Ross Fewster 1 Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 Oryt lads , new on here just wondering what the 99s is like out of the box? I will be fitting a full length shroud or getting the barrel cut down and threaded. I will be getting the .177 cal 1 Quote Link to post
bigmac 97kt 13,730 Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 Some lads on here love them im one of the lads that dont like them lol but then again i dont like brake barrel rifles apart from the hw35 If you buy it new get the barrel cleaned out take the spring and piston out polish the piston to a mirror Finnish de,grease the spring and chamber and re,grease the spring and fit a vortex seal to the piston and she will be a different animal . what ever you do just enjoy her atvbmac Quote Link to post
bigmac 97kt 13,730 Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 O,,,AND WELCOME TO THE NUT HOUSE Quote Link to post
villaman 9,979 Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 And they are better in .22 .177 will not reach full power 11.5 ft/lbs but 10 .5 ft/lbs 2 Quote Link to post
bigmac 97kt 13,730 Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 59 minutes ago, villaman said: And they are better in .22 .177 will not reach full power 11.5 ft/lbs but 10 .5 ft/lbs A vortex seal will sort that Mitch atvbjimmy Quote Link to post
Rimfireboy! 1,463 Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 Or get one in .22 instead 1 Quote Link to post
Rimfireboy! 1,463 Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 I deburred and polished the internals and fitted a tin bum kit. Lovely and smooth now, virtually no recoil @ 11.8 ft lb. To be honest, it was pretty good out of the box. Mine is .22 by the way. I personally wouldn’t buy one in .177 as it would be difficult to get it to shoot as nicely as a .22 version. Nice little rifle though, and for the money, hard to beat in my opinion 1 Quote Link to post
charlie caller 3,654 Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 Like a car crash out of the box, excellent when tuned, but difficult to get to full power in .177, but Im damn well going to try again one day, Vortek is your friend. Quote Link to post
villaman 9,979 Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 21 hours ago, bigmac 97kt said: A vortex seal will sort that Mitch atvbjimmy Don't think it will , some have tried so I have read in the past and the ones who had them running at 11 said it was so harsh its not worth it Quote Link to post
tomburras 2,721 Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 On 05/06/2018 at 10:38, Ross Fewster said: Oryt lads , new on here just wondering what the 99s is like out of the box? I will be fitting a full length shroud or getting the barrel cut down and threaded. I will be getting the .177 cal Dont cut and thread a .177 hw99 iv seen it done and it was a big mistake! Shoots harsh even trying to get a reasonable power level. Go for a .22 if you want to do this. Great guns in .22! 3 Quote Link to post
villaman 9,979 Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 On 05/06/2018 at 18:02, bigmac 97kt said: Some lads on here love them im one of the lads that dont like them lol but then again i dont like brake barrel rifles apart from the hw35 If you buy it new get the barrel cleaned out take the spring and piston out polish the piston to a mirror Finnish de,grease the spring and chamber and re,grease the spring and fit a vortex seal to the piston and she will be a different animal . what ever you do just enjoy her atvbmac And he hated the HW100 at one time Quote Link to post
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