What is the best break-barrel springer available today?

[Muskett]

I've had most of the 80's springers, 40 plus.
I sill like my FWB Sport, Original 45, and Webley Omega, which are all sporting weight break barrel rifles. HW have on thing that no one has ever matched: the Rekord Trigger. Its a fantastic trigger mechanism. However in the past their break barrels like the HW35E were heavy, the HW80 super heavy,.
To tame a spring rifle then its should have smooth internals to start and that either from the factory or from tuning. Next, if you want the power then add weight to tame it as in a HW80. But at that weight then you may as well go fixed barrel. The best shooting spring powered rifles are fixed barrel heavy underlevers with great triggers. TX2000, LRU, or AA Prosport are all front runners with their followers. But wow are they heavy.

So we don't want to go there, we want a fast shooting break barrel thats accurate.

I'm not saying this is the best, but I ended up and delighted with a .177 HW95 Luxus, fully in house VMach tuned beauty. It was second hand but like new. Its fitted with a very bright parallax correct 6x40 Tasco scope. Fantastic trigger, quiet and smooth action, very much sporting light weight, and handles beautifully. Its also extremely accurate. It can do one 5 pellet hole at 25m.
But it is a springer and being light weight will punish you target end is you faff about when shooting it. For some reason its quite cheek weld weight sensitive when benchrest bag shooting. Like all sporting springers they prefer being shot freehand and thats how I've set this one up. Its to shoot standing, fast for fleeting targets, at farmyard ranges. A joy to shoot. To me its a better FWB Sport or Omega, though at times still a little demanding. Heck, aren't they all?

[brian747]

my favourite b/b at the moment is my hw 95 .20 with a barrel from Rapidnick on here,
thanks Nick it shoots great at just under 11fpe its very accurate , ,my 2nd fav b/b is my hw98 but in .22 cal it also shoots and handles well.
atb brian

[bozz]

Hi there yes Arthur i was talking with a local dealer and they are going to use a different importer the same dealership as AA are using and they told me that AA are not happy about this so they are changing dealer networks due to Walther having the LGU which is a "copy" of the TX. All the best Graham.

[Frog]

I really like brake barrels and have had many and still have 6 in my collection.

A sorted HW99 is very hard to beat - mine is as accurate as my HW77 hft rifle (and easier to be accurate with) and and more accurate than any other springer I own. A .22 will run at 11fpe and shoot very nicely (or run at 10.5 even better and you wont notice the difference!). Decent open sights, better trigger than a walther, and its not a great heavy lump.

I should qualify what I mean by accurate - sub MOA groups are entirely within its capability.

It may not be glamorous but it fulfills your criteria and if you want to put it into a sexier stock you can (although it handles nicely as standard).

[andrewM]

Thank you, all, for your further thoughts on this, all most compelling.

I gather, referring to one post here, that the importer/agent for Walther is Armex. I am not aware that they are being changed.

I am inclined towards a break-barrel both because I am left handed and the loading mechanism is designed for right handers on most under-levers. Second, I like to de-cock the rifle in the field, if it is not to be fired. I appreciate the anti-bear device can be overridden on some makes of rifles.

I am inclined towards the Walther LGV, as a result of what I have read here. The only criticism I have read relates to the weight, although this has advantages too in terms of the recoil. However, it does seem that Walther has genuinely brought new technology into its design, in terms of the anti-recoil mechanism, which dampens the firing cycle. The rifle, it seems, is also extremely accurate.

Not least, I am not technically minded and prefer a rifle that shoots well out of the box. It seems that HWs have cut so many corners that tuning is now necessary to get the best from them but, when it comes to those such as me, who want a performer straight out of the box, this can only come at a cost to sales.

One is, of course, a little worried that Walther will try to cut corners to save on costs, in due course. Perhaps better to buy now rather than later! I shall see if I can inspect a rifle somewhere.

[T 20]

However, it does seem that Walther has genuinely brought new technology into its design, in terms of the anti-recoil mechanism, which dampens the firing cycle.

Unfortunately, there is no anti-recoil mechanism on a Walther LGV, and very little in the way of new technology either --- that all sounds very much like marketing bollocks to me, Andrew, so please don't get taken in by it.




All the best Mick