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Hi All,

I've been offered a pristine 152 at a very good price. Is this a risky purchase? I mean, what happens if the electronics decide to no longer work or is it a robust and reliable design?

Thanks

If its in clean condition, you're fine. The build quality is superb. When you take the left grip panel off you'll see the solenoid. It's a big block with a pin that comes out the top. It trips the sear on the action block. You'll want to make sure the solenoid pin moves freely and doesn't get any gunk build up. If the gun has been stored cocked, the firing pin (it's a striker really) spring may need to be changed. It is very easy to do and the part is very cheap. Don't pay more than a couple bucks for a replacement.
Hammerli used to sell replacement mechanical set trigger assemblies for the model 150. In fact, the owners manual recommends buying one as a spare. I always thought that the 152 could accept a 150 trigger mechanism with perhaps nothing more than a small drilled (possibly tapped) hole.
Cheers!
Jim

Bought it !!

Will be in my hot, little hands on Friday. Hope I don't live to regret it....

Good luck, I am sure you wont live to regret it. I bloke I know in Tennant Creek had the solenoid give up the ghost on his 152 (not electrical, the end of the solenoid broke). He could still source the whole solenoid from Hammerli (Walther?), but the cost was probably prohibitative. Bought a
Morini instead.

6string wrote: If the gun has been stored cocked, the firing pin (it's a striker really) spring may need to be changed. It is very easy to do and the part is very cheap.

Easy? It is not only the firing pin spring but also a WERY small spring for the sear! Be careful! When the firing pin did not strike enough I placed a washer or two in the firing pin and replaced the spring, the gun has worked many years after that with no trouble at all.

Kent