HW/Weihrauch Springer virgin

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Hey everybody I’m new to the springer world ,butt and it’s a big butt “sorry mike Obama” butt I’ve had pcps “lot” from 1322 builds up to 2500.00 buck guns , sold all that .well I’m older now 63 and I wanna get into Springers so I went and bought me a Weihrauch hw97 stl . Looked at every review on YouTube looked at everything I think I can. My question is I get my new gun this week? What is the first thing I do besides jump up and down and say I am the man….lol
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1. Clean barrel ….? Just dry patch or ?
then shoot 500 rds ?
I don’t think I wanna take the gun completely apart and clean it before I shoot it I’m capable, but I don’t want to until after I understand the guns a lot more. Is my thinking right or somebody talk to me you guys are the gurus I’ve learned a lot and I need to know what to do what to do my first gun.
I live in Idaho. The snow is not yet here, but it will be for four months so I will have lots of fun with 30 yard practice. I live on a ranch. I have lots and lots of pest and this is going to be great for me talk to me guys I need to know.
 
1) start lifting weights to train.
2) sounds like you have the break in process.

My very first impressions when I got mine 25ish years ago was... boy this thing is heavy! It's a beast to hold, cock, position, shoot, and repeat. At 63 I hope you are in shape if you want to put lots of shots through it. It was a bit much for me. 5'-6'' with fatigue/health issues. I was 32 years old at the time.
 
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Beanflippinclint said:
Hey everybody I’m new to the springer world ,butt and it’s a big butt “sorry mike Obama” butt I’ve had pcps “lot” from 1322 builds up to 2500.00 buck guns , sold all that .well I’m older now 63 and I wanna get into Springers so I went and bought me a Weihrauch hw97 stl . Looked at every review on YouTube looked at everything I think I can. My question is I get my new gun this week? What is the first thing I do besides jump up and down and say I am the man….lol
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1. Clean barrel ….? Just dry patch or ?
then shoot 500 rds ?
I don’t think I wanna take the gun completely apart and clean it before I shoot it I’m capable, but I don’t want to until after I understand the guns a lot more. Is my thinking right or somebody talk to me you guys are the gurus I’ve learned a lot and I need to know what to do what to do my first gun.
I live in Idaho. The snow is not yet here, but it will be for four months so I will have lots of fun with 30 yard practice. I live on a ranch. I have lots and lots of pest and this is going to be great for me talk to me guys I need to know.
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The first thing you need to know is that is not the last springer you will buy. lol New gun, clean barrel, I use goo gone or ballistol. Tighten the stock screws, there are torque specs, but if you do not have a torque wrench, snug them up. Shoot a tin through it and see where you are at before thinking about a tune kit. I do not like spring noise so tune mine as soon as I prove they are functional. Great choice for your first springer.
 
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Mine is a .22 , I can still buck hay around the farm. I think I’ll be OK. lol , I can hit rabbit up to 50 yards with a slingshot, so I’m hoping that this will be better than that….lol With the right scope, I’m expecting to hit hit flies at 50 yards…. From a resting position it better be a damn good resting position cause at standing I think I got a 10 inch wobble…lol this is gonna be fun….. as long as I know the gun can put pellet on pellet at 50 yards then I know it’s me that’s f—- up . That’s why I got this one. I didn’t want to dick around with lesser guns shall I say?
 
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Great rifle, love mine. I like to clean a new barrel with Ballistol and finish with a dry patch before shooting. You may find the trigger is set a bit heavy from the factory, but it’s a cinch to adjust. There is a hole on the bottom of the trigger guard that allows access to the trigger weight screw. Turn counter clockwise slightly to lighten.
The rifles shot cycle will probably be a little “buzzy” but will get better with a couple tins of pellets through it. Stock screws tend to loosen at first so check them before each shooting session. That will also get better as the rifle breaks in. Enjoy!
 
