Originally Posted by
capt hindsight
I don't get why the HW57 gets such a hard time.
It always seems to be regarded as the 77's poor cousin. My mates got a standard 177 version that is lovely to shoot - no twanginess, no accuracy problems because of the pop up breach, its just a right nice little gun - a bit girly but theres something soft and petite about it - which surely can't be a bad thing in air gun terms.
Surely the HW57 must be full of tuning promise's? As for a 7'57 I just don't know, probably horrible
But then a 57'7 would be sweet!
I agree, just don't understand what the problem is unless like your good-self too many have issues with anything that's "not man enough". Girly? What's Girly about it for goodness sake? Who in their right mind wants to lug around anything bigger or heavier than necessary, I certainly don't and no longer being in the first flush of youth along I suspect with a great many others on here I'm actually finding it a bit heavy going now after about a hundred or so shot sessions. The HW30S is my favourite now - just the sweetest rifle but if the 57 is Girly goodness knows what a real man would think of this little gem with its 7ft/lb output!!
But as our Amercian friends are wont to say "it's a tack driver". But at £200 it can't be any good can it?
If that's a step too far for most then the 57 is a great gun and probably does all that the others do whilst looking very neat, cocking easily, weighing a lot less and costing a lot less. The pop up breech makes absolute sense, is much easier to load than a break barrel and is safer too. Mine is .22 and never been touched since it was bought, bedded in nicely now and shoots straight and smooth enough for me.
Maybe if they doubled the price sales would take a hike - very underrated in my humble opinion and I haven't seen anything still made that I'd swap it for. Might sell it if it gets too heavy for my ageing bones though
ATB
Hombre
I'm not stuck in the past, I just prefer it.