I doubt it, it is just a cash-cow for Weihrauch, so they will not have invested in any improvements.
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HW70A Black Arrow
- Thread starter JohnnyPiston
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I do not believe any improvements have been made to the HW70 as specimens I tuned 30 years back appear exactly the same as one I did 3 years ago. However, the Gaylord report found him struggling with seating pellets down the bore. Never a good idea with break barrels which prefer the pellet thumbed straight into the breach and we also do not know what lube was in the gun. They are rarely great straight from the box for instance, requiring a good 200 clearling shots to settle them down. He also did not do much pellet testing to find the ideal pellet.
I found Hobby particularly accurate coming out at around 440 fps untuned. Which is a good 40 fps faster than most SSP pistols and I would expect that to run in another 20 fps or so as the gun runs in.
With correct lubes and a slim slip washer I had around 480/490 from the ones I mildly tuned...
The scoped version probably is a tack driver potentially .....I never tried the gun scoped to assess it fully.
The improvement comes from the grips which are much nicer then the moulding used in the 70s/80s/90s...been production running for Eons these things.....Good gun.
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Thank you, I needed this review from a Veteran owner. I have a Black Arrow arriving tomorrow without the scope since I already own all sorts of scopes/red dot options, I didn't need another.
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I can NEVER have excess scopes. Maybe not enough guns though. Be Well, Bandito.
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If you were close to 73 years old you might change your thinking. I’ll leave a big enough mess for my family to clean up.
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