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  1. pianoman
    That's just it Si. I'm doing great things with both. I think though it will be my HW97K .177 for recoiling class. That has settled down superbly. I'll be bringing both anyway.
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    If John (Wurz) Sees this, we will not be down in time for Saturday night and steaks We'll be travelling down from Yorkshire later than planned. Hope these will find a welcome tum with someone else?!! Seriously looking forward to Sunday's HFT though...... Do I use my amazing HW97K .177 or my utterly beautiful HW77 .22 ???? Both of them are right on top performance now... Decisions decisions....We'll see what the winds are like
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    I'm with Skot on choices here. For £250 you are in budget for a very decent 2nd hand example of any of these Weihrauch guns; whatever your preferred calibre. HW80K or HW95 makes a blistering rat and ferral pigeon rifle in barns and confined spaces, as well as an open-field rifle for rabbits etc.. HW77 is the best spring rifle for all-round shooting. Pest control or target shooting. It is tough, beautiful to handle, will last you a lifetime and as accurate as a .177 PCP whichever calibre you like. A masterpiece of an air rifle. No question about it.
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    It was a 4-16x50 MAP PRO Kurt. Map-6 reticle type. Unused and brand new. I was shooting with him when it went! It wouldn't hold zero anymore.
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    Nice post Jasglo68. And very true to say 'what more do you need?'!! I have an HW77 and HW80 both in .22 and an HW97K and a TX200HC in .177 flavour that are single hole accurate to whatever ranges I can steady them at. I need no more for accuracy than these guns provide and I am never stuck for something to go shoot and confidently hunt with or enjoy an extreme-range target session with my good mate AndyFR1968 here. The HW97K is one beautiful underlever spring rifle that, in either .22 or .177 calibre, will match any PCP for accuracy performance;- without a hose or a bottle in sight!
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    Ahhh. Not the condition I was hoping for.... Depending on how well it cocks and fires without problems, a thorough strip-down inspection will determine whether or not you have a gun worth anything here Deej.. There is usually a fine gun still under the most weatherbeaten Weihrauch. But in this condition, you are a long way from what you would like for it, as it is. Sorry.
  7. pianoman
    Hi and welcome back...Err. Yeah; perhaps if you fill us in as to who you once were, it would help make sense of who you now are
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    What's the age and condition of your HW77K Deej? £250 is a well-run minter with rust-free blueing and only reasonable wear and tear to the stock. No deep gashes, splits or dings or heavy scratches to the wood. Ask yourself. If you were looking to buy an HW77K would this one be right for the money?
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    Hi Tim. I don't wish to be a bloody Health and Safety nerd raining on your parade, because I'm far from it. But, in all honesty, this is not looking like a failsafe measure by any means mate. If it can move, it can slip when anything brushes past it, like your clothing or field vegetation you move through. And if you rely on something to remind you that you are loaded or not you really need to train your concentration on your rifle's status. Not subordinate it to something little better than a knotted hankie to remind you. No disrespect intended mate. But this is looking dangerous. B
  10. pianoman
    Just bought a Hawke Panorama EV 4-12x40 AO IR with the 10x half-mildot reticle today for the meet....Beautiful little scope! It matches with my 50mm version and looks sweet, lightweight and balances nicely on my HW97K .177... And it's nice treat to buy a nice scope!
  11. pianoman
    Night shooting puts another slant on range estimation. Together with the wind component. Even the most proficient shooters can come unstuck with accurate range estimation at night with lamps. Also. if you change your zero mag setting to a lower one for shooting by a night lamp light setting, that too can possibly change your pellet's Point Of Impact. Funny old thing shooting ain't it! I think you'll have this sorted out soon NIck All the best. Simon
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    Amazing marksmanship with air and cartridge rifle. Nicely done Elliott. Are you coming to the meet? It would be great to show you what's been done to the HW77 stock. It is absolutely superb. Looking forward to seeing more shooting vids from your part of the North mate. Best wishes. Simon
  13. pianoman
    Hello Nick. 2 inches short sounds like they are grouping but low of target. Several possible shooting maladies come to mind here. Could be you are shooting directly into strong winds? That will suppress your shots low. If you have a perfect pellet-on-pellet zero something is changing the harmonic of the rifle in your aim when you set up to field-shoot. Could be a result of inconsistent hold technique? You must always shoot the rifle with the same relaxed, unstressed imposition on it, as when you were zeroing your scope. Are you certain you are shooting to within your zero range? A
  14. pianoman
    Has this scope been sold yet?
