Nice groups. I see your 95 likes those FX pellets. I'll have try some of them in my rifles. And of course the 97K likes H&N.
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HW/Weihrauch 42 groups from 5 Weihrauchs.
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Good guns for sure but at our monthly indoor 20 meter silhoutte shots most of the guns are HW97s. The winners of the last 6 matches are 4 for TX200, 2 for Diana 75. Just sayin, ya know.
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Wow! Thanks for sharing. What is the distances? I just ordered a HW97K, I did consider the TX200 but it was significantly more and my google/youtube research indicated they were pretty much even in accuracy. I can only hope this was an anomaly!
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They are pretty much the same accuracy wise, as well as the prosport.Wow! Thanks for sharing. What is the distances? I just ordered a HW97K, I did consider the TX200 but it was significantly more and my google/youtube research indicated they were pretty much even in accuracy. I can only hope this was an anomaly!
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Well, I guess they are, I read what you read. But, just reporting what have been the results the last 6 months. I have never shot a 97. I started with the TX for easier take down plus I like walnut stocks. But if I look at those results plus the winter 10 meter league in another town I attend, the most consistent winners all shoot TXs.Now, we also have a guy in the 10 meter league,, a retired farmer who shoots an HW30 who is very often in the money with 2nds and thirds and sometimes a first. So I think it's whoever puts the work in. I just put a new spring in my TX tonight. I started getting bad shots that did not seem right. Ran it overly the chronograph and found I had lost over 100fps in the last year. The spring was twisted in the middle. Put a new vorteck in, I wiil see how it shoots tomorrow. I figure I shot 330 days in the last year at a minimum of 60 shots per day. That spring has over 20,000 shots on it. Enjoy your new gun its a great game.Wow! Thanks for sharing. What is the distances? I just ordered a HW97K, I did consider the TX200 but it was significantly more and my google/youtube research indicated they were pretty much even in accuracy. I can only hope this was an anomaly!
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We shoot mostly 20 meters/22 yards. I shoot a lot at colored notebook paper reinforcement rings, 5 shot groups. Good groups are all shots totally inside the center hole, some days most of them are like that. My wife with her Diana 75 is really good at that. She will take your lunch money off you real quick,lol. I don't like to shoot out my aiming point so I usually try to shoot in the colored edge at 12:00. My buddy Sam shoots lots of 3 shot groups with his 97. 90% of them most days look like 1 pellet. We shoot out side at 50 if conditions are good. All 5 pellets touching is the goal.We shoot over flags outdoors. Sam and I have both been centerfire benchrest competitors for close 60 years, and still compete. I like round groups. We constantly try different things and share ideas. We shoot the little metal air gun silhouettes at 50 yds and if it's real still we move them to 100 yrs and shoot them with my D54 in .22. We go through thousands of pellets. I just changed a 1 yr old spring with over 20,000 shots on it. TX started to be just a little erratic, some unexplained shots. Checked the velocity and I was down 100 fps from when I installed it. Put a new vortex in it today and got the velocity back. Spring I took out was not broken but twisted, Guessing it would break eventually like the last 2. Seems a spring last me 1 year. We have an old quarry we can shoot in sometimes. Often it is dead still in it. Like all sports, you get out of it what you put into it.
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New member here and I don't even have a rifle yet but I and patient and sucking in the knowledge.
But I have shot a hw95 in 22 caliber that was a friend of mine. He used h&n 5.53 and a hollow point that look like a crow Magnum but was different I forget what it was called but it was insanely accurate with that hollow point at 50 yards.
But I do have a question. What do you think is a better caliber choice?
But I have shot a hw95 in 22 caliber that was a friend of mine. He used h&n 5.53 and a hollow point that look like a crow Magnum but was different I forget what it was called but it was insanely accurate with that hollow point at 50 yards.
But I do have a question. What do you think is a better caliber choice?
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For an HW95 I'd probably go with .177. .177 will shoot flatter and be easier to hit targets with at 40 yards and beyond. .22 will hit harder and for hunting at under 40 yards is probably the better choice. .20 splits the difference and is very well suited to an HW95, but it has never been a popular choice so there are very few pellets available in .20 and they cost about twice as much. .25 is just too big for an HW95 unless you're just planning on hunting and pest control at 30 yards or less.
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Oh boy! This is one of those forever discussions Josiah! It really boils down to personal choice. I prefer .22 caliber but I still shoot a lot of .177's. The HW95 really does not have a bad caliber but .22 is the most common ammo.
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Totally understandable. Even though my experience with different brands and models and calipers is very very limited, that 95 and 22 caliber seem like it was stacking those Hunter extreme hollow points at 50 yards beautifully. And since I didn't know the name of the previous pellets I called them cro Magnum they are Hunter extremes by h& n
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An HW95 is an accurate gun in any caliber, but HW seems to have the reputation for delivering the best accuracy in .177. There was a thread on here about that about a month or so ago.
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HW/Weihrauch - Who shoots 22 Weihrauchs at 50 yards or more?
I'm collecting information to help diagnosis my lousy results at 50 yard with my 22 Weihrauchs. If you shoot your 22 caliber Weihrauch at 50 yards (or more) can you please tell me... 1) what is your AVERAGE group size? I say again AVERAGE. Don't be afraid to be truthful. Mine in 22 is around...
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If i had to pick between .177 and .22, besides the caliber in between,
, I would pic .22 for my purpose. I am plinking at 75 Yards and my .177 can hit the Crazy Eight plates but only wiggle them. My HW30 in .20, can hit and lock them at 75y.Your purpose will dictate your needs somewhat.
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The same article said that HW seems to put more effort into their .20 cal barrels, and charge more for them.
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My .177 97K is extremely accurate. And lets not forget the Air Arms rifles uses Lothar Walther barrels and they're also extremely accurate.
Just a apples and oranges comparison.
Just a apples and oranges comparison.
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I like the information I read on 20cal's. It's just that each model in 20 costs more than 22/177. But I also like to be different at times too lolIf i had to pick between .177 and .22, besides the caliber in between,
Your purpose will dictate your needs somewhat.
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