kieran turner
01-11-2005, 06:43 PM
I am writing this review based on a similar format to the tucker test in the airgun comics and it is 100% honest. This reveiw is based around my own rifle. There will be seven catagories on which I will judge this rifle and each catergory it will receive a mark out of 10. The final summary of this review is conclusion on how I feel about this rifle.( all prices used are based on uttings and will vary from dealer to dealer).
Stock
Personally I really like the sporter stock onm the HW100 it is a right handed bavarian walnut stock with two deeply cut peices of chequering on both sides of both the pistol grip and forend. The chequering seems to be in exactly the right place no matter what shooting position to take. This stock is much darker in colour and texture to the thumbhole version available and I must say as a fan of the thumbhole version I actually prefer this stock to the former for this reason. The pistol grip seems to make your hand flow with ease into the thumb up position and no matter how big or small your hands it still accomadates your hand in a comfortable and useable position. I beleive this is down to the swell on the right hand side of the pistol grip which is superbly designed. Another comment I must say about this stock is that it is typically german but with a touch of british class. By this I mean thta there is a a line nor angle or peice of wood wasted on this stock that was the german bit and the british bit is that stylish deeply cut chequeing that just seems to flow.
Total marks 10
Handling
Weighing in at aheft 8.3 pounds this rifle isn't really for the slightly built amongst us. I have to say despite its weight the Hw100 S comes onto aim very well and this is due to the excellent stock design. Although I have to say I also own the thumbhole stocked version of this rifle only in .22 and I beleive that the thumbhole stock actuaslly handles better in the standing position and just as well in the kneeling and prone positions.
Total marks 9 (loses a mark for it's overall weight)
Accuracy
How accurate is this rifle? It is not a question of how accurate this rifle is it's how accurate are you. I have consistently made single hole(clover leaf and single single hole groups) in my back yard range at 33y with AA field 4.52's. In fact I shot 3 shots at 5 targets on a single target card and the largest grop was 9mm c/c the average group size was a fantastic 7mm at 33y. At the recnet HFT event at bisley on the range I shot off a bech rest a 5 shot group a 45y and they could be covered by a 5 pence peice!
Total marks 10
Trigger
This trigger is in a word fantastic there is no hint of creep and it breaks just like glass exactly when you expect it to,it just breaks so crisply! This has to be the best trigger unit fitted to a spoting air rifle.
Total marks 10
Features
The features on this rifle are numerous first of all theres an industry standard 0.5in. UNF thread for a silencer. Then there is the silencer which is also included in the package and it has to be the quitest on the market. My advice get one. Next theres the on board pressure guage which I beleive is great but the positioning of it isn't as you have to look almost down the barrel to read it, this really shouldn't be an issue really as anyone with any sense never looks down the barrel whilst theres a pellet up the spout. The next feature is the on board safety catch which is simpleunobtrusive and best whilst out hunting you can check if your rifle is loaded as it won't engage unless the rifle is cocked. This brings me around to this rifles best feature its cocking mechanism its so simple yet so effective, it so easy to use you can't double load it the magazine is the best on the market . Theres no moving parts and it is made out of a single peice of alloy, next if you shoot HFT like me invest in the single shot adaptor it is also the best in the buisness. As you cock the rifle a tray popsout with a hole in it for the pellet to go in you simply then place a pelletin the hole then manually push the tray back in and push forward the cocking lever. Beleive me its much simplier than I just explained.
Total score 10
Ease of use
This is both the best and arguably the poorest part of this rifle first of all as explained earlier the cocking mechanism is effortless to use. But what possibly lets this rifle down is how you charge it, to charge this rifle you first have to remove the detachable air cylinder and fill it to 200bar by attaching the filling adaaptor directly to your means of air supply and the screw the air cylinder into the adaptor and then let the air flow until the guage on the cylinder reads 200bar. I don't really have problem with this charging method but compare it to a quick fill adaptor it just isn't as good or conveneint.
Total score 9 ( loses a mark for how you charge it)
Value for money
For the price of £510 think what you get a multishot, walnut stocked rifle complete with two mags complete with silencer. Compare this package with an s410 which is arguably the best value for money multi shot out there.
