HW/Weihrauch DELETE

[MDriskill]

Excellent information. Thank you kindly

You are very welcome. I appreciate any and all opportunities to obsess over old springers!

I would add that both have been around for a loooooong time - the 35 born in the mid 1950's; the 30 the early 60's. Both have seen a ridiculous number of changes and variations - for example, this French brochure from the 70's shows the 35 came with your choice of FIVE different stocks (standard, thumbhole, Monte Carlo beech, Monte Carlo walnut, and Export):

 

[beerthief]

(Ooops, accidentally erased my own earlier post! )

Just to throw a new wrinkle out there, it's interesting to contemplate the HW 35's continuing popularity in Germany.

There airguns are limited in power by law, unless you obtain a special license, to 7.5 joules (about 6 FPE). So buyers lean toward giving greater weight to factors other than velocity. Germans keep buying the 35 for its history, build quality, heavy but perfectly-balanced handling, reputation for accuracy, and details: stout manual breech lockup, solid threaded-on rear section, double cocking link with no long slot under the fore end, walnut stocks, etc.

If you browse the German auction site eGun, you see more HW 35's than just about any other Weihrauch rifle. My assumption (and that's all it is!), is that German shooters tend to consider the HW 30 a junior model; and the heavier HW 80, simpler HW 95, pricier HW 77/97, to be less attractive than the HW 35 unless you are licensed for the extra power, or just want a fixed barrel.

Here of course, the 35 is no longer top gun velocity-wise, but it's cool to get all that other good stuff plus quite a bit more power than the natives. The 35 is also still a good seller in the UK, and can bump up against their power limit of 12 FPE.

My 35 is a beater , had some rust spots/ pitting on the barrel , a good sized ding in the wood , still it shoots perfectly, lock up is great . S# 385375

 

[Frank in Fairfield]

Silly Wet on Sunday.
HW35e with peeps..
Too much fun.

 

[BABz58]

You are very welcome. I appreciate any and all opportunities to obsess over old springers!

I would add that both have been around for a loooooong time - the 35 born in the mid 1950's; the 30 the early 60's. Both have seen a ridiculous number of changes and variations - for example, this French brochure from the 70's shows the 35 available with five different stocks (standard, thumbhole, Monte Carlo beech, Monte Carlo walnut, and Export):
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Think I need the Thumbhole stock version.