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In praise of my HW 77

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 6:30 am
by Jenks
I have a very old HW77 .22 air rifle. I bought it second-hand at least twenty years ago. I can't remember what I paid for it, I think it might have been £50. It just goes on and on I shoot lots of pigeons with it in the kiddies swing park adjacent to my house, (with permission of course.) They crap all over the swings, slide etc. I have just shot one from my bedroom window. It fell stone dead, I paced it out at fifty five Paces. There is an old boy who lives a couple of doors down from me who loves to eat them, he will take all I can get. He gets plenty. The rifle loves Wasp No: 2 5.6mm (.22) pellets.

Jenks

Re: In praise of my HW 77

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 6:35 am
by Chuck
Jenks, probably cos it wasn't made in China....

I still got my old BSA Meteor Super from 1969....made in Birmingham

Re: In praise of my HW 77

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 6:48 am
by dromia
My favourite air rifle is my .177" Lincoln Jefferies, UK made in 1903.

Re: In praise of my HW 77

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:18 am
by Chuck
buy it new did you? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: only kidding.

Re: In praise of my HW 77

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:40 am
by Jenks
dromia wrote:My favourite air rifle is my .177" Lincoln Jefferies, UK made in 1903.

Dromia..

Have got a photo? please.

Jenks

Re: In praise of my HW 77

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:41 am
by dromia
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Not quiet Chuck.

One of the many reasons I am so fond of that rifle is that 1903 was the year of my fathers birth.

Re: In praise of my HW 77

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:46 am
by Jenks
Chuck wrote:Jenks, probably cos it wasn't made in China....

I still got my old BSA Meteor Super from 1969....made in Birmingham

Chuck..

Back in the late 50s I used to knock around on a farm in Leicestershire. The farmer had a BSA Airsporter .22 He used to let me use it to shoot Sparrows around his granary it was a bit heavy for me but I must have shot hundreds, cracking rifle.


Jenks

Re: In praise of my HW 77

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:46 am
by dromia
Not a very good photo but the best I have at present.

Image

Re: In praise of my HW 77

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:50 pm
by AL8
thats a very nice rifle

Re: In praise of my HW 77

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:48 am
by Jenks
Dromia..

Thanks for the picture. I have never seen one but it looks almost exactly as I thought it would. :good: how does it shoot? Range/accuracy etc.

Jenks