Hi all,I'm Hendrick from Europe where this gun seems to trickle in slowly now. In Germany there is also a carbine, 4 inch shorter, version on offer that caught my attention. Yours is the first techy review I found; excellent stuff Gene !It seems the scope weaver type block could be lengthened up to the breech port. Some down slope might help in scope mounting.The action tube is of aluminum, which sets it apart from any German or UK gun of this type.The issue is how this stands up to the cocking stroke where the steel compression tube (you call outside piston ?) exerts some pressure.Some other wishes for generation 2 have been expressed:Some people have asked for the front sight to be hooded, the butt pad to be adjustable and the trigger to be made into two-stage. Someone suggested to take out the right-hand biassed cheek piece dimple to make it full ambi.Some report a very rough barrel interior.Gene and others who can tell:I have a few questions please, before making up my mind:What exactly are the innovative traits of this rifle you mentioned ?Does the stock flex and/ or make noises on cocking, possibly ?Over here buyers found that to be the case, unless stock screws were really tight. The stock is a bit box - like in front of the barrel block and might sound very hollow.Did you find any reasons for filling the stock out for purpose of sound damping or weighting ?The system of stock screws was not clear in the pics; how many srews and of I hope these are hex type ?Also the cheek piece raiser any wobbles in the screw set-up ?Maybe some additional pics will show all these aspects.Many thanks for your help,Hendrick
Hi Gene,Many thanks for your clear explanation.Your reply raises one new issue on the cheek piece: How solid is it in the positions BETWEEN up and down extremes ?How about the stock screws questions I raised ?Do you think screws are hard steel quality ?I happen to dislike phillips slot screw heads, like they fitted on the scope rail. Chinese stuff mostly fails in this regard...Maybe Turkish does not all over the gun but only on that rail. Anyway, on paper I'm surprised by this offerings features: looks good for competition between manufacturers !As said, I'm after the carbine version.I hope cocking leverage will be enough for the standard spring...Some importers here in Europe are discussing future improvements for generation 2 rifles.One is a hooded front sight. I would like to remove this but it is fixed.Gene, how could I find out more about your Turbo Tune ? Is it your proprietary thing ?From your pictures the piston looks difficult to put synthetic bearings on.We seem to share a few guns between us, TX, HW.I'm also tempted by HWs new synthetic 97 KT with nickel finish.This would be my third 97 but I wonder about that finish quality.Many thanks again,Hendrick