This morning's airgun time exercise was invested with my .20 caliber Weihrauch HW97K. Over the course of my reviews over the last couple of months, I have featured some phenomenally accurate rifles. But this particular rifle is the most accurate and consistent springer I own, hands down.
I purchased it from another AGN member in original factory state in December of 2020. The lubricant in it was like tar. I disassembled every internal part in it, including a full disassembly of the trigger. I removed all of the original lubricant and seals. After meticulously hand polishing all of the components, I went back with a Vortec PG3 HO kit, and trimmed off enough coil(s) to what my best guess would produce +/- 15 fpe of energy.
I then installed a Rowan cocking handle, and RWS lockdown one piece mount to provide droop correction, and placed a Vortex Diamondback 6-24x50 scope on top of it. I tested six different .20 cal pellets, with the JSB 13.73 shooting much tighter groups than any of the other by a wide margin.
Now about a year ago, I had an AGN member approach me about buying one of my tuned .20s. I offered this rifle to him at a very fair price given the work that went into it, but he balked at the price. I am glad he did. I can't image selling it at this point. You can pull it out of the vault at any point in time and the POI is dead on. It consistently shoots 10 shot 18 yard groups of +/- 3/8" with rarely a flyer.
I have included an image of two 50 yard groups that were shot in 2020 after my original tune, showing consistent 10 shot group accuracy of less than an inch, certainly good enough to kill a squirrel at 50 yards.
This is the last of the springers to be reviewed in series. I have one more pcp to review, a .22 cal Weihrauch HW100 T, that is currently on loan to a dear friend in an urban environment, that has a fox attempting to slay her chickens. I should have it back in a week or two and will finish this series out. I hope you have enjoyed the reviews and thank you for your many kind and fun comments and participation along the journey.
I purchased it from another AGN member in original factory state in December of 2020. The lubricant in it was like tar. I disassembled every internal part in it, including a full disassembly of the trigger. I removed all of the original lubricant and seals. After meticulously hand polishing all of the components, I went back with a Vortec PG3 HO kit, and trimmed off enough coil(s) to what my best guess would produce +/- 15 fpe of energy.
I then installed a Rowan cocking handle, and RWS lockdown one piece mount to provide droop correction, and placed a Vortex Diamondback 6-24x50 scope on top of it. I tested six different .20 cal pellets, with the JSB 13.73 shooting much tighter groups than any of the other by a wide margin.
Now about a year ago, I had an AGN member approach me about buying one of my tuned .20s. I offered this rifle to him at a very fair price given the work that went into it, but he balked at the price. I am glad he did. I can't image selling it at this point. You can pull it out of the vault at any point in time and the POI is dead on. It consistently shoots 10 shot 18 yard groups of +/- 3/8" with rarely a flyer.
I have included an image of two 50 yard groups that were shot in 2020 after my original tune, showing consistent 10 shot group accuracy of less than an inch, certainly good enough to kill a squirrel at 50 yards.
This is the last of the springers to be reviewed in series. I have one more pcp to review, a .22 cal Weihrauch HW100 T, that is currently on loan to a dear friend in an urban environment, that has a fox attempting to slay her chickens. I should have it back in a week or two and will finish this series out. I hope you have enjoyed the reviews and thank you for your many kind and fun comments and participation along the journey.
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