Let’s get straight to it, long story short (pun intended), I recently received what is supposedly a low production Weihrauch springer (approx 3-4 made per year): the 97 Long (385 mm) barrel in .177 with muzzle brake that extends past the underlever detent housing, exactly like the older 25mm HW97 MK1’s with 25mm internals. This has current spec 26mm internals.
Upon receiving, it got a good barrel cleaning and I shot it a bit. Stout cocking effort and a bit of a tight buzz but still grouping one hole at 11 yds seated. Obviously has the full power spring inside. Time to refine things a bit.
New spec Paul Short kit; complete powerplant with Titanium piston, tuned Rekord trigger unit with one of Paul’s custom made setback blades and an oversized, blued steel safety button.
First few shots left me feeling nostalgic and intrigued.
Nostalgic because it initially brought back a memory of an old TX200 Mk2 with custom made internals from Steve Pope (V-Mach)...But it seemed much faster, similar to my old Theoben SLR 88 FT Imperator .177 single shot, which also had ridiculously low recoil.
Intrigued because based on the ultra low recoil and smooth shot cycle characteristics I was very interested to know how much FPE it was putting out with JSB 8.4s. I guessed around 9.5ish FPE, definitely not 11 or above. Blasphemy, it was doing 790 FPS for a 11.64 FPE. Brilliant shot cycle.
“that new Weihrauch smell”
Kit fitted, on to the shooting:
35 yards, shifting wind, seated FT position, 32X on the March 5-32. 1st group shot was the left 1” black Shoot N See circle. 2nd group I held on the left edge of the circle because a flap of overhanging tape threatened to wreak havoc with my group therapy session
. When there’s no wind you can call shots like a boss - lower mag and momentarily catch the pellet in flight.
Will have to add more pics later, doing this on a cell phone
Upon receiving, it got a good barrel cleaning and I shot it a bit. Stout cocking effort and a bit of a tight buzz but still grouping one hole at 11 yds seated. Obviously has the full power spring inside. Time to refine things a bit.
New spec Paul Short kit; complete powerplant with Titanium piston, tuned Rekord trigger unit with one of Paul’s custom made setback blades and an oversized, blued steel safety button.
First few shots left me feeling nostalgic and intrigued.
Nostalgic because it initially brought back a memory of an old TX200 Mk2 with custom made internals from Steve Pope (V-Mach)...But it seemed much faster, similar to my old Theoben SLR 88 FT Imperator .177 single shot, which also had ridiculously low recoil.
Intrigued because based on the ultra low recoil and smooth shot cycle characteristics I was very interested to know how much FPE it was putting out with JSB 8.4s. I guessed around 9.5ish FPE, definitely not 11 or above. Blasphemy, it was doing 790 FPS for a 11.64 FPE. Brilliant shot cycle.
“that new Weihrauch smell”
Kit fitted, on to the shooting:
35 yards, shifting wind, seated FT position, 32X on the March 5-32. 1st group shot was the left 1” black Shoot N See circle. 2nd group I held on the left edge of the circle because a flap of overhanging tape threatened to wreak havoc with my group therapy session
. When there’s no wind you can call shots like a boss - lower mag and momentarily catch the pellet in flight. Will have to add more pics later, doing this on a cell phone
