adam151082

So I thought id do a thread on a Air Rifle im going to try a tidy up. My last thread seemed to go down ok on a Milbro rifle

https://passionford.com/forum/restor...air-rifle.html

The new rifle is a very good quality rifle made in Germany, this particular example is rough, rusty and butchered. Ill start with a couple of photos and just see where this goes. Id really like to pull this apart if I can get the gas ram recharged after as its not the same as a normal spring rifle. Please bare in mind this particular rifle is possibly 10+ years old(found out its a 1993 model)

This is the gun after about 20mins of getting it home.



Some of the marks in the stock




And the some dreaded brown stuff



I took the barrel to work today and removed the silencer and found that somebodys cut the barrel (cockeyed) with a hack saw, this is a big No No with any air rifle as you loose power and unless its straight I will not be accurate in any way.



This puzzled me a little the silencer as ive never seen one like it so I asked on a forum and was told theyre a terrible 90s thing so no dowt it will end up in the bin

Mark V8

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Great gun

I had one of these with the same silencer, from memory it was called the Ox nutraliser - I took it off in the end!

I also shortened the barrel on my one but did a decent job and had to make a barrel crowning tool to make sure it stayed accurate.

One thing you might need is a theoben dampa mount, the gas springs in these tend to break the cros hairs in the scope

Wish I never sold my one now

muz

Good work. Nice to see you're taking care of it. Not long ago did the same thing to my Air Arms S410k. I've still got a Weihrauch HW97K about somewhere. Great, well built rifles, if a little heavy!

muz

I've done this in the past. We put an Oxbow mainspring in an old BSA Mercury under-leaver and it used to unzero the scope! Eventually it split the crosshairs.

the original

Interesting. Be good to see how you repair the stock. I have a mint hw77 from 1986ish here.

Mark 3D

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is that the one that was for sale on here.... I was interested in buying that!!.... didn't realise it needed a load of work though!!

adam151082

Yeah m8, its in pretty bad shape, worse than I thought but it was cheap.

Mark 3D

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blimey!!! glad I didn't buy it now as I wouldn't know where to start with a resto!!

muz

Apparently laying a wet cloth on the stock then putting a hot iron on it can raise small dents in the wood.

adam151082

Ok so im waiting for a certain lathe to be freed up at work so I can fix the barrel, ive also ordered some sanding sponge to rub the stock down so im just waiting about atm

but ive also been out spending money, bought two more rifles today, my las isnt happy lol.

a Air Arms tx200 .177
and a weihrauch HW35 .22 (possibly sold)

Glenn_

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Nice shooters.

adam151082

Ok so ive mostly been waiting on parts to arrive from ebay, I sanded down the stock(wood bit) and removed as many of the marks as possible, I took it rite back to bare wood as the original color was a bit dark and plain for me,

Unfortunately I didnt get any photos of the bare wood, but we all know what wood looks like

I also got some proper stuff to give the wood a darked look and varnish effect finish



Not much of a shine after the first 2 coats, It needs 10ish coats





Couple of hours between coats so I could be done by Saturday nite/Sunday morning

adam151082

Barrels on the lathe and almost done, just need a 1/2" UNF thread putting on.

Took this photo about 23seconds ago

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Done, ive polished the barrel and removed 99% of the marks off the grub screws

adam151082

So I rubbed down the main action and blued it today, also done the barrel, came out better than I hoped.

Before



After

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Barrel

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just finished the last coat on the stock, think I might flat and polish it though and get it blinging any one local got a polisher I can borrow

adam151082

Emailed Weihrauch and they confirmed the date of the rifle

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Getting a lend of a pollisher so this should be looking good soon, also hoping to get the gas ram recharged this weekend

Korda

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Looking good

adam151082

Polished the stock and put it back together

Matt Baxter

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awesome just awesome some real skill there, i used to have a hw35e but sold it to help pay for my car insurance when I was 18-19
would love another one but wife says NO!

eel-roy-t5r

good turn around , if ad seen this earlyier you could have borrowed my polisher bud

adam151082

Them proper rifles look awsome Muz, what range do you use them to?

Small update bought a bronze bush to protect the threads

adam151082

Well ive bought another...and its a peice of shit lol, it was stuck folded in half when I got it, held together with wood screws, welded bolts and superglue.

Its a old BSA but thats all I know

Here it is stuck in half



Someones name here





Curently in about 50 bits

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Couple of bits been sand blasted and polished the barrel