I had back surgery Tuesday. Received this used HW98 Wednesday. Feeling well enough to finally piece it together and shoot it this morning.
I optically centered and installed a new 3-9x40 Airmax scope. Theyre my favorite scope for this platform. What you're looking at is the first and only five shots I've fired through this rifle. Four through the upper right hole. The other shot was the third shot which could have been me. I thought the gun might have droop. Which it obviously doesn't.
I have no idea if the gun was ever tuned. If it hasn't it's the smoothest factory Weihrauch I've ever shot. There's white lithium grease abound so I suspect it's been tinkered with. It looks like I wasted my money on the Vortek parts I ordered last week. It shoots so nice, I'm leaving the guts on this one the F alone.
The trigger however feels untouched and unimpressive. I'll eventually play with it. The gun is portly on the scale. 9.78 lbs in this arrangement. That's about 3/4lb more than my HW95 with the same scope and rings. Still it feels good in hand on the bench.
I'm gonna put it away and wait until I can plumb and torque the scope mounting. All my gun tools are in my Arkansas house. Including my chronograph so I have no idea of the guns output.
Granted the test results are from only ten yards but it told me that it shoots smoothly, probably accurately and has no droop. I'm looking forward to stretching it's legs in Arkansas in a few weeks. Overall I'm very happy with this purchase. Thank you Dave.
Be well all
Ron
I optically centered and installed a new 3-9x40 Airmax scope. Theyre my favorite scope for this platform. What you're looking at is the first and only five shots I've fired through this rifle. Four through the upper right hole. The other shot was the third shot which could have been me. I thought the gun might have droop. Which it obviously doesn't.
I have no idea if the gun was ever tuned. If it hasn't it's the smoothest factory Weihrauch I've ever shot. There's white lithium grease abound so I suspect it's been tinkered with. It looks like I wasted my money on the Vortek parts I ordered last week. It shoots so nice, I'm leaving the guts on this one the F alone.
The trigger however feels untouched and unimpressive. I'll eventually play with it. The gun is portly on the scale. 9.78 lbs in this arrangement. That's about 3/4lb more than my HW95 with the same scope and rings. Still it feels good in hand on the bench.
I'm gonna put it away and wait until I can plumb and torque the scope mounting. All my gun tools are in my Arkansas house. Including my chronograph so I have no idea of the guns output.
Granted the test results are from only ten yards but it told me that it shoots smoothly, probably accurately and has no droop. I'm looking forward to stretching it's legs in Arkansas in a few weeks. Overall I'm very happy with this purchase. Thank you Dave.
Be well all
Ron
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