Weihrauch HW35 .22

[piggy589]

It's nice,and indeed very useful to read such a candid review of a new purchase.

I'll wait and see if build quality improves before buying another new Weihrauch.

[DJP]

It's nice,and indeed very useful to read such a candid review of a new purchase.

I'll wait and see if build quality improves before buying another new Weihrauch.

I was playing with it today and it really is an effortlessly accurate rifle.

That said, based on my recent experiences, I doubt that I'll be buying any more new HWs and I'd seriously struggle to recommend them to anyone else.

[Leap]

I bought a hw35 in the late 70s age twelveish and carried that lump of a gun over the fields around farms in search of Pigeon rabbit and rat for years. As my shooting career developed it lay neglected through all lifes changes, I some how hung on to my old airgun (Divorce lawyers are not interested in old rusty hw35s)

Recently I have just discovering airguns and fun shooting again. I dug out my old rusting heap stripped cleaned replace the old leather seal, spring and added new spring guide nothing fancy just fitting new bits as required. She has "sprung" back to life nice smooth and a joy to shoot.

So where is this heading,,,,,,, Why not buy an old rough one and resurrect it? plenty of parts about when you buy it you expect the worst and the sense of satisfaction to put on a good show with an old gun is great and to be honest it does not sound like alot more work..... Just a thought
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[averageplinker]

Have you seen the prices people are asking for old rough ones? Really seems to have shot up in the last couple of years despite them not being rare?!

[Leap]

Have you seen the prices people are asking for old rough ones? Really seems to have shot up in the last couple of years despite them not being rare?!

I met a guy this week who picked one up that had been in a loft for years. He paid £20 and has enjoyed restoring it to an exceptional standard. However I do recognise that some people want quite a lot for old guns that are not that special, another thought it may be the quality or lack of finish on new guns is driving the price of a good old gun up.

[Rickenbacker]

Great review

And I gotta be fair to you, DJP - An impressive airgun tuning job.

[hammy]

I love my .22 35.
I got it for nothing because it was in such a sorry state, totally covered in a waxoil type substance. I removed all that and stripped the gun, replaced all the seals and sprung it with a Titan spring with hardly any preload , it now runs at a consistent 11.4ftlb and is nice and accurate, quite soft to shoot not a quick action.
It's probably accounted for about 150 squirrels this year.
One of these days I'll give it a proper tune up with delrin bearings and guides, I also have a .177 barrel for it to try one day.
I really wish I had bought one years ago in the early days of FT, I think I would have shot it better than the 77 we all shot then.