The term “build quality” is used quite often especially when Weihrauch airguns are being discussed. But, what does it mean? To someone new to this hobby (obsession) or someone who hasn’t had both Weihrauch models apart, they wouldn’t know.
The “best build quality” Weihrauch puts out is found on models like the 35,77,80,90,97 just name a few. And what differentiates these models from the other “lesser build quality” ones like the 30,50,85,95,98 is the receiver cap, mainly.
The receiver cap on the “better build” is a massive blued solid steel cap that is threaded directly into the receiver. It is actually threaded first into the receiver at an early stage of production then finished with the dovetail and blued with the entire receiver. This cap is made to this exact receiver and cannot be interchanged with another. It is custom made for that specific receiver only. If you look closely at the picture you can just barely see the seam joining the cap to receiver. The seam is just in front of the scope stop hole. Also the blunt end of the cap is solid steel. This massive cap allows the trigger to be installed directly into the receiver for a steady lockup and gives deeper scope or diopter holes in the cap.
The receiver cap on the “lesser build quality” is an internal die cast metal insert, interchangeable and certainly less expensive to manufacture. If you look closely, you can see the castings lines in the end cap at the blunt end and in the bottom of the scope stop holes. It is by no means an inadequate method of construction. It’s just not the “build quality” of the other. It does have the advantage of reducing weight, which is a concern for many.
The last picture is of the locking lever found on the HW35 and HW55. The claim is this lever makes the gun as ridged and accurate as a fixed barrel model. The 35 also comes standard with sling hardware. Because it locks like a fixed barrel there is no worry about the action breaking because of a sling.
The “best build quality” Weihrauch puts out is found on models like the 35,77,80,90,97 just name a few. And what differentiates these models from the other “lesser build quality” ones like the 30,50,85,95,98 is the receiver cap, mainly.
The receiver cap on the “better build” is a massive blued solid steel cap that is threaded directly into the receiver. It is actually threaded first into the receiver at an early stage of production then finished with the dovetail and blued with the entire receiver. This cap is made to this exact receiver and cannot be interchanged with another. It is custom made for that specific receiver only. If you look closely at the picture you can just barely see the seam joining the cap to receiver. The seam is just in front of the scope stop hole. Also the blunt end of the cap is solid steel. This massive cap allows the trigger to be installed directly into the receiver for a steady lockup and gives deeper scope or diopter holes in the cap.
The receiver cap on the “lesser build quality” is an internal die cast metal insert, interchangeable and certainly less expensive to manufacture. If you look closely, you can see the castings lines in the end cap at the blunt end and in the bottom of the scope stop holes. It is by no means an inadequate method of construction. It’s just not the “build quality” of the other. It does have the advantage of reducing weight, which is a concern for many.
The last picture is of the locking lever found on the HW35 and HW55. The claim is this lever makes the gun as ridged and accurate as a fixed barrel model. The 35 also comes standard with sling hardware. Because it locks like a fixed barrel there is no worry about the action breaking because of a sling.
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