Total costof HW100 including 2 mags walnut stock and silencer £510
Total cost of S410 with walnut stock 2 mags and silencer £548
Speaks volumes
Total marks 10
I have to say this is a fantasticly accurate rifle, fantastically easy to use,and fantastic value for money.
14OVERALL SCORE 68/70
Stock
Personally I really like the sporter stock onm the HW100 it is a right handed bavarian walnut stock with two deeply cut peices of chequering on both sides of both the pistol grip and forend. The chequering seems to be in exactly the right place no matter what shooting position to take. This stock is much darker in colour and texture to the thumbhole version available and I must say as a fan of the thumbhole version I actually prefer this stock to the former for this reason. The pistol grip seems to make your hand flow with ease into the thumb up position and no matter how big or small your hands it still accomadates your hand in a comfortable and useable position. I beleive this is down to the swell on the right hand side of the pistol grip which is superbly designed. Another comment I must say about this stock is that it is typically german but with a touch of british class. By this I mean thta there is a a line nor angle or peice of wood wasted on this stock that was the german bit and the british bit is that stylish deeply cut chequeing that just seems to flow.
Total marks 10
Handling
Weighing in at aheft 8.3 pounds this rifle isn't really for the slightly built amongst us. I have to say despite its weight the Hw100 S comes onto aim very well and this is due to the excellent stock design. Although I have to say I also own the thumbhole stocked version of this rifle only in .22 and I beleive that the thumbhole stock actuaslly handles better in the standing position and just as well in the kneeling and prone positions.
Total marks 9 (loses a mark for it's overall weight)
Accuracy
How accurate is this rifle? It is not a question of how accurate this rifle is it's how accurate are you. I have consistently made single hole(clover leaf and single single hole groups) in my back yard range at 33y with AA field 4.52's. In fact I shot 3 shots at 5 targets on a single target card and the largest grop was 9mm c/c the average group size was a fantastic 7mm at 33y. At the recnet HFT event at bisley on the range I shot off a bech rest a 5 shot group a 45y and they could be covered by a 5 pence peice!
Total marks 10
Trigger
This trigger is in a word fantastic there is no hint of creep and it breaks just like glass exactly when you expect it to,it just breaks so crisply! This has to be the best trigger unit fitted to a spoting air rifle.
Total marks 10
Features
The features on this rifle are numerous first of all theres an industry standard 0.5in. UNF thread for a silencer. Then there is the silencer which is also included in the package and it has to be the quitest on the market. My advice get one. Next theres the on board pressure guage which I beleive is great but the positioning of it isn't as you have to look almost down the barrel to read it, this really shouldn't be an issue really as anyone with any sense never looks down the barrel whilst theres a pellet up the spout. The next feature is the on board safety catch which is simpleunobtrusive and best whilst out hunting you can check if your rifle is loaded as it won't engage unless the rifle is cocked. This brings me around to this rifles best feature its cocking mechanism its so simple yet so effective, it so easy to use you can't double load it the magazine is the best on the market . Theres no moving parts and it is made out of a single peice of alloy, next if you shoot HFT like me invest in the single shot adaptor it is also the best in the buisness. As you cock the rifle a tray popsout with a hole in it for the pellet to go in you simply then place a pelletin the hole then manually push the tray back in and push forward the cocking lever. Beleive me its much simplier than I just explained.
Total score 10
Ease of use
This is both the best and arguably the poorest part of this rifle first of all as explained earlier the cocking mechanism is effortless to use. But what possibly lets this rifle down is how you charge it, to charge this rifle you first have to remove the detachable air cylinder and fill it to 200bar by attaching the filling adaaptor directly to your means of air supply and the screw the air cylinder into the adaptor and then let the air flow until the guage on the cylinder reads 200bar. I don't really have problem with this charging method but compare it to a quick fill adaptor it just isn't as good or conveneint.
Total score 9 ( loses a mark for how you charge it)
Value for money
For the price of £510 think what you get a multishot, walnut stocked rifle complete with two mags complete with silencer. Compare this package with an s410 which is arguably the best value for money multi shot out there.
Total costof HW100 including 2 mags walnut stock and silencer £510
Total cost of S410 with walnut stock 2 mags and silencer £548
Speaks volumes
Total marks 10
I have to say this is a fantasticly accurate rifle, fantastically easy to use,and fantastic value for money.
14OVERALL SCORE 68/70