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warning re springing a hw80!


beddie.man
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thought i would share this

my mates hw80 was underpower(9.5ftlb)

so decided to change to the spring and piston washer

he went to get one came back with one of those big ones!

put a few shots through and was 18.5ftlb!and not dieseling

so he went back to the shop got another much smaller 15ftlb!

so now hes put the old one back and one is on order from hull cartridge via the gunshop

just a word of warning if you are thinking of putting a new one in put it through the chrony!

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I had a similar problem with my HW95. Original spring broke, I replaced this with a John Knibbs spring. Looked like a standard spring to me, when fitted it produced around the 18ft.lb mark. Took the gun to local RFD, who de-tuned it back to 12ft.lb.

According to the RFD this is a common problem on HW's, but it was certainly the first I'd heard until now.

At least your friend had the sense to change it - a few folks I know would have been overjoyed with the thoughts of an illegal FAC rated rifle :unsure:

 

Duster

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