HW98 or 99

[robs5230]

The 98 is way heavier than the 99.
If you're happy with the 99 get another. If you're happy with the 99, then no its not worth the extra money at all.

An inbetweener would be the HW95. Same action as the 98 so essentially the same rifle without the window dressing and weight penalty.

The 57's a handy little rifle. Similar cocking linkage to the 99 with similar issues relating to that.
The marmite issue is down to the pop up breech. Earlier ones with plastic breech blocks had issues. Later ones are metal. Its just down to whether you find the pop up breech ok. Personally I liked it.
Thin barrel and can be noisy when running on song as they have a fair crack especially in .177. Ugly front sight unit is probably its worst feature. If they made the forend like a 97 I have one again.

[TonyL]

Some good advice up above.

If it were me, I'd be trying to have a good go with a 95, 98 and a 35 and then decide if the weight and balance of these guns appeal to you or whether to go for another 99 and throw some money at fettling and customising.

[MikeHW45]

Some good advice up above.

If it were me, I'd be trying to have a good go with a 95, 98 and a 35 and then decide if the weight and balance of these guns appeal to you or whether to go for another 99 and throw some money at fettling and customising.

Absolutely worth trying these rifles. Its all good being happy with a 99 but if you haven't tried these its well worth doing so before buying another. I love my 98 and 95, both lovely rifles to shoot. Yes the 98 is front heavy but it improves the accuracy somewhat by reducing muzzle flip. All I would say is see if you can try an already fettled version as any of these are pretty twangy out of the box.

[Blackrider]

A TX200HC all the air rifle you'll ever need and very nice straight out of the box !

[Murphy]

A TX200HC all the air rifle you'll ever need and very nice straight out of the box !

Mine wasn't!

[Bluefan]

I like them both, very accurate both shoulder well the 99 is.22 the 98 is .177 never shot .177 99 but have shot a 30 in that calibre and I liked that. Try a 98 if you can if you like the feel and the handling go for its very accurate. I'm a prosport fella myself that fiddly abt is a pain if your a southpaw. Go to the next boinger bash there'll be too much choice and you get some great advice, personally I've gone to buy a 95 on four separate occasions and come away with something different every time.

[NeilnrLincoln]

I think now that it'll be another 99. I went to the gunshop today & tried a 98 & although it was great, I'm just not sure it's worth twice as much as a 99.

[Blackrider]

Mine wasn't!

Did you get it sorted or returned it ?

[Murphy]

Did you get it sorted or returned it ?

Sorted it myself.

I just got unlucky with slack spring.

[WarMachine]

The 98 is way heavier than the 99.
If you're happy with the 99 get another. If you're happy with the 99, then no its not worth the extra money at all.

An inbetweener would be the HW95. Same action as the 98 so essentially the same rifle without the window dressing and weight penalty.

The 57's a handy little rifle. Similar cocking linkage to the 99 with similar issues relating to that.
The marmite issue is down to the pop up breech. Earlier ones with plastic breech blocks had issues. Later ones are metal. Its just down to whether you find the pop up breech ok. Personally I liked it.
Thin barrel and can be noisy when running on song as they have a fair crack especially in .177. Ugly front sight unit is probably its worst feature. If they made the forend like a 97 I have one again.

You ever noticed that some of the hw57s catch the pellet on the way down from the loading

[harvey_s]

I had a very similar dilemma a few months ago...

The 99 is nice and light (maybe not what you need in springer) and a fiend has the .22 and it shoots very well , but I wanted a .177 and the firing cycle tends to be harsher in that calibre so maybe would have been less tolerant of the lack of mass.

The 95 was the other option - a bit heavier, but not quite as heavy as the 98, same mechanicals though and a decent price too.

BUT I did so want the 98's stock and I thought that it was what I wanted in the first place, so if I bought something else then i'd up regretting it and end up still wanting a 98.

So I bought the 98 in .177 and Yes, it's wee bit heavy - BUT it's super-accurate, comfortable and completely un-fussy of its diet of pellets...Am I happy with it? Hell Yes!

[NeilnrLincoln]

And the 98 does look great doesn't it.

[harvey_s]

As does the barrel shroud...

[Telephonepete]

Get another 99. it runs rings around all the guns mentioned here and it doesn,t eat the piston.

[NeilnrLincoln]

I think another 99 is the way forward, I do like my 99. I'm terrible for always wondering if something else would be better though!