My last springer purchase.

[Telephonepete]

it sounds from the previous posts that the prime function of this gun is going to be target shooting and plinking if there is a difference. this being the case i dont see how you can prefer .22. i have about 12 guns AA and HW and i have struggled for a couple of years now to enjoy shooting the .22 calibre. i only shoot paper it being the most challenging target of all. i,speaking personaly cannot convince myself that the .22 is as accurate as the .177 for this discipllne. i also find very irritating how the .22 pellet rips the hell out of the paper target. i also having had both really dont subscribe to the 25 mill being better than the 26 mill. i believe that if you keep the power down on a .177 to say no more than 11 ft lbs you will not be able to tell the difference. my 26 mill 77k which i mean to take down is running bang on 12 ft lbs and is a tack driver with opens or a scope. a few days ago i did a group half the size of a 5p at 20 yds rested with opens. i have just sold my .22 99 and i only now have a beautiful mark 2 tx200 in .22. i dont like parting with it but i expect it wil be going soon. good luck with whatever you decide. pete

[NTSOG]

Hello Arthur,

Having been laughed out of a local gunshop two days ago when I said I would only buy one more air-rifle - the staff remember me saying three guns ago that I wasn't buying any more - is your statement absolute legally binding, as in "Yes dear this is the very last rifle I'm going to buy - ever!"?

Jim

via Ballarat
Australia.

[MartynB]

Hello Arthur,

Having been laughed out of a local gunshop two days ago when I said I would only buy one more air-rifle - the staff remember me saying three guns ago that I wasn't buying any more - is your statement absolute legally binding, as in "Yes dear this is the very last rifle I'm going to buy - ever!"?

Jim

via Ballarat
Australia.

Title should read "My lastest springer purchase"

[vestlenning]

Go for a used 35 first, enjoy, then ponder the 77 (your last + 1 springer purchase).

http://barx.org/airguns/?id=weihrauch_35

[Geezer]

Both of these are best bought used, and you ought to just be able to buy both used for the price of one new one.

Apart from holding value, the older 35s have wood and metal that is better than current HWs (though you have to navigate the waters of leaky breeches and 13mm scope rails), and the older 25mm 77 is slightly better than the current (26mm) ones, and the older 26mm ones are at least as good as current production.

And, yes, .22". Easier to buy used, as more made/sold, and I like .22" in sproingers.

[Arthur John Smithsplease]

Thanks again for your continuing interest.

[Muskett]

To me a HW77 is a .177 machine. In that calibre it excels.
To me a .22 is for shooting and fun, which translates to a break barrel.

I've had a HW35E in .177 and it did little for me. I'd have one in .22.
I have a Venom HW77 in .177, can't say I'll ever let it go. In fact all the HW77's in .177 that have crossed my path have tac drived.

I can't see any good reason to get either new as both can be found second hand and many older ones have nicer furniture that the present factory offerings. Anything more modern in the HW range then OK, but even then loads sold and there are plenty hardly used ones on the market. Frankly springers are hard to master for many in this modern age, and why bother when a PCP delivers... so they "upgrade" quite quickly leaving well priced new model springers for those who appreciate the springer quirks.

[robhw97k]

ive had two .22 weirauch hw97k which was a ton weight no good to ya,and a hw95k which was nice n light but i thought it was weak.if i had to pick 1 weirauch it would be the legendary hw80 the best break barrel rifle ever,hw35 supposed to be good aswell but hw80 all the way for me.

[tinbum]

There is nothing else quite like an HW35e. Thank God!

Buy one, it'll be funny.

[Telephonepete]

There is nothing else quite like an HW35e. Thank God!

Buy one, it'll be funny.

He He

[BAD DAZ]

Hi Arthur, get yourself to the boinger bash in October mate, I'll bring both for you to try, personally I only use .22, always have, in my day .177 was for girls (and in my opinion still is) lol, if I'm honest it's just because I can't be arsed with having to empty all the .22 pellets out of my pockets, I like both guns for different reasons, I love the looks of the 35e and it's as accurate as the shooter, the 77 is also a beautiful gun that is very stable to shoot off a bench rest due to the front heavy characteristics, if I could only have one gun, it would have to be an early .22 hw95, I think they just got it right with that one, atb Daz

[Arthur John Smithsplease]

Thanks Daz and thanks to you all.

Of course we have all said this will be the last one. But springers are addictive. You can't have too many of them.

I once had two large extra deep cabinets full of them. But all I seemed to do was get them out, look at them, wipe them over and put them back.

There will always be two you automatically pick up and the rest get neglected.

But this time I am determined not to go down that road again. For one thing I can no longer afford it. I am retired now, and have a couple of other interests that also soak up a bit of cash.

One more springer should do it for me.

Well, maybe two max.

[Lumberjack]

Ultimately it's whatever floats your boat Arthur: personally I'd plonk for the 77 (no surprise there).

One thing that might be worth considering, for the sake of variety, is a selection of different stocks. I have 4 for my 77's. The original mk1, a 97, a cs800 and the current mk3. If for any reason you feel things going a little 'stale' then simply swap the stock and enjoy a 'new' gun all over again. It works for me.

I'm itching for a HW98 but the 'instruction manual' on the action is my reason for saying NO to a brand new one. Come on Mr W screw the nut, get rid of the writing - it's a tacky unnecessary addition that spoils the looks of the range. Go back to the smooth classy lines of earlier days and I'll buy one straight away.

[BAD DAZ]

Hi Arthur, if you don't mind a drive, there's a really nice hw35e in Tyne and Wear on freeads for £250, comes with a decent scope and slip, atb Daz