HW35E still in the conversation ?

om606 said:
Neatsfoot oil is the thing realy. Castor oil is ideal if they are sat a long time and harden any which happens if folks have used car mineral oils or olive oil.
Hempseed oil.... new one on me that probably be fine as long as it dont congeel and gum up. You end up with a rancid sticky mess with olive oil.
Mate mentioned cocanut oil again never used it just castor or neatsfoot. Seen lads use 3 in one back in the day they smoked bad i remember.
Basocly stick to neatsfoot if you can get it and castor if real hard or sat a long time. . This is down port.
If you are stripping it . Saddle soap proberts. Leave it dry then when dry soap in neatsfoot 12 hours then build it up wipe what you xan off the ezess neats foot then build up wile supple.
Then what i said afore.
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I've used hempseed oil for over 20 years with no problems but if I get an old gun with motor oil soaked seal I degrease them first before I do it. I much prefer it to other oils though I imagine coconut oil is ok in spain where it's
Hotter than here. I use very little to soak old dry washers, just coat them & wrap on a layer of cling film then insert into the end of cylinder overnight till it soaks in. This stops the seal swelling too much to fit easily , obviously remove the cling film before reassembly though. I still use a smear of moly on the rear of pistons & springs & also dry slide the cylinder walls & front of piston . I get very little dieslling if any after this treatment.
 
junglie2022 said:
I've used hempseed oil for over 20 years with no problems but if I get an old gun with motor oil soaked seal I degrease them first before I do it. I much prefer it to other oils though I imagine coconut oil is ok in spain where it's
Hotter than here. I use very little to soak old dry washers, just coat them & wrap on a layer of cling film then insert into the end of cylinder overnight till it soaks in. This stops the seal swelling too much to fit easily , obviously remove the cling film before reassembly though. I still use a smear of moly on the rear of pistons & springs & also dry slide the cylinder walls & front of piston . I get very little dieslling if any after this treatment.
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Dieseling. Is overblow by many. It is a problem if people use too much of ...or the wrong oil.
Eveb 3 in one the job done in a pinch but8 would not use it personaly. It dose soften up old hard seals at times i have seen it used.
Hemp seed oil sounds interestn. Ill try it out.i g
 
I had a 35e in the 70s and if memory serves me right I paid £30 for it brand-new, I ended up selling that one to a mate.I had a 35e in the late 80s early 90s, I took it to venom and had it sorted by them, I remember handing it over and waiting patiently for the return phone call, nipping down and picking it up. It was a smooth as butter! Barrel chopped down venom‘s own silencer in place, new spring guides et cetera Unfortunately this was the year of when the rapid sevens just came out and I ended up part exchanging it in for one of those ,something that I bitterly regret to this day great Gun and I’m sure they will still do the business today.
 
Over the years I've owned three: two standard ones in .22, and a .177 35E. They're lovely rifles, but heavy for what they are. If I could go back thirty years to when I bought the first one (one of the .22s) I'd have got the HW50/99S instead.
 
HW In My Opinion Offer an unmatched variety of spring air rifles that aside from being quality products at a excellent price point, are broadly different in overall performance style and handling characteristics . In essence HW pretty much have something for everyone i think they try hard in this respect.
The HW35 is not for everyone its been around forever and never has been an easy on the eye sleek beauty , its always been the cart hauling cob not the Arabian racehorse if you get me. Its Locking barrel latch as good as it is in everything it does is not mainstream, many don't like barrel latches the LGVs suffer from the same prejudice from some shooters.
I have had a Feinwerkbau 127 sport since the 70s was one of the first in this country, its underwhelming but to me perfect, the HW35 in my opinion is Feinwerkbau 127 sport feeling i always felt the HW35 Had the sport vide about it quite different obviously in operation even looks but in using them the overall feed back from these two rifles is near identical to me anyway for what that is worth.
I am sure we can all relate the differing feed back we get from some springers and this i am sure as i can be is why we might chose a 99 over a 98 a 95 over a 35 etc .
Sorry for the somewhat HW Praising and nothing you can put your finger on aspects of this gun and that guns desirability to an individuals tastes and requirements , but springers like many other things either tick the metaphorical boxes in our own individual mindsets or they dont its basic but profound .
I mean why do i prefer Browning / mirokus Over berettas i have had lots of berettas shot them well liked them had them made to fit like said Brownings but its not dimensions balance of feel its tactile , ditto Why remington 1100 magnums feel so much better compared to the identical dimensionally remington 1187, i thought wood density swapped wood but no the 1100 has it for me. , springers for me have this connection with a person In My opinion and i believe HW have a great range of springers that stand a half decent chance of forming that springer/ person convection and making it work. YOMV
 
Weihrauch is a benchmark, mid-to-high or very high. It simply is. The general opinion on this Airgun forum is that Weihrauch rifles hold a prominent position.

