thegreatape – Member
At the risk of hijacking, for which I apologise, can someone who knows explain to me the various Weirauch spring guns? I can read the website, obviously, but the hierarchy, if that’s the word, is not particularly clear to me.
35 – classic post war design, fine at the UK legal limit or a little below.
Open sights.
Old fashioned but an absolute classic.
Probably my favourite.
80 – really designed to work at much higher power than the UK limit, so a bit overbuilt and heavy. Bombproof.
95 – lighter than both of the above, bit more modern/efficient design.
Probably the best overall compromise for a HW break barrel.
98 – target specific version of the above with an adjustable stock.
Beautiful.
99 – lightweight, has a design flaw which means the cocking stroke can feel rough unless fettled.
Some are fine, some not.
Really pleasant to use, very little recoil.
Open sights.
HW30S.
Lower power rifle for plinking and target shooting.
Physically smaller.
Can have the same galling issues as the 99.
Lots of folks reckon this is the nicest to shoot out of the lot.
Not full UK power.
Open sights.
77 – heavy, quality underlever, bit of a classic.
Very accurate and pleasant to shoot.
Open sights.
97 – as above without the open sights.
57 – underlever again.
Cheaper, lighter and smaller than 77/97.
Seems to divide opinion, some love it, some not so keen.
Derek Starship’s just got a tuned one.
All the above come with the brilliant Rekord trigger.
30 – cheaper version of the 30S without the Rekord trigger.
90 – gas ram instead of spring.
Not the Rekord trigger.