I've been thinking, (reading reviews voraciously) and I am pondering the following:
My previous experience with break barrels in .25 is with the Beeman Crow Magnum / Theoben Eliminator and a Webley & Scott Patriot/Beeman Kodiak (English made).
The HW 90 even with the air piston barely generates 20fpe with light pellets or is this figure wrong? The figures in .22 for the HW90 were much better with more fpe and much better range and trajectory. After reading the reviews it appears that the .22 is? the better choice as a general hunting rifle based on FPE figures.
I would have thought the exact opposite since you are heaving a huge chunk of lead. In a similar analogy 9mms can definitely do the job but even a body shot from a .45 and generally speaking - it's over.
So, confronted with several reviews stating that .25 isn't the end all in an HW90 unless your 20 yards or less (30 yards max) it prompted me to look at the RWS350 Magnum in .22 as an option if were staying in the .22 box.
I looked for a piston / spring break barrel in .25 with real 30 FPE for dropping game like an eliminator or patriot, but nothing seems to rival them unless you want to compromise on quality. I don't really want to make that compromise.
I read reviews about the Hatsan 135QE in .30 all of which raved about the awesome power but also then raised questions about quality. Quality is why I was focused on the HW90 in the first place.
HW's quality is well known and undeniable. Seems like a no brainer (to me anyway) that HW could engineer a world dominating springer. If anyone could crack the 30 FPE barrier it would be their experienced German engineers. The Brits did it and beautifully with the Webley.
So, I have come to the end of my whining now and humbly ask you knowledgeable gentlemen to share your views.
My previous experience with break barrels in .25 is with the Beeman Crow Magnum / Theoben Eliminator and a Webley & Scott Patriot/Beeman Kodiak (English made).
The HW 90 even with the air piston barely generates 20fpe with light pellets or is this figure wrong? The figures in .22 for the HW90 were much better with more fpe and much better range and trajectory. After reading the reviews it appears that the .22 is? the better choice as a general hunting rifle based on FPE figures.
I would have thought the exact opposite since you are heaving a huge chunk of lead. In a similar analogy 9mms can definitely do the job but even a body shot from a .45 and generally speaking - it's over.
So, confronted with several reviews stating that .25 isn't the end all in an HW90 unless your 20 yards or less (30 yards max) it prompted me to look at the RWS350 Magnum in .22 as an option if were staying in the .22 box.
I looked for a piston / spring break barrel in .25 with real 30 FPE for dropping game like an eliminator or patriot, but nothing seems to rival them unless you want to compromise on quality. I don't really want to make that compromise.
I read reviews about the Hatsan 135QE in .30 all of which raved about the awesome power but also then raised questions about quality. Quality is why I was focused on the HW90 in the first place.
HW's quality is well known and undeniable. Seems like a no brainer (to me anyway) that HW could engineer a world dominating springer. If anyone could crack the 30 FPE barrier it would be their experienced German engineers. The Brits did it and beautifully with the Webley.
So, I have come to the end of my whining now and humbly ask you knowledgeable gentlemen to share your views.
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.. less tears anyway.
