Best pistol springer.

[TonyL]

Would admit (although its splitting hairs and personel preference) the Weihrauch HW 70 looks like a "Classic Air Pistol".

But when I Googled "Classic Air Pistol" most of the images turned up various Crosman models !

Still prefer the Walther LP 53 !

I suppose the "American Classic" nomenclature will maximise the google search thingemy jiggy!

And yes, oh yes, I would also dearly love an LP53 in my cupboard. Yes indeedy!

And a FWB65/80!

[hwtyger]

HW70 wouldnt be my choice. They're not popular here. Very rare.
Trigger doesnt seem to be very HW like..

[eyebull]

HW70 wouldnt be my choice. They're not popular here. Very rare.
Trigger doesnt seem to be very HW like..

No, it's not is it? I don't like the HW70 trigger at all.
Also worth noting that the barrel is a thin liner in a thicker tube.

Shame, as with a rekord trigger and a full fat barrel it would be the very biznizzle.

[clarky]

No, it's not is it? I don't like the HW70 trigger at all.
Also worth noting that the barrel is a thin liner in a thicker tube.

Shame, as with a rekord trigger and a full fat barrel it would be the very biznizzle.

I have used a 70 a fair bit ....it ok. Really struggle to exceed 3ftlbs or about the same as a SSP.
It has a very nice short cocking action and nice pellet into breech feel to it.
Barrel would have been nice in solid. Semi gloss paint job not really as nice as a blued steel gun.
You cannot improve its performance any as its a bit like the 45 in that its built to its maximum in power terms.
I managed a 1/16 slip ring under the spring and toyed with a delrin guide but got no improvement (9 fps high)
It loves Hobby...approx. 440fps and 1 inch groups at 10 yards if you try hard.
Trigger can be polished a bit but it isn't great for a HW.
I preferred to much more massive specimens though....the cut down rifle set.

[Biker_Bob]

Me too - I hated the trigger on my HW70 and sold it after a very brief period.

[Gareth W-B]

Purely for the fun factor when garden pistol plinking, if it is a break-barrel you want, track down an old BSA Scorpion in either cal ... Oodles of character, and oodles of fun.

[TonyL]

Purely for the fun factor when garden pistol plinking, if it is a break-barrel you want, track down an old BSA Scorpion in either cal ... Oodles of character, and oodles of fun.

Yep, a big handful of a bruiser!!
Maybe a little large for a youngster?
Plenty of power and thump for those tinnies.
Good trigger.
Shame about the barrel pivot pin (again ) though....and I also seem to remember that it was a roll pin with caps?

If after a break barrel and more power, with better engineering and finesse, an Original / Diana 5 or more modern LP8?

[MikB]

I still don't think I've ever seen a break-barrel spring air pistol as good as the Slavia ZVP I used to have in the 1960s - real-gun quality steel and bluing, and shot where it looked at what were probably legal-limit velocities. It's one of the guns I wish I hadn't sold - though it might be hard to find a nice one today.

Regards,
MikB

[craig9mm]

Diana P5 Magnum.

[craig9mm]

have a look at the smk xs25 punted as v powerful £99 could be worth a dabble,
altho SMK quality is not known to me,it looks a tin can bruiser
I have a P5 Diana Magnum and the grip,trigger and safety,in fact all the bottom half of the XS25 appear to be an exact
copy of the P5 Magnum, the bonus is it is grooved for a scope
I wander what Yana thinks.....

[hwtyger]

The bottom indeed looks like a LP5 magnum clone.
It'll probably be made in china.
We do not have SMK here