Walther Springers - a few questions .

[PCPShooter]

Difference between Classus and Terrus - the cocking arm looks different on images .......

Are all the Walthers of the design where the cocking arms are held by the stock - i.e. like Theoben Rammers if you cock out of stock does disaster ensue ??

Does anyone know if the trigger has changed in later models ? Were the plastic triggers because the first gen metal triggers had so much mass the rifle went off with the US drop test due to inertia on trigger mech ?

Anyone who loves their Walther and thinks it's the best thing since sliced bread, or beer ?

Anyone hate their Walther for whatever reason ?

Anyone think a Walther is better than an HW with a synthetic mod and or tune kit, price difference not included.

[PCPShooter]

oh - are the barrels fussy ? As in my Diana's shoot one or two pellets superbly, and the rest mediocre, or bad, whereas my hw's shoot a wider selection superbly on the whole with a choice of H&N or JSB usually, and sometimes RWS too being just as tight groups

[landymick]

The Walther 25mm LGV range are very hard to beat & are the best out of the box springer on the market.
Most shoot well with AA Field & plenty of others are good enough.

[Alakar]

To answer a couple of your questions .
I have owned two Walther Terrus models and currently still own a Maxus .
The Maxus is the carbine version of the Terrus and comes supplied with a scope and silencer.
Both were fitted with a Tinbum kit consisting of a delrin top hat and washers.
Both rifles were immaculate inside , I accept that others have not always found this to be the case.
A quick polish and relube and they became fantastically smooth shooting rifles .
My .177 loves JSB 8.44 pellets. My .22 ,liked JSB 15.9 .
Are they better than a HW you ask ?
In my opinion yes , they are .
They are great out the box , but with minimum effort they become even sweeter.
The same I'm afraid could not be said for my HW99 , but please let's not start another HW99 thread.
For the price I think that they are excellent .
This however is my opinion , others will hold different ones .
Let's be honest , at the end of the day it's personal choice .
We don't all drive the same cars etc do we .

[tinbum]

We don't all drive the same cars etc do we .

I do!

As for Umarex's, I've shot plenty, worked on more and they are generally well made and very nice to shoot.
Its the first today, so it was time to order my first new rifle of the month. I spent ages trawling through the various Umarex offerings before ordering.
I just can't bring myself to spend actual money on one, and I really dont get why?!
The synthetic Terrus is uglier than an HW35e, the LGV's were overhyped and left me underwhelmed by the time I shot one and the LGU is just an ugly TX. I wanted to get their HW80 copy, the Century, but the HW80 already exists, its called the HW80, so thats what I bought.

[Alakar]

Well that's me told !

[Captain Bongo]

How can you not want a Walter after watching this infomercial? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSgMpAQBddY

[Barryg]

Are all the Walthers of the design where the cocking arms are held by the stock - i.e. like Theoben Rammers if you cock out of stock does disaster ensue ??

Does anyone know if the trigger has changed in later models ? Were the plastic triggers because the first gen metal triggers had so much mass the rifle went off with the US drop test due to inertia on trigger mech ?

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It looks like the only reason that the UK has the metal trigger is because we don't have a drop test like America and some other countries, the lighter plastic trigger passes in America, so if you have got a metal trigger on a walther dont drop it

I think that the old east german Haenel were one of the first stock dependent airguns

[countryboy]

It looks like the only reason that the UK has the metal trigger is because we don't have a drop test like America and some other countries, the lighter plastic trigger passes in America, so if you have got a metal trigger on a walther dont drop it

I think that the old east german Haenel were one of the first stock dependent airguns

To the best of my knowledge, the reason for the metal trigger was because armex (the importer) insisted upon metal not plastic for the uk market. Nothing to do with drop testing or anything else from the rumour mill. This has been pointed out before on this forum a few times. The metal triggers on both my lgu and lgv are both excellent and very adjustable with patience.

[ashf9999]

Love it. Out of the box it shot beautifully. Got it within a couple of weeks of release, and it has behaved flawlessly ever since, shooting mostly JSB Exacts. Bluing also excellent, though I understand some of the earlier ones were a little 'patchy'. Short of my Park RH93, smoothest firing springer out the box that I've had.

[Barryg]

To the best of my knowledge, the reason for the metal trigger was because armex (the importer) insisted upon metal not plastic for the uk market. Nothing to do with drop testing or anything else from the rumour mill. This has been pointed out before on this forum a few times. The metal triggers on both my lgu and lgv are both excellent and very adjustable with patience.

Have a think about it Why would walther bother making two types of triggers as very very few would want a plastic trigger with less adjustment, the Americans like metal triggers just as much as we do, how much more would the cost be to only make one type of trigger?

Fitting a plastic trigger is a known way to get a trigger through the drop test, again why else would a company fit a less adjustable plastic trigger?

[Geezer]

There is no American drop test.

There are American product liability laws, which make manufacturers/importers err on the side of caution with general use guns, as opposed to 10M match rifles, none of which would pass a formal drop test.

[Barryg]

There is no American drop test.

There are American product liability laws, which make manufacturers/importers err on the side of caution with general use guns, as opposed to 10M match rifles, none of which would pass a formal drop test.

Have a look at this article

http://www.airgundepot.com/head-to-h...r-article.html

And this one

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?for...pain_1_3848284

[PCPShooter]

There is no American drop test.

There are American product liability laws, which make manufacturers/importers err on the side of caution with general use guns, as opposed to 10M match rifles, none of which would pass a formal drop test.

Read the air gun depot article kindly put up by Barry G, above ....