My Hatsan made me sad. I bought a 95 Vortex QE from Midway USA last month and had to return it because of a defect and Midway promptly replaced it very easy. Unfortunately the replacement is almost as bad, a pie plate size pattern at 20 yds I will be returning it for credit or refund as this is the only product from Midway that I have not been completely satisfied with for almost 40 years of purchases. By comparison a Ruger Air Hawk Elite 2 purchased from Walmart is good for 1inch groups at 25 yds which is pretty good for me. The reason I bought the Hatsan is my friend started me in air gunning with his Hatsan and his shoots as well as my Walmart gun. I am going with Hatsan is ending out air rifles as fast as they can to meet demand and many are slipping through quality control. Now I will be patient and wait to choose which top quality springer to buy. Look to second post.
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Hatsan made me sad.
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Did you try different pellets or are the LARGE "groups" the results of using the same pellets? They can be finicky to the point of thinking the gun is at fault.
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Yes I tried several weights and styles the lighter ones 7.5 grs. and lighter would barely hit the paper and 10.54 grs. gave the pie plate group.
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Save your money and buy a Weirauch Break barrel. All Turkish guns aren’t that bad.I like the Kral guns better.I had a Hatsan 95 That had the same problem. Tested a bunch of different pellets and took that junkie scope off that comes with it and put a much better scope with one piece mount and still shot lousy.After all that testing I find out that it was the barrel not locking up tight. It shoots pretty good with open sights. It’s like rolling the dice with that company. I have a Hatsan Semi auto that shoots really good.
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Not all are bad, my Hatsan Flashpup shoots lights out with quite a few pellets, not a springer, but still Hatsan.
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A final note, Midway refunded my money they at least stand behind their guaranty. I have been shooting for 40 years and have only run across one other gun that shot as bad. I shot my friends Hatsan again today at the range and his is just fine, go figure. The happy news is that I purchased a used HW97 from a forum member and if you sneeze at the gun or throw a rock at the trigger or shoot it backwards over your shoulder with a mirror it hits the bullseye. It did not care how I held it today it put the pellets wherever the crosshairs were.
What an amazing difference, I am glad I found this forum and listened to the advice from its members, Thank You all.
What an amazing difference, I am glad I found this forum and listened to the advice from its members, Thank You all.
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