Weirauch HW80K vintage???
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Topic: Weirauch HW80K vintage???
Posted By: JasonEdward
Subject: Weirauch HW80K vintage???
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2024 at 11:10am
Hoping you experts can help me avoid a lot of googling...I have a HW80 that looks well worn and possibly quite old - it has the rounded front fore-stock and came with both .177 and .22 barrels and lot's of damaged screw heads. Am I right that the rounded fore-stock means it's maybe not so old?
Ron Young serviced it and says it's all good and it shoots straighter than anything I have had my hands on - but was grouping like a pack of 60s school girls going to see The Beatles. Absolutely rubbish results until I let the fore-stock go after over 50 years of shooting as me old Dad taught - with a firm grip on the fore-stock...
Anyway my main question is - Is there any way I can tell how old it is?
I'm looking to tidy it up, re-blue, maybe re varnish, likely sourcing some bloody expensive bolts etc - is there a better way than getting bits from the UK?
Thanks in advance to you experts...
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HW80K (.177 & .22 barrels)
Diana 52
BSA Meteor
Crosman 357
Gamo P900
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