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Be prepared to try many different holds and levels of tension etc. Any difference from shot to shot can and likely will result in different size or positioned groups. Also, try a good variation of ammo. Springers are more difficult in every way and good shots are more rewarding because of the level of effort.
It would also be prudent to temper accuracy expectations a bit. Springers that shoot pellet on pellet at 50 yards are rare, and people that can shoot them at that level are even more rare.
After a year or less of shooting, you will probably want to invest in a spring and seal kit to improve the shot cycle and reduce spring buzz.

Please keep us posted on your progress and direction.

Most importantly, ENJOY! A good day with a springer is the most fun you can have in any shooting sport!
 
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Congrats, and good idea to jump in by buying a high quality gun like the hw97k.

Beyond getting out any grime left over from the manufacturing process, cleaning the barrel on spring guns is not needed very often. I use JSB pellets, and have several guns with more than 30k shots through them since the last cleaning. Figure one 500 tin of pellets to break the gun in, and plan to snug up your stock and scope screws every 100 shots during that break in period. Not gorilla tight, just snug.

If your gun has some spring twang, that is not a big deal and has no impact on accuracy. That said, if it bugs you twang can be fixed pretty easily with a drop in tune kit from ARH, Vortek, or other manufacturers. Becoming familiar with how to strip down your hw97k and replace spring/seals is a good idea, but you can figure that out over time. There are lots of useful vids on YT that show how to do that.

Mine is a .177 and it can consistently splat flies at 25-30 yards. I have enough confidence in the gun's accuracy to hunt small game out to 40 yards.

Enjoy and good luck 👍

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When I get a new air gun, I start by cleaning the barrel thoroughly. I use patches sprayed with brake cleaner to remove any factory oils and residues until the patches come out clean, followed by a dry patch to ensure there's no moisture left.

With the action removed from the stock, I apply thin CA glue to the stock screw holes. This helps to harden the wood and prevent compression under the tension of the stock screws.

I also recommend investing in a torque driver for tightening stock screws and scope rings.

After each use, I always wipe down the air gun with Ballistol to keep it clean and well-maintained. Finally, I store it in a silicon-impregnated sock to protect it from moisture and corrosion.
 
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I never do anything to my new springers; fact is I did not clean my R-7 barrel for 10 years, and tens of thousands of pellets through it...I think cleaning is overrated. Another fact: I never even thought about cleaning the air gun barrel until I joined this air gun site,Then so many made a big deal out of it,I tried it,So, yes a new barrel should be cleaned, just do not get crazy about, there are a lot of OC people here, kidding :unsure:
 
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Clean the barrel with a pull through (you can make one out of fishing line or other strong thin cord and patches , Balistal or some other gun oil then clean patches till no residew . Check all screws for tightness (no locktight o any other glue is needed , specially super glue types . Shoot , then shoot some more

Congrats on the 97 great choice
 
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Bean you made (IMHO) the best of all possible choices. Yah clean the bbl and flush that white goop out of the trigger.
if you like the the trigger weight and length of pull you’re good to go. If not, consult the Google for the “Shooting at dawn” video for adjustment. Mine all seem to show the best combination of shot cycle and accuracy at around 13fpe. Top it with a good springer rated scope and have fun. Uj
 
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Beanflippinclint said:
Mine is a .22 , I can still buck hay around the farm. I think I’ll be OK. lol , I can hit rabbit up to 50 yards with a slingshot, so I’m hoping that this will be better than that….lol With the right scope, I’m expecting to hit hit flies at 50 yards…. From a resting position it better be a damn good resting position cause at standing I think I got a 10 inch wobble…lol this is gonna be fun….. as long as I know the gun can put pellet on pellet at 50 yards then I know it’s me that’s f—- up . That’s why I got this one. I didn’t want to dick around with lesser guns shall I say?
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Pellet on pellet is doable at times in zero wind, but it's not the norm. It would be more realistic to
achieve 1/2" to 1.0" at 50 yards. All my piston guns are .177, and at 40 yards with no wind and shooting from a bench rested position on bags, I've shot a couple of 1/4" groups, but these are not real world "in the field" conditions, and not what you're going to get at 50 yards with a .22 pellet.
Is it possible yes.
New gun will lost likely twang out of the box, doesn't bother some people though. I would pull several patches with ballistol, followed by dry patches. Then snug all the screws, don't over tighten the "small" trigger guard screw, as it goes into the trigger unit. The two forearm screws are usually the ones that loosen the most, it takes several shooting sessions, of shooting then tightening, until they seat in. You can always use blue locktite after tightening a couple of times.
Other than that just shoot the piss out of it, then clean the barrel again after several hundred shots, as it may blow some crap through, if there's grease in front of the piston seal. You can adjust the trigger if you like, as well.
Have fun you have picked a superb piston gun to try out.
 
