Greatest plinker ever
A great hunter, too.
R7 in .177
Two groups, one at 20 yards with JSB 8.4 gr. and one at 25 with JSB 7.9 gr. Virtually the same because I really took my time at 25 yards which is my zero. Love it.
Thanks for looking.
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Did it smoke? You’d have to ask Straight Shooters or Weirauch about that. I never fired the rifle even once before I took it apart. That said, I’ll bet it smoked a LOT when they test fired it.
The shit in the seal groove was crusty, like burned grease. I pitched that seal and put a brand new one in. I think the seal may have been a bit deformed or damaged, but I believe the main issue was that it had way way too much grease in it, and the wrong grease at that. It is now all Maccari lubes, the right amounts in the right spots. It shoots wonderfully. So easy to cock and load. So gentle to shoot. So dead-on accurate!
Is that burn marks or grease on the seal? Looks like detonation to me. Maybe some of the grease was getting ahead of the piston? Did it smoke?
The beeman R7 is the HW35
I don’t know why, but the expression on that fox’s face, coupled with the holes in his head, makes me laugh.
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Nice Rifle!
Yeah, I started shooting JSBs in mine and it was unbelievable for grouping. Starlings at 20 to 40 yards really fall for it!
Beware, mine was so full of grease from the factory I couldn’t believe it. It was a Christmas present from my wife, and since I knew it was coming, I had a Maccari kit ready for it, along with a new piston seal from Beeman. After opening it up, boy was I glad I did! I pulled it apart before shooting it even once, mainly because it felt like shit when I was trying to cock it.
After rebuilding it, I had a bitch of a time getting it to group. It ended up being the breech hinge bolt. It needed to be just a bit tighter than I had it. Now, one hole groups at 10 yards are easy. I can’t wait for spring and wasp season. 👿
Here’s the factory spring the way it came out, brand new. Think they got enough grease on the spring?
Here’s the piston cup. I NEVER fired it. This is how it came from SS. They fired it a few times, and I imagine HW fired it in the factory, but damn, this is just pathetic!
Nice shooting and very nice rifle.
Oddly, I havent yet tried JSB in my FWB124. Your groups inspired me to buy some.
Your exacly right, theres nothing like a fine springer to satisfy the urge to spread the lead around.
Ta 😀
Oh, it’s a rebranded HW30S. Running at 7 FPE.
Forgot to say that both groups are 5 shots each and shot indoors.
Whats the R7’s real name????
I know my HW80K is the R1, don’t know the rest though..
Nice rifle by the way 😀
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Well, I am afraid to take mine apart after these photos. But heck, it shoots great, so why bother. I’ll just shoot it for a year or so, and send it off to P. Watts.
Here are few strings with five different pellets.
CP 7.9gr 634, 639, 633 = 7 FPE
JSB 7.9 gr 655, 654, 654 = 7.5 FPE
JSB 8.4 gr 626, 630, 627 = 7.3 FPE
FTS 8.8 gr 622, 623, 622 = 7.5 FPE
JSB Pred. 8.2 gr 647, 647, 637 = 7.4 FPE