Well today I did not have any orders to fill and was sitting around watching the rain come down...
CDT gave me a call to discuss some forum stuff and after we were done, I was telling him I really wanted to go out side and shoot but it was just to wet. I asked him what he was doing and he said he was expecting two air rifles in later today but had nothing going on in the morning. I said well do you have time to help me lube tune my HW 50s... That's all it took..
He said why aren't you over here yet..
It has been a while since he had seen one of the HW 50's but has done many of them and the other HW models right along. I did not want to do anything by myself on this one because he had never shown me one apart on his bench before or assisted him on tuning one.
After pulling up in his driveway, I could see him busy working what looked like a pistola..
Apparently Mike had sent Bob a Chinese pistola. I can't remember the model but he had just finished tuning it and the trigger as well..I am not a pistola kinda guy but he ask me to shoot it...
I actually had shot it a week ago and was not very impressed...
but today things had changed to the better. This pistola cocked real smooth and easy now and shot fantastic.. Even better than my P-17 which I have never taken apart. Oh well maybe Bob can tell you guys what it was I shot..
Back to the HW 50. Bob cocked and loaded a pellet and took a couple shots. He said this thing is nice but has a bit of springnoise. Before you knew it Bob had pulled the action out of the stock and was looking it over. Next he explained to me what the difference was with the build on these type of air rifles. Not the same as you regular run of the mill air rifles for sure. I stood back and watched, listened and learned a great deal as he was explaining to me everything he was doing as he tore down the action completely. Barrel, cocking lever, piston, spring, guide, trigger and everything else was now laying on the bench..
I watched him use special made tools to disassemble the HW 50. Tools he had made specifically to tear down and tune these air rifles. Unlike most of the air rifles that I have seen made in Spain, China, Turkey, Brazil and other countries, all the parts were very high quality steel right down to the trigger assembly. No skimping or weak links in the structure of this air rifle. Even the seal was un-blemished from assembly.So now I just watched as CDT did his work. Since it was a basic tune, cross hatch and lube it was ready in a couple hours . Bob did manage to find a few burs and used the dremel on them. Now he asked me if I would like him to adjust the trigger for a lighter pull. I said yes and off he went to the other end of the bench, first cleaning it in solvent and blow drying it. This trigger is like a Reckford trigger but he made mention that it was not a Reckford but as close to the quality of a Reckford as you could find. He handed me the trigger several times after making some adjustment till I felt the trigger was just right for me. By the way this trigger is made of top quality hardened polished steel from the factory. No burnishing was needed because of the high quality smooth surfaces of the parts. Now CDT puts everything back together very carefully lubing the right areas with the correct lubes. I think it was 6 or 7 in all that he used. So now he has it in the spring compressor and it falls back together just as it come apart.. After he was done with installing the trigger and safety along with the hardware he said ok take her and wipe her down and put your stock back on..
I quickly mounted the stock and wiped her down all over with a clean white towel. Now for the first shot. Grabbed up a Gamo Hunter round and place it in the port. Stepped outside and took the first shot after the tune. Dang it was even smoother than before..
Could not ask much more ofa difference. The cocking cycle was always good from out of the box but after 500 plus shots the spring noise never got any better. This tune took care of it and boy am I as happy as a pig in S%^t..
Now Bob wants to shoot it...
He loads up a pellet and steps out side and takes a shot. hmmmm he said.. That is really nice.. hehe.. So he said I am gonna take another shot to make sure the first one was not my imagination..
Well he liked it very much. His fondest air rifle is the FWB 124 and he even said it shot as nice as that.. That means allot coming from CDT..
Besides the cocking and firing cycle being almost perfect the trigger is something that most guys and gals only dream of pulling..
We ran a few Hunter's across the chrony and it was a consistent 814 through 819. It is still too early to check for variations but I am sure the numbers will be very close.
I will be back with some targets and fps numbers at a later date...
Gene
