Selling Regrets?

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   Of all my rifles that have come and gone, the one that I miss the most is my beloved HW97kt in the best caliber for spring rifles in my opinion, 5mm or known as .20This was the rifle that I conducted all my pest control with, I shot at factories to control the pigeon problem and got paid for it, was a awesome weekend bit of fun. The rifle just gave me so much confidence when I shot it, some rifles you take a sighting shot or two and adjust accordingly, this one just was always dead on, and with my fixed magnification scope I knew exactly where my POI was going to be. The glass was a Optisan Viper 10x44 and it just fit this rifle so perfectly. 
I stripped the varnish off the stock, stained and finished it to my liking and it came out gorgeous, the pics don't do it justice. I made a straight setback trigger blade and done some work to the inturnals.
I was bought new and cherished, this was my last rifle to go before leaving SA. 
I've replace the rifle but with a .177 from Youngs, it's nice, but needing that in between cal again

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Smith Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 05 May 2025 Location: Christchurch Status: Offline Posts: 16	Post Options Post Reply Quote Smith Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Selling Regrets? Posted: 16 hours 48 minutes ago at 8:12pm
	Of all my rifles that have come and gone, the one that I miss the most is my beloved HW97kt in the best caliber for spring rifles in my opinion, 5mm or known as .20 This was the rifle that I conducted all my pest control with, I shot at factories to control the pigeon problem and got paid for it, was a awesome weekend bit of fun. The rifle just gave me so much confidence when I shot it, some rifles you take a sighting shot or two and adjust accordingly, this one just was always dead on, and with my fixed magnification scope I knew exactly where my POI was going to be. The glass was a Optisan Viper 10x44 and it just fit this rifle so perfectly. I stripped the varnish off the stock, stained and finished it to my liking and it came out gorgeous, the pics don't do it justice. I made a straight setback trigger blade and done some work to the inturnals. I was bought new and cherished, this was my last rifle to go before leaving SA. I've replace the rifle but with a .177 from Youngs, it's nice, but needing that in between cal again

Smith Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 05 May 2025 Location: Christchurch Status: Offline Posts: 16	Post Options Post Reply Quote Smith Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 hours 48 minutes ago at 8:12pm
	Just can't post images........

Smith Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 05 May 2025 Location: Christchurch Status: Offline Posts: 16	Post Options Post Reply Quote Smith Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 hours 46 minutes ago at 8:14pm


Smith Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 05 May 2025 Location: Christchurch Status: Offline Posts: 16	Post Options Post Reply Quote Smith Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 hours 45 minutes ago at 8:15pm


vault Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 27 Apr 2026 Location: Dunedin Status: Offline Posts: 128	Post Options Post Reply Quote vault Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 hours 50 minutes ago at 10:10pm
	That is a nice looking air rifle. My regrets is selling one of only two in NZ .177 cal Edgun Veles air pistol, it was tuned by Ed and stripped, rebuilt by Wingman for me, amazing accuracy, the perfect pcp pistol imo Other regret was selling my fwb300s with Maccari full power spring kit, it was still low power, i cant remember the fpe now but I was shooting pest birds max 65m with it on windless days.