Originally Posted by
Arthur John Smithsplease
In 177 the LGV.
I've had two 95s in the smaller calibre and will never ever buy another.
I bought one LGV and will never sell it.
If you are prepared to make a serious investment in getting the HW95 to perform well, that's another thing. Apparently it can be done.
Even the LGV can be improved slightly (most springers can be), but it doesn't really need it. I have never bothered. Due to initially bad pricing and some teething problems, it is the most underrated break barrel on the market.
A 95 with a Weihrauch silencer which makes muzzle flip even more of a problem than on earlier models, will cost you about 300 quid. For another forty or fifty quid you will get the Master Pro, which although a pound heavier, will knock spots off the 95, and has a much better stock.
The Rekord trigger on the 95 is superior but the Walther trigger is a perfectly good unit.
This post sums up my views precisely. However the 95 doesn't 'need' a lot of money spent on it although a tune will clearly improves performance as it would with any factory standard rifle. All it needs is a decent muzzle WEIGHT rather than a silencer. Having fitted one to my 95 I can assure all of you that the rifle is transformed. Even the most highly tuned variants of the 95-such as the lovely SFS Banshee-are vastly improved by this treatment. My choice for the weight is the one made for me by Jonny Neate on here. They are 'compact but heavy', look good and can be fitted either via the internal 1/2UNF thread or, in the case of plain barrels, used as a slip on kept in place with loctite. Try one and you will see what I mean.
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