Jeff, just curious. Are you interested in the 57 because it's safer to load than under levers with open breaches for loading.
Bottom line yes. For me and my grandson who is developing a real interest.
Are you getting the tuned gun from the UK?
Quote from: Bayman on August 10, 2022, 01:12:26 AMAre you getting the tuned gun from the UK?No, from Hull Family Guns up in Conn. Tuner is Jan Kranner
Quote from: lefteyeshot on August 09, 2022, 09:33:43 AMJeff, just curious. Are you interested in the 57 because it's safer to load than under levers with open breaches for loading.Quote from: jkingrph on August 09, 2022, 10:26:18 AMBottom line yes. For me and my grandson who is developing a real interest. Hey Jeff,If you are buying a Weihrauch for you and your Grandson, just get a HW30 or HW50 .... I don' t understand the problem .Simpler, proven accuracy, easier to use ............ why is there a question in your mind .
If safe loading is important, and you don't mind buying used, you could consider a classic underlever or sidelever rifle with a rotating loading tap. Webley Mk 3, Osprey, Viscount, or Tracker (the latter aka Barnett Spitfire); BSA Airsporter; Diana 50. Absolutely the safest system ever devised.
The only totally amputated finger from an air rifle I've heard of was caused by a break barrel.
Quote from: SpiralGroove on August 10, 2022, 09:02:16 AMQuote from: lefteyeshot on August 09, 2022, 09:33:43 AMJeff, just curious. Are you interested in the 57 because it's safer to load than under levers with open breaches for loading.Quote from: jkingrph on August 09, 2022, 10:26:18 AMBottom line yes. For me and my grandson who is developing a real interest. Hey Jeff,If you are buying a Weihrauch for you and your Grandson, just get a HW30 or HW50 .... I don' t understand the problem .Simpler, proven accuracy, easier to use ............ why is there a question in your mind .No question, I have researched and read all reviews, Most of the negatives did not give real reasons, same for positives although those folks seem to like them. I can see the possibility/probability of accuracy issues as the loading "block" is much like the cylinder on a revolver, just one chamber though. so the pellet has to exit it and enter the breech end of the barrel. Specs show a light rifle, and combined with a lightweight scope or possibly a receiver sight should be a good walking around rifle. I'm not going for target accuracy with this one but a good plinking rifle. I have a couple of other under levers and find that I fumble quite a bit getting a pellet seated in the barrel through the breech port.
Quote from: lefteyeshot on August 10, 2022, 10:02:15 AMThe only totally amputated finger from an air rifle I've heard of was caused by a break barrel. Probably the Middle Finger ............ That one should be used sparingly anyway .
I have a hard time thinking that Weihrauch would manufacture and continue to build a known lemon. Crow
Mike,The absolute loading safety of the rotating loading port is a beautiful feature of the taploader guns, from the 1904 Lincoln Jeffries on. But there is a reason the tap loading system was abolished from airguns long ago. Their alignment and sealing issues, and the neccessary pellet-hopping they introduce, are potentially destructive to accuracy and power, as myriad British guns of this design (the Tracker included) attest.
That an under lever is more accurate than a break barrel because a break barrel's barrel is disconnected from the action is forum rhetoric.