AusVarmint

After spending a bit of time on the weekend with a hatsan striker I bought second hand for some cheap, open-sight toad dispatching, I really noticed how much my HW80 weighs when I grabbed it this week. Tonight I put it on the scales and it came in at 5.1kg or 11.24 pounds. So it's not just me, there's some truth to the stories of the 80 being a bit in the heavy side.

It's fitted with a pretty light hawke varmint scope, torch and a suede sling.

What do your HW97s etc weigh in at?

My beeman R9 (HW95) feels significantly lighter and it has a pretty large simmons scope on it.

My 95, heavily scoped & with extra weight weighs around 10.5 pounds from memory.

It does make me wonder what the true heavyweights like the Webley Patriot would add up to with scope etc. That said, I think the HW80 breech block alone must weigh at least 500g.

Well, guess I'll inadvertently be doing some resistance training this weekend. It takes work to maintain this dad-bod after all.

Here it is in all it's heaviness.

mattw975 wrote:My 95, heavily scoped & with extra weight weighs around 10.5 pounds from memory.

What caliber is yours in Matt? Mine is in .20 and I must say that calibre really delivers.

The HW80 is in .25 which I do love for many reasons (easy to handle pellets, really lays the smackdown) but I also have a .22 barrel. Thinking I might swap it out at some stage for a bit flatter trajectory. At present getting ~675 FPS with 20 gn H&N FTT, which is respectable... but you need to be a bit cognisant of trajectory.

Picking up a .177 Sharp Innova tomorrow for something different.

SteveR wrote:

mattw975 wrote:My 95, heavily scoped & with extra weight weighs around 10.5 pounds from memory.

What caliber is yours in Matt? Mine is in .20 and I must say that calibre really delivers.

The HW80 is in .25 which I do love for many reasons (easy to handle pellets, really lays the smackdown) but I also have a .22 barrel. Thinking I might swap it out at some stage for a bit flatter trajectory. At present getting ~675 FPS with 20 gn H&N FTT, which is respectable... but you need to be a bit cognisant of trajectory.

Picking up a .177 Sharp Innova tomorrow for something different.

I used to have a 177 Sharp Innova - man did that thing have some grunt with the Pemethius Pellet, it used to go through both sides of a 44 gal drum and was amazingly accurate with open sights.

Steve,

My 95 is in .177 & is self tuned with the piston running on synthetic bearings at 11.8 fpe. With such low internal friction it has a pretty week spring.

I can literally cock the thing with one finger & it is as accurate a rifle as I could hope for.

Matt

mattw975 wrote:Steve,

My 95 is in .177 & is self tuned with the piston running on synthetic bearings at 11.8 fpe. With such low internal friction it has a pretty week spring.

I can literally cock the thing with one finger & it is as accurate a rifle as I could hope for.

Matt

I wouldn't bother with DIY tuning if I were you, try a v-matt tune instead. I know a guy who can sort you out.

Innova seems to work, it's quite a difference from using a springer - . Doesn't seem to hold air over long periods of time (i.e. I just had a rat lined up and there was no air left when it was go time ), but has been good for plinking over the weekend. Time for a new set of seals I guess. I can imagine that the sharp ace was a great deal, adding all-steel durability to the pneumatic rifle.

My HW95 now weighs 11.5 + lbs