mattybugeye 884 Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Well bought myself a hw57 that popped up on here few weeks ago it arrived other day bit more rusty than expected!!.....,.Some was pretty deep so getting that sorted was priority stripped it down internals wasn't too bad just full off gunk so got to work degreasing and cleaningDecided to remove as much rust as poss and touch up with cold blue for nowThe mainspring was typical post 2005 weihrauch trimmed and un seated so got dremul and blowtorch out and got re seatedThen added a delrin guide nice tight fitDelrin pre load washers and machine polished the piston removing all bursNew piston washerAnd lubed up properly then rebuiltTesting through chrono was doing a pretty consistent 11.3 but too jumpy for my liking probably due to the light weight of gun so stripped again removing half a coil and re seatingWhile stripped i took the opportunity to sort the heavy trigger so stripped polished and re lubed all sears set bit of 1st stage light 2nd just how I like itWhile test shooting I noticed the pop up breech to be extremely stiff so removed cleaned up and fit new o ring on bottom lubed and refit after rebuilding it and putting through chrono was doing a very stedy 10.6 just a dull thud and gentle nudge PERFECT!Not one for getting power up to limit or even close as poss just needs to be smoothest power poss and that's were it isThe stock wasn't bad just dull shine so flatted down with a pad then buffed up and this how she looks nowNice improvement from the rusty jumpy little bugger that arrived few days agoLovely smooth little light weight spring gunAfter bit of reading up on these they a very marmite gun guessing mostly due to the pop up breech but smooth spring gun wise its spot on will follow up with some groups as was far too windy todayDidn't bore you all this time with endless pics just Start and finish hopefully groupings will reflect the work done will seeOh a some better glass will be addedThanksAtbMatt 7 Quote Link to post
mattybugeye 884 Posted January 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 but lets remember its a weihrauch im expecting good groups from her (fingers crossed) Quote Link to post
RossM 7,979 Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Pretty good with guns then matt? 1 Quote Link to post
mattybugeye 884 Posted January 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 i try mate lol 1 Quote Link to post
mattybugeye 884 Posted January 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Well managed half hour testing the new 57 today at 1st was bit all over but 30 shots in settled down nicely found a little hold sensitive but a nice grip on it managed a few nice groups These are all 3 shot groups at 25 yd not bad for a rifle that's just been rebuilt after good clean so still settling in I expect it will get better oh and used aa field diablo Last one looks like 2 shots it's that tight all easily covered by 5p coin happy with that 2 Quote Link to post
bunny tickler 875 Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 my friends just brought one round to try grouping ,,bloody hell its the loudest gun i have ever heard ,, Quote Link to post
mattybugeye 884 Posted January 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 lol yea they are tad loud 1 Quote Link to post
tomburras 2,721 Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Nice job matt 1 Quote Link to post
mattybugeye 884 Posted January 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Cheers tom Quote Link to post
Stingrey 0 Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 Good job. Looks well now. Quote Link to post
mole trapper 1,646 Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 Really interesting post, cheers for putting up! I considered that one, but my lack of technical skills would have seen it moved on again. Any thoughts on why they are loud? Cheers, Jamie. Quote Link to post
ratbuster 807 Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 Well done, what a bitt of LTD does to a nice gun ! Quote Link to post
mattybugeye 884 Posted March 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 Cheers Don't know tbh but a proper lube did quiten it down Quote Link to post
bhodge 4 Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 Done a good job mate. I had a '57 for a while last summer, they're good guns but they've got a bad rep. Mainly due to rumours / hearsay passed on by people who've never owned one! Would I have another - yes, no problem. Quote Link to post
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