HW 35 questions

[MDriskill]

It would be great if we could see pics of this gun! I'm a little mystified by the sight mismatch issue in particular.

[nced]

Interesting concerning a field target shooter (offhand class) and that scope from about 3 decades ago when most shooters were shooting piston guns before the "lane difficulties" were adjusted so PCP shooters wouldn't "clear the course" easily.

Well, there was one offhand class shooter that used an old HW77 with a Leupold 3-9x33 EFR with a "forearm and cheek riser duct taped on the stock". His trigger blade was a bent strip of aluminum screwed to the original trigger base. The 9X max power and 33mm objective wasn't competitive with the scopes at that time but he would shoot OFFHAND SCORES that would place high in open class if they were combined!

That was when I first started shooting field target and I was amazed how he could consistently knock down targets from 10 yards to 55 yards with that scope's rangefinding ability. Perhaps he had shot that course so often that he had the ranges and holdover of the lanes memorized! The first field target match my brother and I shot we were squadded with this fellow who was supposed to show my brother and me "the ropes". After the match we were given the following help  "You boys know how to shoot and I can't help because you just don't shoot too good!  YuckYuck 

[buellm2]

I just threw in the patch to shim the sight a little bit so it wont fall off while I'm working on the rest of the gun.   Hopefully, a more elegant solution is in the future

[buellm2]

I took the HW35 apart today.  It came apart quite easily and I'm pretty sure no parts flew off into the dark recesses of the gunroom.   Here's one of the pins that hold the trigger assembly in place.   Might have to fit a new one. 

I have a feeling that this is the first time the gun has been apart.   The amount of grease and dried out grease inside was more than adequate to prevent rust.   It's reminiscent of a deep storage Soviet gun being stripped and cleaned for the first time in a few decades. 

The spring looks fine to me so I probably wont replace it unless the experts tell me it should be replaced.  At first I thought the seal was plastic with the burnished in black grease concealing the leather so well.   I like the idea of having a leather seal so I'll see if I can figure out how to clean and recondition the leather.   Maximum power is irrelevant to me compared to consistent velocity and hopefully accuracy.

I'm thinking of hitting it with some brake cleaner before re-greasing and assembly.    I thought there was some side to side play at the barrel/receiver junction but the barrel pivot bolt was just a little loose.

The stock is in pretty good shape although the finish is dull and faded.  Anybody know what kind of finish and type of wood on this 1968 model?