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Ok , when we were younger, we were making 50 yard shots with a 760 pump BB gun. I don’t know why everybody thinks 50 yards is on the limit. You should be shooting 100 yards with any 22 pellet gun..ok 75 yards… just saying as a farmer and working on the ranch,50 yards just gets u started 50-70 yard dove shots all day ,with slingshot,heck I got a 72 yard target off of my shop that I hit regularly with a 22 stub nose pistol I don’t know why you guys think 50 yards is such a distance I do think in the woods were most of my hunting is 50 yards is a longshot and hunting rabbit quail dove pheasant grouse. Is 90% of the time done with my little Ruger 1022 and I do that all within 10-70 yards the pellet gun is sitting on my porch all winter long and shooting 50 yard targets and dicking around . Keeping the squirrels and weasels out of the chicken coop .i’ll sight it in for 30 yards with a red dot and be fine all the way out to 70 a little Kentucky windage and a little guessing which is all part of the fun and games of long pellet shooting I will have a blast , I just need to be minute of squirrel head or rabbit head for the next four months of winter then I’ll settle down and do some pellet picking .when time comes next summer. I will buy a fancy scope and do some cool shooting with it, but I am good. I love the gun. I’m gonna have fun thanks guys. I think I have a bug buster in there that will handle the recoil of a springer, but I know my red dot will. And I’m as good with that red dot as I am with the scope if I can see the thing I’m shooting at. With my eyesight these days I do appreciate a good scope, but the money will be in April. I’ll get a nice one then for now on I will just break the gun in with fun ,Summer. It’ll be time for a tuneup kit. thanks for all of your guises help reading. All of these posts really does help a lot..lol I really sound like a shooting snob. Don’t get me wrong. My shooting sucks. I couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn at 50 yards. That’s why I need the best gun I can that way I can’t blame it on the gun and I have to get better..
now ,I know shooting these are a challenge but I’m willing to accept that challenge because I’m getting older and it’s time to be sitting on the porch and just doing a little bit of nothing and I really enjoy so 50 yards out to 72 yard range I could throw my slingshot at 70 yards and hit it so I’m gonna have a good time but for real my shooting sucks I had to buy stub noses cause I can’t make a good pistol shots anymore I don’t have to aim with my stubby .lol ..so this is a challenge.. just farm hunting fun .. I have made 175 yard shot on a dove with the PCP airgun. shot of the lifetime two guys standing next to me about crap their pants they think I’m a god. luckiest damn shot I ever made.
 
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Ok I would not take a shot at a rabbit at 50 yards ,birds yes . I would say 99% of all my hunting is from 10 to 30 yards. I have some pretty thick wood up here in Idaho. got a little lot of a little rats and varmints that like to eat all my chicken food and everything and I really don’t want to shoot a 22 in my shop so this pellet gun will work just fine. My main goal was consistency as long as the gun is consistent. I can shoot it…. I sure suck standing though lol I think I got a 10 moa wobble. Think I need a shooting stick. And yes, do I think getting pellet on pellet or Cloverleaf all touching it 50 yards is gonna be hard. F yes with a good scope I’m gonna have fun. It’s gonna be a good challenge. I would like to get into the field shooting part of it see if I can compete with some of these old guys..
 
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Them HW97's are fairly mild in terms of recoil and are just plain nice to shoot. I had a steel target mounted to a stump out back in the woods, 82 yards out from my deck according to the range finder... Anyways, my HW97 would make short work of it on relatively calm days. That being said, I was comfy shooting off of a table while sitting, not standing free handed.
 
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