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I ordered a TX200HC. The vendor told me when I ordered it there would be a 3 month wait and I was amenable to that. When I checked on it two months later they told me that AA had not even gotten back to them with a date on when the rifle would be available. It was a LH model and that may have complicated things. I thought about it and finally tossed in that towel and opted for an HW98 in .20. The rifle arrived today. I had already purchased a Crimson Trace 4x20x50 Series III for the TX200 I had on order so when the HW98 came in today I mounted that on it.
This rifle is going to be a fine shooter. I always loved the Rekord trigger since I had one on my R10, long since gone. This trigger did not disappoint although I could feel a hint of roughness just before it broke like glass. Probably something that a drop of graphite would fix. At this point I have done nothing but take the rifle out of the box and mount the optic temporarily so that I can get a feel for how much I am going to need to do to get the rings lined up. I have not oiled the rifle. I have not cleaned the barrel. I have done absolutely nothing to the rifle but hang the optic. I didn't even check the first screw for tightness ... nothing.
It looks like this:
Just your typical HW98.
I got the bean bags and walked out to the picnic table to see how far off my mounts were. I dialed it down to 15 yards and shot at a stick in the grass. The shot fell pretty close so I shot a couple more. The second shot broke the stick and the third I got a good read. The POI was about 1.5 mils high and 1 mil left at 15 yards. So I hung a target on the 25 yard stop.
I ordered five tins of JSB Exacts from AoA when I ordered the rifle and they came in with it. I shot thirty more shots (pellets as is from the tin) starting in the lower right, across the bottom and then upper right across the top. Here they are:
I shot ten shots over the chronograph. 697 fps for about 14.75 fpe with an SD of about 3.5 fps. You get what you pay for when you buy a Weirauch. This rifle cleaned up, broke in and shooting sized/sorted pellets will probably shoot under a dime at 50 yards on a calm day. Today the wind was from 10 o'clock and variable at about 6 to 12 mph. You can see the wind drift in the groups as I did not try to hold off for wind. Put another way the true measure of those groups is how tall they are, not how wide they are.
Regarding the optic. I adjusted up 1.5 mils and right half a mil after the lower right group, then up a half and right a half after the lower center group, and finally up one tenth of a mil and left a tenth after the lower left group. I didn't adjust the optic again. Good glass. Clicks were very positive and a bit too easy to make for my taste but this optic was one of the best buys I've ever made. Thanks to Odoyle on that.
This rifle is going to be a fine shooter. I always loved the Rekord trigger since I had one on my R10, long since gone. This trigger did not disappoint although I could feel a hint of roughness just before it broke like glass. Probably something that a drop of graphite would fix. At this point I have done nothing but take the rifle out of the box and mount the optic temporarily so that I can get a feel for how much I am going to need to do to get the rings lined up. I have not oiled the rifle. I have not cleaned the barrel. I have done absolutely nothing to the rifle but hang the optic. I didn't even check the first screw for tightness ... nothing.
It looks like this:
Just your typical HW98.
I got the bean bags and walked out to the picnic table to see how far off my mounts were. I dialed it down to 15 yards and shot at a stick in the grass. The shot fell pretty close so I shot a couple more. The second shot broke the stick and the third I got a good read. The POI was about 1.5 mils high and 1 mil left at 15 yards. So I hung a target on the 25 yard stop.
I ordered five tins of JSB Exacts from AoA when I ordered the rifle and they came in with it. I shot thirty more shots (pellets as is from the tin) starting in the lower right, across the bottom and then upper right across the top. Here they are:
I shot ten shots over the chronograph. 697 fps for about 14.75 fpe with an SD of about 3.5 fps. You get what you pay for when you buy a Weirauch. This rifle cleaned up, broke in and shooting sized/sorted pellets will probably shoot under a dime at 50 yards on a calm day. Today the wind was from 10 o'clock and variable at about 6 to 12 mph. You can see the wind drift in the groups as I did not try to hold off for wind. Put another way the true measure of those groups is how tall they are, not how wide they are.
Regarding the optic. I adjusted up 1.5 mils and right half a mil after the lower right group, then up a half and right a half after the lower center group, and finally up one tenth of a mil and left a tenth after the lower left group. I didn't adjust the optic again. Good glass. Clicks were very positive and a bit too easy to make for my taste but this optic was one of the best buys I've ever made. Thanks to Odoyle on that.
! You'll have it for the rest of your life and it will always be ready to use. I have two 20 caliber rifles, and really enjoy them!
