Haenel made in Suhl former east Germany

[Brutuz]

Got this from an uncle last week, an old Haenel 810 with 6 shot magazine but without bolt handle:



Apparently there have been a bunch of 310's misstamped as 810's 

Took the stock off and gave it a good external clean, was quite rusty and dirty.

Used a punch to cock and test shoot and it still is in working order.

Ordered a replacement oem bolt handle + pin to fit it and a tin of .173 cal copper plated lead balls from a company in Germany:





https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2007/02/haenel-310-lead-ball-shooter/

Tested it using a punch to cock and lock: 400 fps after oiling the seal, only had 5 of these copper plated lead balls left, should be able to shoot abt 425 fps 

Meanwhile cleaned the stock, waxed and polished it and it's looking a lot nicer compared to when my uncle saved it from his neighbors dumpster, his neighbor was happy it would be fixed by a new owner.

Blueing is poor, rust has been removed, stock has quite a few scratches and a chip off at the rear but overall not bad for an oldie.

Hope the spares will be delivered soon.

Owned a similar Anschutz rifle in the past, very fun rifles to shoot.

Glad I could post in the German gate!

[robert w]

thats a nice cool rifle and great german quality

[Brutuz]

thats a nice cool rifle and great german quality

Thank you 

[Brutuz]

Bolt handle arrived today 

[SAADE]

Brutuz, you got a nice old gun there, post some 10 meter/5 shot targets with those H&N lead balls ok?

[Wheelman88]

Nice looking gun!

[Brutuz]

Thanks guys 

Sorry can only shoot 5 meters at the moment, to many living creatures downstairs and outside impossible:



6 shots @ 5 meter / bag rested

[SAADE]

OK not so bad, waaay better than steel BB shot!

[SAADE]

Brutuz:  Those guns were made IN Suhl, it's a pretty famous region for gun works with Zella-Mehlis just north of it, which is FWB country among others.

[Brutuz]

That's correct, typo by someone who has been a dispatcher in that region *oops*

Have been shooting these rifles for quite some time 

[SAADE]

That's correct, typo by someone who has been a dispatcher in that region *oops*

Have been shooting these rifles for quite some time 

Now those pics are cool!

Ya, and I like reading abouit the FWBs and Haenel histories, pre-WWII, post WWII, East vs West and then, the Wall comes down and Suhl is just..in Germany! No wonder the locals went crazy with freedom for the first year!