HW35 Venom from 1970..
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 12:36 pm
Hi all
I made a trade for this rifle during the Chrimbo break!
I swapped my HW90 for what has to be the smoothest rifle that i've ever owned!!
The rifle has the Venom reworked piston head, it now has an O-ring rather than the leather seal, it also has had shims fitted to the breech block/jaws to prevent the reblue from getting scored!
The last owner was a gunsmith and fitted a Delrin spring guide and tophat and also a liner in the piston..
Serial number is 362408 placing manufacture date at around 1970, it has the Export stock but a standard barrel so it could have had either the barrel or the stock replaced though I was told that you could order a standard 35 with a 22" barrel and vice versa!
The reblue is stunning quality and a mile deep!!
The rifle..
I just had to strip the rifle and actually see for myself what was inside!!
The Venom reworked piston head..
A few more pics..
Cheers, John
I made a trade for this rifle during the Chrimbo break!
I swapped my HW90 for what has to be the smoothest rifle that i've ever owned!!
The rifle has the Venom reworked piston head, it now has an O-ring rather than the leather seal, it also has had shims fitted to the breech block/jaws to prevent the reblue from getting scored!
The last owner was a gunsmith and fitted a Delrin spring guide and tophat and also a liner in the piston..
Serial number is 362408 placing manufacture date at around 1970, it has the Export stock but a standard barrel so it could have had either the barrel or the stock replaced though I was told that you could order a standard 35 with a 22" barrel and vice versa!
The reblue is stunning quality and a mile deep!!
The rifle..
I just had to strip the rifle and actually see for myself what was inside!!
The Venom reworked piston head..
A few more pics..
Cheers, John