Hw95 Top Hat - Mainspring

[Davidh123 3]

So some of you know ive recently aquired my hw 95
went out on the permission, and my rifle didnt seem so smooth to cock as it has been (definate twang goin on)
so i got home sorted out my furs and then decided to strip it down and clean it, relube etc and to my suprise theres no tophat in there :S
better yet the person who fitted the spring before i bought it didnt finish the spring off to well the last coils havnt been squashed together and roughly filed
so...

head scratching

how did it feel so smooth without the tophat and a dodge of a spring finish??

so yh im thinking of ordering both a new spring and a tophat (UNLESS SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO DONATE EITHER TO ME and gain a friend for life aha)
or should it be fine the way it is?

[Tron 173]

Go to Sandwell Sporting Supplies at Greets Green West brom, Get yourself a proper spring and a spring guide from Tony Wall Sorted.

Edited March 14, 2013 by Tron

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

my brand new 95k was twangy as hell.

i opened her up smoothed piston with steelwool and re lubed her and now shes fine.

makes a dull 'phut' sound. before it was more like 'cloooooonkkkk'

 

stil got the standard weihrauch internals, couldnt fit my ptfe piston sleeve in there so i left it out, and theres no power washers or anything and deffo no tophat and shes doing just under 11 ftlbs and shes nice and smooth to cock and fire, not too much recoil. a tune would be benefical but shes good enough for me as she is so id rather save the £70+

 

good luck with yours mate. maybe a SFS or vmach tuning would do the trick for you.

 

SKoT

Edited March 14, 2013 by Skot Ruthless Teale

[Davidh123 3]

my brand new 95k was twangy as hell.

i opened her up smoothed piston with steelwool and re lubed her and now shes fine.

makes a dull 'phut' sound. before it was more like 'cloooooonkkkk'

 

stil got the standard weihrauch internals, couldnt fit my ptfe piston sleeve in there so i left it out, and theres no power washers or anything and deffo no tophat and shes doing just under 11 ftlbs and shes nice and smooth to cock and fire, not too much recoil. a tune would be benefical but shes good enough for me as she is so id rather save the £70+

 

good luck with yours mate. maybe a SFS or vmach tuning would do the trick for you.

 

SKoT

my brand new 95k was twangy as hell.i opened her up smoothed piston with steelwool and re lubed her and now shes fine.makes a dull 'phut' sound. before it was more like 'cloooooonkkkk' stil got the standard weihrauch internals, couldnt fit my ptfe piston sleeve in there so i left it out, and theres no power washers or anything and deffo no tophat and shes doing just under 11 ftlbs and shes nice and smooth to cock and fire, not too much recoil. a tune would be benefical but shes good enough for me as she is so id rather save the £70+ good luck with yours mate. maybe a SFS or vmach tuning would do the trick for you. SKoT

would i benefit alot just to add the top hat ? i dnt fancy buyin a full tune up yet, i also wire wool polished the piston and connected rod and cocking shoe the sleeve looked pretty clean so left it alone and lubed alil i hear tomuch pisses the internals off David

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

Too much lube is a bad thing. just needs a light coat. trial and error untill you get it right.

 

i think just adding a top hat on its own should probably stop a lot of twang- try it and see

 

SKoT