If I was going to get a 12fp break barrel I think I'd get a 99 and tune it and put it in a heavy custom stock with a high comb.
What do you want the gun for?
Both, I have each one and they are different. If you're a lightweight go for the lightweight!
Ps. Mine have been Vmached by Mr Pope. Superb bits of kit!
Well. I didn't fire it, but I held someone elses HW80 today, and compared with my HW95K, it's a _lot_ heavier. Looked very much the same, and had the same Rekord trigger. Lovely gun really. Think the barrel was about 4 inches longer on the 80.
HW97K .177 w/ AGS Sapphire 3-9x40mm
my 80 with a v glide kit in .177 was so good i sold it.the best springer i have owned,smoothest to shoot and the most accurate.total weight was under 9.75lbs with a 3-12x44 mamba light.for me the 80 is the best springer out there with the same mods as i had done.my 95 that was also tuned was never as good and i could not shoot it as well.if you can "lift" the 80 and hold it i would go for it every time.only sold mine as i like the kick and now have an evo.just for information my lsr rifle is a s400k with a ginb stock and that outfit is heavier than my 80 so i do not regard the 80 as heavy.other good rifles are the 97,tx and prosport.all will do what you want at the end of the day,just go for the one you like the look of the best
I liked the weight and sturdiness of the HW80 I owned (.177), but i didn't like the lazy, slow, heavy feeling shot cycle (courtesy of the 30mm piston and weak spring (and the effect that recoil had on my ability to shoot accurately).
The HW98 i currently own shoots with a much quicker, snapier feeling recoil. Closer to a Theoben or v-mach kitted rifle. Thats why the 98 stayed and the 80 whent.
Iv'e not owned a 95, but it would be simple enough to add a bit of heft with a barrel weight or heavy silencer and heavy scope and single piece mount.
AA Prosport.177, HW77.177, HW97K.177, HW98.177, Theoben Evolution.177, Theoben SLR98.177, AA S410.177, Alros Trailsman.22