I don't know how to compile statistics on Weihrauch rifle shooters or owners, and please excuse my boldness, but in my opinion, and generally speaking, it's around 70-80%.
One rifle that, in my humble opinion, seems to possess a different reality is the Weihrauch HW 35. There aren't many others like it on the market. And perhaps that barrel latch is the key. Weihrauch, determined to give a new meaning to shooting, set out with something similar to the HW 55.

The HW 35 is much less complex, but it transformed the loading system of this rifle—I'm not talking about the firing itself, but the system and the ritual of breaking the barrel. It transformed it into a transformation.

Why did this German company want to add, or take another step forward, to the loading system of an air rifle?

For me, the answer is this: they knew its success. They knew that allowing the simple adjustment of a latch to convert a broken barrel into a fixed barrel was a rare feat: interpreting the loading mechanism of a rifle. The key was a new interpretation.

And they chose the also excellent Weihrauch HW 99 and the HW 95, 77, 97...
But they kept the exclusive rights for the 35. And we're talking about interpreting the loading.
The Weihrauch enigma, for me, was the discontinuation of an iconic rifle: the Weihrauch HW 55.
Why, and what did they gain by abandoning something so meticulously crafted? In my opinion, these kinds of things are usually related to a generational change in the chain of command, or simply to simply ceasing production. For me, it's simply an enigma. Similar to why Ford stopped building the Ford Taunus.
 
And here I want to highlight something that goes beyond loading and firing. It's the question of why and for what purpose a rifle needed a latch to close the barrel.

This invention, in my humble opinion, is related to the male factor. It's well known that air rifles and airguns are more commonly practiced by men. I don't mean to offend anyone in any way, but it's common for this sport, recreational activity, or hunting to be carried out primarily by men. Weihrauch may have unknowingly created, with the Weihrauch HW 35, a feature that could even be described as romantic and interesting.
He gave it the ability to be part of both the firing mechanism and the rifle itself. The Weihrauch HW 35 wouldn't function without that latch; the barrel would fall out.

And just as when a woman arrives for a date at a restaurant, some men rise from their chairs... they look attentively and courteously at the lady and, with the same courtesy, gracefully pull out their chairs so that this sweetly adorned or dressed lady can sit down. 😉 ( The server does this whenever a lady arrives, regardless of the context.)

This is one of the reasons why, in my humble opinion, the Weihrauch HW 35 rifle is a romantic rifle, one that embraces life. It allows one to participate in its form and its way of being in an active, sensitive, and even sensual way.
 
Sello77 said:
And here I want to highlight something that goes beyond loading and firing. It's the question of why and for what purpose a rifle needed a latch to close the barrel.

This invention, in my humble opinion, is related to the male factor. It's well known that air rifles and airguns are more commonly practiced by men. I don't mean to offend anyone in any way, but it's common for this sport, recreational activity, or hunting to be carried out primarily by men. Weihrauch may have unknowingly created, with the Weihrauch HW 35, a feature that could even be described as romantic and interesting.
He gave it the ability to be part of both the firing mechanism and the rifle itself. The Weihrauch HW 35 wouldn't function without that latch; the barrel would fall out.

And just as when a woman arrives for a date at a restaurant, some men rise from their chairs... they look attentively and courteously at the lady and, with the same courtesy, gracefully pull out their chairs so that this sweetly adorned or dressed lady can sit down. 😉 ( The server does this whenever a lady arrives, regardless of the context.)

This is one of the reasons why, in my humble opinion, the Weihrauch HW 35 rifle is a romantic rifle, one that embraces life. It allows one to participate in its form and its way of being in an active, sensitive, and even sensual way.
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I agree i have liked the HW35 right from the days i had that very tired rough HW35E .22back in the day, as bad as it was and it was ugly it shone through that it had class.
Ac curacy was incredible it was consistent and pleasant to shoot. I sold it a mate who subsequently moved it on it stayed in my memory though, and i kind of looked casually for one periodically i got this .177 which i don't generally favour as much as .22s and i actually like it its going no where not ever its my HW35 its staying.
 
Sello77 said:
And here I want to highlight something that goes beyond loading and firing. It's the question of why and for what purpose a rifle needed a latch to close the barrel.

This invention, in my humble opinion, is related to the male factor. It's well known that air rifles and airguns are more commonly practiced by men. I don't mean to offend anyone in any way, but it's common for this sport, recreational activity, or hunting to be carried out primarily by men. Weihrauch may have unknowingly created, with the Weihrauch HW 35, a feature that could even be described as romantic and interesting.
He gave it the ability to be part of both the firing mechanism and the rifle itself. The Weihrauch HW 35 wouldn't function without that latch; the barrel would fall out.

