Quick question ..

[Footloose]

Leave it cocked forever if you want, it will be fine. Tom Gaylord tested and debunked that a long time ago. If the spring breaks it will be because of the loose spring guide when being fired. I have seen several HW97 stock springs fail in the first few months. Motorhead tuned mine when it was new, made a well fitted spring guide for it. It still has the stock spring years later.

13 ft lbs is normal for a full power HW97 or 95 the last few years.

OOOOH good to know I was still under the impression you shouldn't leave your springer cocked...

 

[Deerstalker]

My HW98 arrived today from Krale ,unboxed It and the gun looks great I went to clean the barrel and noticed the gun was cocked WTF but not loaded so now im thinking It must have been cocked at the factory as Krale don't check or test fire the guns before they ship them out , so my other thought was how long has the gun been cocked as we all know springers should not stay cocked for any length of time , anyway I cronyd the gun and Its shooting around 840 fps using H&N 8.64g which docent seem to shabby ( does that sound about right ? ) 1/4" group at 45yrd . So I guess It being cocked all that time hasn't effected It any .
So all In all Im happy with the gun .

Thanks to all you guys that recommended It .

Outstanding shooting as 1 MOA at 45 yards = .47" C to C. Your new rifle is shooting at 13.45 FPE which may increase some after the break-in period. Congratulations on a great choice. FYI my HW95 was purchased from AoA and they shot the rifle after receiving it from Weihrauch and sent the results with the rifle.