 19 Apr 2023 Location: Cambridge. Status: Offline Posts: 995	Post Options Post Reply Quote RangerPete Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 6 hours 21 minutes ago at 12:39am
	Hi Jit, welcome to the forum. “Just get one of each” says Pauly…. Hummm 🤔🤔🤔 That’s what they told me when I was looking for a big Diana, and I ended up with a 54 and a 56! Love them both, so I guess it was good advice 😂. Sounds like you know your way around a springer and have lots of fun tinkering (tuning). As soon as the new forum is up and running post up some pics of your work. Pete.
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Jit Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 11 hours 40 minutes ago Location: Wellington Status: Offline Posts: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jit Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 6 hours 17 minutes ago at 12:43am
	Yes a 98 or Diana 54/56 would be lovely and blooming pricey.