Funny part is krale is still using the grooved picture...feel bad for someone when they open the box to the 3rd gen. Stock lol 
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The new HW35 Standard
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I much prefer the stocks on the older models. That weirdly sculpted stock with the relief carved in the forend and buttstock give it a decidedly Hatsan-like look. And THAT is never a good thing.
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I'm old school, old version better, for the stock that is. The breech leak fix is a plus on the new. So 50/50.
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The trouble is if you design a stock that shifts away from traditional styling (traditional because its an accepted style most shooters like…looking and feeling right) you run the risk of only attracting shooters who like something different, or novel….which usually means 5 % and not for very long after the initial novelty wears off…(if you know anything about design formula)
Thus i concede the present design team at HW do not know what the heck that are doing.
Thus i concede the present design team at HW do not know what the heck that are doing.
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I dream of the day air rifle stocks will get designed like shown….Its not hard is it?….made like this for eons with top quality firearms….how could you get it so wrong…
Design lesson….keep it simple!
Design lesson….keep it simple!
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I wish HW had gone with something like the old HW55 checkering pattern.
Steveoo-that's a beautiful stock on the second CZ!
Steveoo-that's a beautiful stock on the second CZ!
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Firearm designers are much more clever and experienced with stock design. A careful balance between form and function. It functions but is beautiful too….
Airgun manufacturers went too far down the road of function ahead of form…
One character at an FT shoot turned up with what i described as a contraption, not a rifle.
Some sort of hamster bolted onto the base of a cantilever arm….hanging 2ft below the stock…..This isnt shooting.
He may as well turn up with the rifle strapped onto a shooting bench …
A rifle should be a tool of beauty, easily shouldered and sleek for the woods….
I was so pleased when someone did him with a humble tuned FWB sport…..with a smirk on his face….i wonder who that was then!
Airgun manufacturers went too far down the road of function ahead of form…
One character at an FT shoot turned up with what i described as a contraption, not a rifle.
Some sort of hamster bolted onto the base of a cantilever arm….hanging 2ft below the stock…..This isnt shooting.
He may as well turn up with the rifle strapped onto a shooting bench …
A rifle should be a tool of beauty, easily shouldered and sleek for the woods….
I was so pleased when someone did him with a humble tuned FWB sport…..with a smirk on his face….i wonder who that was then!
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That is laughably bad from an ergonomic and a visually pleasing standpoint.
Weihrauch have lost their minds......who is coming up with these things?
Weihrauch have lost their minds......who is coming up with these things?
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I dont know, the things look positively pretty compared to this monstrosity.
Who on earth decided it was fair to compete with a Heath Robinson contraptions like this.
With Clay pigeon shooting, the sport is designed to replicate the infield movement and shooting of a driven bird but the gun remains as if the infield implement….not some mindless contraption….what is the point.
I thought the idea was to allow practice and create challenge for our hunting arms…
I want to bring about a re-set to our sport and re-introduce purposeful guns of beauty….and ban these wretched things before it goes any further..
Who on earth decided it was fair to compete with a Heath Robinson contraptions like this.
With Clay pigeon shooting, the sport is designed to replicate the infield movement and shooting of a driven bird but the gun remains as if the infield implement….not some mindless contraption….what is the point.
I thought the idea was to allow practice and create challenge for our hunting arms…
I want to bring about a re-set to our sport and re-introduce purposeful guns of beauty….and ban these wretched things before it goes any further..
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I look at the bright side of it. With the current HW stock designs I have been saving a lot of money since I won't buy them. I've looked at after market stocks that are available but they all seem to be bulky target style stocks.
If Weihrauch would offer their HW50 with a slim classic sporter style stock proportioned for shooting with iron sights and with a finger groove I would be all over it.
If Weihrauch would offer their HW50 with a slim classic sporter style stock proportioned for shooting with iron sights and with a finger groove I would be all over it.
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Just the opposite for. Weihrauch’s pitiful stock designs has forced me to go to “Custom” stock makers. I win!
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$485 inc tax and shipping from Steve Corcoran. The best money I ever spent.
Warning: very addicting!
Warning: very addicting!
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Just a suggestion for Weihrauch and other companies. For those of us that are planning on purchasing an after market stock it would be nice if we could just purchase a barreled action. If you could get the gun without the factory stock we would save a little money a put it towards a stock of our own choosing.
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I think you just solved the riddle. We are just paying for the action. That’s why the stocks keep getting worse. The market just won’t pay the price for a better stock. Especially on a springer.
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The new stock wouldn’t stop me from buying one. My favorite 35 stock was the Luxus. Here are a few pics next to the classic Export stock.
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