Beeman HW70/Beeman Early pre safety arrived

[harrympope]

just arrived in an old Beeman soft case.
I shot it a bit and have orderd seals from Maccari as the breech one was soft and I figured might as well do a piston while I'm at it.
I shot about 20 shots and besides the breech end kinda "fat" and pellets needed a bit of a seat it's a nice little pistol.Trigger not what my HW75 is but so is life.

any advice working on these?

 

[willy]

Hay guy i no ya love that gun,i just want to tell you the early one,s had a problem with the rear plug poping out"a guy was shooting the air pistol and the plug came out, poped him in the eye,Then they started drilling a hole in the side and putting a long allen in their to keep stable.Iv had one they are good"

 

[harrympope]

Hay guy i no ya love that gun,i just want to tell you the early one,s had a problem with the rear plug poping out"a guy was shooting the air pistol and the plug came out, poped him in the eye,Then they started drilling a hole in the side and putting a long allen in their to keep stable.Iv had one they are good"

thanks for the plug info.
When did Beeman import these early ones?

 

[willy]

thanks for the plug info.
When did Beeman import these early ones?

Maybe 30 years ago?

 

[harrympope]

I found a spare HW breech seal and just ran 50 pellets through it while tuning the trigger to something predictable.
I'm really liking the pistol. These were the last two 5 shot groups offhand at 20' in the garage.

I'd imagine a good pistol shot would do it justice.

 

[marflow 777]

the model 780 dates back to 1972 and the hw70a started in 1992
and in the Blue Book there is a warning about the rear cap come off and the pistols were recalled for that problem
some trigger parts for the early version pre safety do not exist, a subject that was well talked about on a UK forum

 

[harrympope]

mine has the allen set screw to secure endcap.
I was going to tear it down but I'll need to make a tool to unscrew the cap. Its shooting good so I'll be lazy and just wait until it starts acting up.

 

[harrympope]

I've warmed up to this little pistol and am quite happy with it.Id recommend it to anyone looking for a nice old low tech "sprung pistol".Much easier to shoot well than the Tempest pistols I've owned.

 

[houston]

The hw70 pistol is fun to shoot. It has the feel of a small R7 when shootin.

 

[maxtrouble]

The hw70 pistol is fun to shoot. It has the feel of a small R7 when shootin.

@houston - I agree completely. I have the regular HW70 and the HW70 Black Arrow. Normal shooting distance is 20 yards and it dishes out some serious what for on cans. I get a healthy three foot pounds of energy with H&N Terminators. When there is no wind I can hit a coffee can at 80 yards with the Black Arrow.

 

[KWK]

They don’t shoot too bad for a springer. Grips are too small for my ape like hands so it willy wallys around too much. My oldest son shoots it well. He has normal human hands.
All I’ll say is the trigger is usable. I’ve had it over 30 years.

 

[Hateful McNasty]

Plain simple break barrel pistol that shoots great .. nuttin wrong with that in my book

 

[.20calguy]

92 you say? I would have sworn mine was purchased in the eighties.
The plug has a lock screw in it.
Mine has a serious amount of ammo through it and holds its own against my SSPs with open sights.

I've had mine damaged when "someone" thought it would be fun to shoot a Dremel bit from it. I repaired it without polishing the pump chamber. It lasted about ten tins before its performance fell off.
Now I have a new spring, and piston to install and I'll need to polish the scratched chamber this time. I hope I don't end up with a wall hanger.

To remove the plug I used a socket with eight pieces of solid copper wire taped to it. I constructed a spring compressor from things I had handy.

 

[.20calguy]

Another problem I had with my HW70, as well as another member here, was the trigger not completely disengaging when fired.
I have a video of that issue that I had previously posted.

That issue has not yet been resolved, even though I changed all the trigger springs out, and played with the trigger adjustments. To compensate for it I have to pull the trigger twice.