HW/Weihrauch HW50S .177 Silhouette Shooting

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OldSpook said:
Bad practice not holding that barrel while inserting pellet. Don't trust automatic safeties in break barrels.

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Educate a mainly powder burning firearm enthusiast here if you don’t mind. What’s this about holding the barrel to insert the pellet? I don’t want to be doing things errantly, I just like to shoot!

- Brent
 
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If it was to release it will slap back and do some danage . Crack the stock , bend the barrel, most time if it happens it could be junked.. now of course i dont practice that , but i do know and eell aware of the risk damage..

Like a hw its a gun you can decock / no antibrartrap mechanism . And if the trigger is set too light and the safety maynot full catch it could "fire" in open full load spring and bear trap close . And thats not a good thing.

Finally foud somthing , pretty basic info

Can you bend the barrel if you shoot a breakbarrel air rifle with the barrel broken open? (August 2009)

This is a common problem with first-time owners of breakbarrel guns. In my experience, they always say the barrel closed accidentally until you press them. Then they admit they pulled the trigger with the barrel broken open "to see what would happen."
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I definitely keep clear of my fire control group until I’m ready to fire. I have read the risks of the barrels slamming shut and will seek to build muscle memory to overcome that habit. Thanks for pointing it out. I have not fooled with the trigger settings from the factory. I find it more than acceptable as is. Thanks for the tips, y’all.

- Brent
 
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Good shooting! I've got a bunch of those yellow 1/10 scale silhouettes. Great fun. PA gives a pack out for free when you buy a rifle. I have my .177 HW50S set up with a peep/diopter sight too. Used a spare Daisy/Avanti sight I had in the parts drawer.

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Northwoods22 said:
Good shooting! I've got a bunch of those yellow 1/10 scale silhouettes. Great fun. PA gives a pack out for free when you buy a rifle. I have my .177 HW50S set up with a peep/diopter sight too. Used a spare Daisy/Avanti sight I had in the parts drawer.

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Great looking rifle! Yeah these silhouette targets are a lot of fun!!

- Brent
 
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