And just as when a woman arrives for a date at a restaurant, some men rise from their chairs... they look attentively and courteously at the lady and, with the same courtesy, gracefully pull out their chairs so that this sweetly adorned or dressed lady can sit down. 😉 ( The server does this whenever a lady arrives, regardless of the context.)

This is one of the reasons why, in my humble opinion, the Weihrauch HW 35 rifle is a romantic rifle, one that embraces life. It allows one to participate in its form and its way of being in an active, sensitive, and even sensual way.
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I found myself reading Sello's post in the voice of Swiss Tony ! :)
 
Some lovely almost romantic write ups and views about the HW35 and lovely to read, you can feel emotion from owners past and present.
I have a new 35 in .22 and am really enjoying it, it is smooth, quiet and extremely accurate using JSB Exact RS 5.52mm, astonishingly so for an out of the box and standard rifle.
I tried a HW57 for a while but didn’t enjoy that pop up breech so I traded it in but it was nice and light, probably the wrong calibre though in 177 wished I’d tried the 22 instead.

The HW35 is a keeper along with my 95 in 22 and two 97s in both 177 and 22 calibres.
I enjoy springers more than PCP, springers have a character of their own you have to get to know each other and when love takes hold there is no letting go unlike with PCPs. The springer is ready to work all the time without the need of a regular air supply.

So far this week my 35 has had seven pigeon off fruit and a copper beech trees where they’ve been eating the buds and it had a squirrel too.
My HW35 rocks. Should I try a 35 in 177 as well as me wonders….
 
Of course! It's wonderful for a Weihrauch HW 35 enthusiast to own both the 177 and the 22. 👍👍👍

They have two different characters, but you really enjoy the characteristics of each. Personally, I prefer the 177.
 
I am the polar opposite prefer .22 yet have a fair few .177s i use to keep in touch with my feminine side perhaps... LOL!
I have well over a dozen or more springers yet only two pcps a AT44 ( Walther barrel) . 177 and a S400.22 both are fantastic and would never part with either but simply not interested in another did think about a .25 PCP but my Hatsans are so accurate in .25 i dont need anything more. I can not even warant the expenditure on a HW97 in .25 to make me a setLOL!.
The HW35 is a true classic springer its a gun i never tire of using.
 
Sandancer 500 said:
Been back on the air rifle scene just under a year bought an HW100 laminate stock and a very fine rifle if is if a little well dare i say too capable and flattering for an old boot like me anyway got thinking about springers
And well there is a lot of choice especially from Weihrauch but nobody seems to talk about the venerable HW35 why is that ? the newer models just better ?
Last springer i had was a webley vulcan and very good it was for the price but the HW35 was out of reach for me then as was the feinwerkbau equivalent. But now i see that the HW35E is still on sale and its actually cheaper than some of thd newer kit . Thoughts please
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I still got mine I got for 12-13rh birthday walnut LHS stock had to pay extra it was the dream machine for me at the time although the fienwerkbau sport 177 was a very close 2nd I do think I should have probably got the latter tbh & a standard Hw35 as I'm .22 ordinated now & tend to prefer the calibre. Once you put a silencer on a 22" barrel it was a tad ridiculous so I was one of those idiots that cut the barrel down to 16" cabine professionally crowned etc all the trend at the time, although I believe it did effect accuracy so although I believe the he barrel are not choked?
I have a period replacement 22" barrel so intend to swap it over & try the wee long bestie. You can't beat a trusted design like the Hw35 it's a good all rounder bullet proof except for the cocking slot gauling.
 
I'm very much enjoying my ~1-month old HW35e. With work and life it has probably been a week since I'd used it, but today I perched a bottle top on the side of an old tree stump, about half way up, and took standing shots at 20 paced metres, open sights. First missed, 2nd edged it and sent it flying, so I collect it and reset it. Third nailed it. Boastful photo attached. The stump is hardwood, and the bottle top was firmly against the stump, so the pellet didn't go all the way through. (It will go through a can at 50 metres.) Congratulate the rifle, not me.
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I have got my HW35.177 out last couple of days, i have been testing my LGV last week or two and neglected the HW35.
I want to get out on the rats around my ducks seem to be a few about, if i get complacent they get a chore to clear up.
Treat rating like cutting the grass its a job you just got to do.
I like the HW35 for free standers its weighted about right for me and i only have a light 4x40 doctor optic scope on it which is low mounted and the stock is ok for such a low scope.
 
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