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Never tried any 20 cal before but heard and actually I thought and I agree to that 20 cal would be a better caliber... For 177, has to be detuned, for 22 actually I think'a little' faster could be better... However, it's a bit hard to find and less choices for the 20cal pellets... The only con for it...

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FX-M3-22 Compact#PP700-Carbine#Diana48-177#XS28M-25@26fpe#HW45 Beast#AW-Custom Z-Killer DE
~Competitors~
FWB300SU#Tau-7#IZH-46M#FWB-65#CP88-C
~Target~
HW 30s/35e/97k/40+Extender/P3+Scope/70#CZ200s Laminated@10fpe#AA ProSport-177@12fpe

Agreed and so the next journey begins in sourcing out a 0.22 cal barrel haha

Found a 0.22 barrel too so now all is well in the world, well at least until receive it and then end up looking for new grips lol.

Grips?!. [emoji38] [emoji38]

I bought maybe 4 or 5 sets of grips for my HW45... However at last I put on the still new in the box stock walnut one which I switched out at the second day when I received the pistol... Actually I ordered the first set of grip panels before I ordered the gun... However the gun arrived first...

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~Plinkers~
FX-M3-22 Compact#PP700-Carbine#Diana48-177#XS28M-25@26fpe#HW45 Beast#AW-Custom Z-Killer DE
~Competitors~
FWB300SU#Tau-7#IZH-46M#FWB-65#CP88-C
~Target~
HW 30s/35e/97k/40+Extender/P3+Scope/70#CZ200s Laminated@10fpe#AA ProSport-177@12fpe

When you switch barrels, watch out the two screws holding the plate to fix the barrel... Do it slowly and don't slip... Very easy to damage the screw head or the threaded hole...

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~Plinkers~
FX-M3-22 Compact#PP700-Carbine#Diana48-177#XS28M-25@26fpe#HW45 Beast#AW-Custom Z-Killer DE
~Competitors~
FWB300SU#Tau-7#IZH-46M#FWB-65#CP88-C
~Target~
HW 30s/35e/97k/40+Extender/P3+Scope/70#CZ200s Laminated@10fpe#AA ProSport-177@12fpe

Oh wow those are some very sexy grips! My friend has a 1911 and said he would give me his Hogue Peace grip or something that would make it more comfortable because I have bear paws lol. In regards to the screws should for the barrel yes i have herd the horror stories. I am an AME by trade so I know all about stripped screw heads and all that fun. Would the screws benefit from some heat then penetrant? Or will a torque-driver work fine to break the, I assume locktite? I also have a wheeler gun kit and some impact allen heads in an assortment of sizes. Any help or suggestions is appreciated!

[emoji38] nothing need an impact gun for such a tiny tiny screw~

It will be good for just once or two times removing and tightening back... I stripped one head because I didn't carefully insert my allen key and it slipped... Then I ruined one hole once because I swapped the barrels (for fun?! ) too many times (maybe 3, 4 times) so I had to re tapped the hole and made it one size bigger then used a bigger screw to hold the plate...

If concerning about the loctite (I didn't find it on my screws... They just tight...), a better way to do is heated up the tip of your allen key with a torch or something else can do the job, then put it in and wait a few seconds then start turning... A good gentleman told me that... And I then know I don't need to heat up the whole gun with a hair dryer... [emoji38]

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~Plinkers~
FX-M3-22 Compact#PP700-Carbine#Diana48-177#XS28M-25@26fpe#HW45 Beast#AW-Custom Z-Killer DE
~Competitors~
FWB300SU#Tau-7#IZH-46M#FWB-65#CP88-C
~Target~
HW 30s/35e/97k/40+Extender/P3+Scope/70#CZ200s Laminated@10fpe#AA ProSport-177@12fpe

Oh yea i guess i shoulda said "manual hand impact bit driver" haha. And iv used that trick too softening the glue but i use a bit in the bolt/screw head and heat it up for awhile so that both surfaces expand and not just the bolt/screw body.

Those HW45's go FAST!.....Funny a .20 came up on Gunpost on the 16th and I grabbed it. LOL

Where did you find a .22 barrel?