hw35 your views?

[gemini52]

Picked one up last week in .22,it was made around 1983,has the twenty inch barrel,condition wise its excellent,the stock has a few small dings here and there,who ever owned this prior to me has looked after it well,i shot it at thirty yards at a paper target using wasps and it was putting groups out around a ten pence piece,not to sure if its a keeper yet see how it goes.

[Pistol p]

I've had my one for 30 years now and won't part with. It's still a accurate and as reliable as the day I got it.

[decoy1979]

I aquired one as a lad about 25 years ago for £35 or £40 from what I can remember and what a step up it was from the Diana I had been plinking things with up until then.

I still have it and my boys use it periodically, I really rate it, good accuracy and I used to take quarry out to a good 40/45 yards/paces.The only down side I found at a young age was it was a good lump to carry around.

[Whitebridges]

They used to make an export version which was excellent.

[washerboy]

One of the all time greats along side the hw80 and 77

Edited February 28, 2017 by washerboy

[matone]

Proper air rifle .Simple and best trigger going !

[bumpy22]

They used to make an export version which was excellent.

had a export very accurate just the great long barrel was a but of a pain

[Sussex gardener]

I had one, it was a revelation after my sports marketing b2 although familiar with the barrel locking catch. Great gun that loved eley wasps. I did find it heavy so chopped it in for a hw95k.

 

It was a good solid gun and very well made from memory

[bruno22rf]

Bought one new in 1980 as my first ever "real" Airgun, I can still remember my father laughing when he noticed that it had a scope on it. I used it heavily for several years but I was never impressed by it's accuracy and it certainly could not compete against a mates 77 - this prompted me to buy the 80 eventually...now that was simply superb. The Export version ,I believe, had a Monte Carlo stock and a 22" barrel and was heavily promoted as being superior to the basic 35 - in fact it was no more accurate and less powerful.

Edited March 3, 2017 by bruno22rf

[Hamster]

Bought one new in 1980 as my first ever "real" Airgun, I can still remember my father laughing when he noticed that it had a scope on it. I used it heavily for several years but I was never impressed by it's accuracy and it certainly could not compete against a mates 77 - this prompted me to buy the 80 eventually...now that was simply superb. The Export version ,I believe, had a Monte Carlo stock and a 22" barrel and was heavily promoted as being superior to the basic 35 - in fact it was no more accurate and less powerful.

 

I have to agree about the accuracy, owned a couple back in the 80's and even managed to tune one to a very reasonable standard which made it quiet and smooth to shoot and accounted for a good many stalked rabbits but I doubt very much it was getting past 10 ft lbs, the accuracy was OK but not as outstanding as the engineering.

 

Air Gun World did a comparison series between the Export and standard version which surprisingly enough showed the longer version Export was not superior in either power or accuracy.

 

I think part of the accuracy angle was to do with the scopes/mounts of the era not being up to standards of today, pretty certain the pellets back then weren't anywhere near as good either, it would be interesting to see how a well set up one will fare today with something like PowaPells or Exacts.

Edited March 4, 2017 by Hamster

[bruno22rf]

I seem to recall that the Export was little more than a tricked up 35 but that the increased barrel length when used with the standard cylinder/spring/piston meant that the pellet was still in the barrel when the piston came to a stop - the inevitable piston bounce then caused a vacuum that slowed the pellet fractionally before it left the muzzle? I would love to read the Airgun World test from that era, I can remember waiting patiently every month, counting down the minutes, for the magazine to be on sale then blowing my pocket money on a copy, running home to read its hallowed pages and then sitting there 10 minutes later wondering why I had bothered

[Daveo26]

I had one, Briefly maybe 10 years ago.

It had an irritating breech lock up, a cocking link that clicked every time it was loaded, the stock dimensions didn't really work with a modern sized objective lens scope.

And most irritating it made 10ftlb of energy regardless of what was done to it.

It was .177.

On the plus side it was well made, and looked good despite its age.

I think there are lots of better guns out there and it's rose tinted spectacles that give the 35 such a following.

I'd have almost any other winerack over a '35

But not a 57 or a 99 or a 95.........

[gemini52]

Well a mixed bag of views,this is the second 35 i have owned,to be fair this one shoots really well,i have been thinking of choping the barrel down to 12 inches and fitting ether a mod or cocking aid,the long barrel just does not do it for me,the question tho,would it affect how accurate the gun shoots,and would it need to be recrowned.

[krugerandsmith]

Well a mixed bag of views,this is the second 35 i have owned,to be fair this one shoots really well,i have been thinking of choping the barrel down to 12 inches and fitting ether a mod or cocking aid,the long barrel just does not do it for me,the question tho,would it affect how accurate the gun shoots,and would it need to be recrowned.

 

Yes and yes.

[saddler]

Have the possibility of buying one in a few weeks time.

Would have got it last week but no cash on me & miles from a cashpoint!

 

Looks like it was the E model as it had a very long barrel. Stock in poor condition (wood very light/dry), but it was priced right & will be a nice project gun.

 

Reading up on stripping, parts, tuning kits, etc.

[Hamster]

Have the possibility of buying one in a few weeks time.

Would have got it last week but no cash on me & miles from a cashpoint!

 

Looks like it was the E model as it had a very long barrel. Stock in poor condition (wood very light/dry), but it was priced right & will be a nice project gun.

 

Reading up on stripping, parts, tuning kits, etc.

 

These were prone to stock splitting in the grip area, repairs can be very effective but have a good looksee.