Breaking in my new $299 HW95 with a 100 bull target shot from "bucket & sticks".

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Shooting was done upstairs at 18 yards where most of my 100 bull targets are shot and the idea was to hopefully put the CPL inside a 5/16" diameter bull which was done 35 times, however if the pellet wasn't completely in the bull I kept shooting at the bull till I at least hit the line. At the end I had a pellet in the bull or on the line 100 times out of 112 shots.......

I missed circling the two shots on bull #18 so my total score was 100/112 instead of 100/111 for a hit ratio of a bit over 89%.

The new HW95 has been stripped down and relubed "my way" consisting of Loctite Krytox RFE that was given to me by a friend to test out and while a thicker consistency than the Dupont GPL224 or GPL226 I normally use the Loctite does seem to work well. The real test of the lube will be this fall when shooting in cold mornings and warm afternoons where tendencies of "temperature induced poi shifting" occurs.

The gun has also been fitted with a home rolled tight fitting spring kit and top hat in an old Maccari spring from my parts bin.

Anywhoo......this HW95 is every bit as accurate as my Beeman R9, however it does have a tighter leade in the barrel than my R9. To make pellet loading easier with the CPLs I made a pellet sizer that sized only the pellet heads to 4.49mm (as measured with my digital caliper). This head size is easier to load in the leade than an unsized CPL and at 18 yards it also seems to be accurate. I could actually call the pellets that flew wide of the bulls with the break of the sear so I don't believe that the misses were "equipment related".

Hummmm....come to think of it, I also adjusted the "forbidden screw" in the Rekord trigger for less sear creep, plus I added some home turned screw cups and I posted the large trigger guard screw with a steel tube to prevent any crushing of the stock wood fibers when tightening the stock mounting screws.
Screw Cups.........


Steel post.........

[wimpanzee]

Looks like a winner! I'm hoping they still have some left in .22 by the time I get my bills caught up!

[azted]

Hello Ed. Where do you get the screw cups. Always tightening my stock screws and I here these help. Found brass ones but want black.
Thanks...Ted

[RatRacer]

Nice shooting with the new iron Ed.
I second a black screw/post cup run request. Wanna pick up some walkin around $?

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Hello Ed. Where do you get the screw cups. Always tightening my stock screws and I here these help. Found brass ones but want black.
Thanks...Ted

I made 'em myself with the bench top lathe. The black color is simply done by heating red hot and then quenching in old motor oil a few cycles. Actually....I blacken quite a few small parts this way.

[Supaflee]

Just a little note about heating to obtain a black color.
 If the metal is not heat treatment sensitive , try slowly plunging it whilst dull red into a container of water , with a very thin film of used engine oil floating on top. The result is a very pleasant mottled blue / black.
 Good luck , regards
 Supaflee
 

[Petey]

Playing with fire? 

Nice work Ed!

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Same HW95 shot "bucket and sticks".......

LOL.....aiming at bull #84 I almost hit bull #95 with the first shot !

By the way.....no warmup shots after the HW95 rested a couple days. 

[Yogi]

Well I guess it is pretty accurate 
-Y

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Well.....at only 18 yards the misses are definitely owned by MYSELF!

Anywhoo.....I've been pleased with the accuracy of all the R9s I've owned over the years and this HW95 seems to be the equal!

[grauhanen]

Steel post.........

Is this a pillar?  I've often wondered why more air rifles are not pillared.  They can do much for action-to-stock fit and can be a blessing for accuracy.

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Steel post.........

Is this a pillar?  I've often wondered why more air rifles are not pillared.  They can do much for action-to-stock fit and can be a blessing for accuracy.

Yep....a steel "pillar" but the main purpose is to prevent wood crushing under screw pressure after years of tension. Perhaps it helps accuracy some however I haven't noticed and accuracy improvement with my shooting skills>

[grauhanen]

Yep....a steel "pillar" but the main purpose is to prevent wood crushing under screw pressure after years of tension. Perhaps it helps accuracy some however I haven't noticed and accuracy improvement with my shooting skills>

Action-to-stock fit can be a major factor in accuracy.  That's why loose action screws in an airgun are a key cause of inconsistency.  Pillars are often used in PB rifles to prevent wood crushing in addition to providing a stable fit between action and stock, one that can't be affected by over-torqueing action screws.  When the action is set on pillars it cannot be tightened too much as the action is set on the steel or brass pillars, not on the wood.  A consistent fit between action and stock can only help consistency and hence accuracy.  PB shooters also often glass bed their stocks so that the fit between action and stock is as consistent as possible and this can only help with accuracy. 

[Yogi]

  Pillars are often used in PB rifles

Sorry I am such a nitwit, what are PB rifles?
Thanks,
-Y

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  Pillars are often used in PB rifles

Sorry I am such a nitwit, what are PB rifles?
Thanks,
-Y

PB equals Powder Burner. Since this is an airgun site there isn't to be "PB talk" so when there is a crossover (like "pillar bedding) that can be used for both platforms often the "bang sticks" are referred to simply as PB .