Weihrauch HW100KT

[Ranger]

Great review. Had mine for 18 months & its the best PCP I've ever owned bar none. Never had a fault excepting a little damage caused by me when removing the quickfill, soon remedied with a file though. Makes me wonder why I've just decided to sell it!!!!

[rotekz]

I've had my HW100 S K version for a week now and love it. Very hard to fault it at all. A small gripe might be that it can't be de-cocked. You have to fire it to do that.

I have yet to go hunting with it and am looking forward to that.

[Nemesis]

I agree - an excellent review and a superb rifle, especially in SK configuration. I liked mine so much, I bought another HW100, a full-length sporter this time. Both rifles were supplied with loose barrels but this was soon remedied. Not sure why they don't secure them properly before despatching the guns. Quality of stock woodwork varies greatly: the first rifle had a very light-coloured stock with minimal graining whilst the second had darker wood, well figured. I've seen another on display at a third gunshop with near exhibition grade walnut on it. Despite this, even the woodwork on the first one was significantly better than the stuff they're putting on Theobens these days.

[Microtia]

just wondering whether these guns are regulated?

[Korium]

just wondering whether these guns are regulated?

In a very basic manner, yes. Quite often the regulators pressure isn't balanced properly which leads to the low shot-count.

[Fluffybuck]

just wondering whether these guns are regulated?

They don't have a regulator in the way that most people would envisage one, but they have a mechanism in the front of the action that serves the same purpose as a regulator.
You should be able to fill to about 200bar and run down to about 90bar without a power curve.

[Neomagic]

They don't have a regulator in the way that most people would envisage one, but they have a mechanism in the front of the action that serves the same purpose as a regulator.
You should be able to fill to about 200bar and run down to about 90bar without a power curve.

Mine goes down to just above 70bar before the power curve starts to drop off (noticed on the 55yard target on the zero range) . Its good for plinking short range down to 65 bar easy.

Fluffybuck, how hard is it to get past the anti tamper and reduce the power by about 1/2 to 1 ftlb? I know a chap at my club did this (pre AT) and he gets 70+ shots at full power. Would the hammer need to be adjusted as well to achieve this (if possible). Is it possible for any adjustment with the AT in place?

ATB,

Chris,

[Dave_1]

I am a great believer in what you pay for is what you get. And even though the big price hike for the HW due to the Euro gathering strength it's still worth every penny.
Theoban and Daystates are again in the same league. But for a sub 12ft hunting Air rifle there is nothing better out there.

The only time i thought you got alot of gun for your money was the S200 MK 1. But then that was built in the czech republic. The s200's have never been as good since

ATVB

Dave

[Fluffybuck]

Mine goes down to just above 70bar before the power curve starts to drop off (noticed on the 55yard target on the zero range) . Its good for plinking short range down to 65 bar easy.

Fluffybuck, how hard is it to get past the anti tamper and reduce the power by about 1/2 to 1 ftlb? I know a chap at my club did this (pre AT) and he gets 70+ shots at full power. Would the hammer need to be adjusted as well to achieve this (if possible). Is it possible for any adjustment with the AT in place?

ATB,

Chris,

Sorry for the late reply. I've been busy recently and didn't read the review section. If I don't respond some other time, drop me a PM as a reminder.

The HW100 AT is very difficult to deal with unless you have access to a workshop and are prepared to risk causing some damage to the gun.

To reduce the power by 0.5-1.0ftlb is not usually a problem on the AT guns. Rasing power might cause a steep power curve.
On the AT guns, dropping the power won't improve the shot count.
As you rightly said, you need full access to the internals (removal of AT) to set the hammer and reg properly and optimise the performance. With mine, after much experimenting, tweaking, a little poishing - and of course the removal of AT, I have managed to get around 95-100 per fill (11.4ftlb) from my two .177cal HW100K's.

As you have found, some HW100's can run below 90bar. There is quite a lot of variation in the way they are set up. Although I have not tried other regulated guns, I presume that other reg'd guns also have some variation in optimum fill pressure. If I remember right, Daystate guns have an individual data sheet for each gun's fill pressure.
I have one HW100 that fills to 180 and runs down to 70. My modified one's can work from 210/220 down to 70/80 and would give well over 100 good shots per fill if run between 220-70 (I'd guess 120 per fill?), but I try to stay within normal pressure ranges.

[POK!]

I've had my HW100 S K version for a week now and love it. Very hard to fault it at all. A small gripe might be that it can't be de-cocked. You have to fire it to do that.

The HW100 can be de-cocked. Simply open the sidelever, pull the trigger (it's quite safe to do this, there is no tension on the hammer spring with the lever open) and keeping the trigger pulled close the lever.

[Parabuteo]

[QUOTE=rotekz;2810002] A small gripe might be that it can't be de-cocked. You have to fire it to do that.

QUOTE]

Yes it can, pull the cocking lever fully back, remove the mag, squeeze the trigger and push the lever forward with the trigger held (like most bolt fed PCPs).

Obviously you will have to put the mag back in on the empty chamber and load or you will put 2 up the spout.

They are that quiet that you may as well just fire it off safely

[iwalk]

I've had my HW100 S K version for a week now and love it. Very hard to fault it at all. A small gripe might be that it can't be de-cocked. You have to fire it to do that.

I have yet to go hunting with it and am looking forward to that.

You can de-cock it by pulling the cocking lever back then pulling the trigger and allowing the cocking lever to move forward while the trigger is held pulled back.

Ian