  15. pianoman
    About £275 to £325-ish Matt. In .177 it is an amazingly accurate carbine.
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    Can't fault the 4-12x50 Panorama scope. I have one on my HW97K with the 10x half-mildot reticle. Cracking sharp sightpicture. This will do for him nicely Mac ATB. Simon
  17. pianoman
    £50-£100.....It's only a 14-year old Beezer Meteor.... BUT.....How much is your dad's love worth? This looks a rifle that's been used but also well looked after. That would make it priceless to me. Well said Roger. Simon
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    I'm seriously looking at a 3-9x40-spec Nikon Prostaff for my HW77 .22 and HW97K .177 after reading some favourable accounts about the forums and, notes like Elliott's made here. I have a 4-12x50mm HAWKE PANORAMA EV IR AO (Extended View. Illum'd. Reticle. Adjustable Objective.) I use for hunting and a bit of HFT and it is easily the best made and accurate Hawke scope I've yet had. The 10x half-mildot reticle is very clear and unobtrusive on sight-picture. So, worthy of consideration and not a costly optic for what it delivers downrange. For air rifle hunting and target shooting I find 6
  19. pianoman
    Your garden looks a zero test and practice shooting paradise to me villaman! Beautiful looking rifle too! The only PCP I really like the look of. Well done here fella.
  20. pianoman
    FAC makes for a flatter trajectory Dan, true enough. But, having established you need four inches of holdover to reach 50 yards, you only need now to find out what that four inches looks like in the field through your scope and on your reticle. And you are there!
  21. pianoman
    The best air rifle for hunting is a highly personal choice. For me it's spring rifles forever! And my HW80 .22 FAC. My sub-12 ft/lbs HW77 .22 ...OR.. my .177 HW97K or my Air Arms TX200HC .177 will put a pellet through the skull of a small animal at reasonable range. No questions.
  22. pianoman
    Great to see a tight, beautifully controlled group like this from a gas-ram or springer. Top shooting here Acuspell. No doubt sir!
  23. pianoman
    I'd say it is easier to begin with 19 metres for beginners. And you should always zero and check-zero your rifle before every hunting foray, wherever it takes place. In what I call 'Trajectory Mapping' you need to establish as precisely as you can, the looping flight path of your pellet from the muzzle of the rifle to the impact of your furthest target you can confidently shoot to. The best way to find this is to begin with an optimum zero for hunting. For me, it's 30 metres for my .22 rifles and 40 metres for my .177. Shooting a series of targets from 10-metres and out in stages of 5-metr
  24. pianoman
    Thank you for the kind praise for my post Red Wings. It is a guide written from pure and simple experience of shooting spring rifles since I was 8 years old when I got my very first air rifle well over 40 years ago. They are all I've ever been used to shooting with. The first and early PCPs I saw emerge in the 1970s were very exciting by their promise, particularly with a multi shot capability. But, the reality was they were very unreliable and inconsistently poor in performance from their early regulators and fit of components causing endless breakdowns. And they were very expensive for m
  25. pianoman
    You should be looking at a slip that comfortably covers your rifle and mounted scope all snug and secure. Depth is as important as length. And don't entertain a slip or gunbag with a cheaply made sling. Or pray the bag will protect the rifle and scope from a falling impact! The best you can afford that fits this bill, is what you should buy!
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