New gun for Sillhouette and Target/Plinking

[gtavares]

I`m saving some money to get me a new airgun and would like your opinion about it...

The facts:

• I'm not a hunter, so I don't need a powerful gun;
• I don't have long ranges to shoot (actually there is one club but is kind of expensive to go very often);
• And I Iike pistols more than rifles

So, would you consider a HW45 suitable for silhouettes (the max. distance will be 18,04 yards) and plinking ? I read a lot about her and I think she can be very good for this kind of match and can go a little further for plinking.

The other gun I was looking is also a Weihrauch but it's a HW30s (air rifle)...

Any opinion will be appreciated, thanks again !!

 

[Gunnertrones]

I have today 4 pistols (2x Weihrauch HW 45 / Diana RWS LP 8 magnum / Browning 800 express all in .177). Without doubt I rate the Weirauch at the top.
As you can see I have mounted an aimpoint red dot on the black HW 45. 
My other HW 45, the STL, is the same gun, but I do not like the "silver metal look finish". It looks nice in the brochure, but the "silver coating" is just that - a coating.
-The Diana LP 8 is a 100% iron made gun. No plastic here and it gives you the good feeling. 
-The Browning has the highest velocity, but do not match the others. But then again - the Browning is also the cheapest 
So........ IN MY OPINION, you do no wrong if you go for the Weirauch HW 45. 

 

[gtavares]

Thanks for the help ! I read The review by Tom yesterday and I am almost convinced. lol

 

[rich177]

I suggest that you wait for a few more comments before you jump on an HW45. They are a reasonably powerful, well made, and accurate pistol however it is a spring piston affair. It is an effort to cock and has considerable recoil. A single stroke pneumatic or pcp has less recoil and is easier to cock. My silhouette pistols are a P-3, an IZH, and a Crosman 1701.

 

[gtavares]

I have plenty of time, it will take about five months to the pistol arrive at The local store in Brazil. I looked at the Crosman 1701 but because airgun market in Brazil is so restricted it will be so freaking expensivento import it.

​But I sure want more opinions !

 

[mark404]

FWB P65 or P80 are both spring piston guns but they have a slide to absorb recoil, they are both target pistol's and are still used.
I sold my P80 about 3 years ago and started regretting it about a week later. I have a FWB P34 and a Steyr LP10E but I miss my P80 
Parts are still available for them at Amazon and Pyramyd Air

 

[gtavares]

Any other opinions ?!

 

[Rchr]

I have only seen it online and it looks nice and the price is not bad. FAS Chiappa 6004. Single stroke pneumatic pistol.

 

[binfordw]

I got to shoot an HW45 recently, I'd say it justifies its price tag without a doubt. However, it does pack quite a punch for a spring pistol. Its got a bit of recoil, and isn't super easy to cock- although its not bad.

At close ranges and just for target/plinking, you might be happier with a target pistol /ssp.

 

[VETTNUT]

For the money and silhouette or just plinking, have you took a serious look at the Daisy 747? Very accurate-- around $200--
Just my $.02

 

[Dhc8guru]

CP-1M gets my vote. Hard to beat for $140 and its multi-shot. Downside for some is that it is CO2.

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