It's a Beeman R7 and it's in .20, not most shooters prefered .177. The story, pics and targets shot with that rifle are here: https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=174558.0Other half of the back story on that rifle was that I had fairly major right shoulder surgery (yep, I normally shoot right handed) at the end of February 2020 to fix what turned out to be a totally torn bicep, totally torn tendon, totally torn ligament, torn cartilege in the socket and have burrs shaved off both sides of my collar bone, so all the shooting I managed with that rifle was with my off arm and only one armed since I could barely reach my shooting table with my right hand to even grab and load a pellet. I'm still shooting lefty 10 months later since I have other issues with that shoulder that didn't show up until I started therapy.Don't dismiss the HW30/R7 platform regardless of caliber you choose. They're excellent rifles and I guarantee helped a lot in the target pics you see. Even if you get the 97, grab an HW30 or R7 some day.
Also NCG. I don’t post here too often and go through periods when I don’t post at all. That said I have read this site for years and woman......YOU CAN SHOOT!! Full stop. . I’d have love to have seen some of your powder burning shooting. You remind of those days I am feeling rather smug about my shooting at a range and then get smoked by somebody else and I go home feeling like I am happy I know the pointy end faces the target.
Quote from: SteveP-52 on May 02, 2021, 09:22:13 PMIt's a Beeman R7 and it's in .20, not most shooters prefered .177. The story, pics and targets shot with that rifle are here: https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=174558.0Other half of the back story on that rifle was that I had fairly major right shoulder surgery (yep, I normally shoot right handed) at the end of February 2020 to fix what turned out to be a totally torn bicep, totally torn tendon, totally torn ligament, torn cartilege in the socket and have burrs shaved off both sides of my collar bone, so all the shooting I managed with that rifle was with my off arm and only one armed since I could barely reach my shooting table with my right hand to even grab and load a pellet. I'm still shooting lefty 10 months later since I have other issues with that shoulder that didn't show up until I started therapy.Don't dismiss the HW30/R7 platform regardless of caliber you choose. They're excellent rifles and I guarantee helped a lot in the target pics you see. Even if you get the 97, grab an HW30 or R7 some day.Don't despair! The 1936 Olympic pistol shootrng Gold medal winner was a Hungarian who shot right handed. In WW2 he lost his right hand. At the 1948 Oympics he finished 2 or 3 rd shooting left handed. Quite a skill to be able to shoot from both sides. -Y
Years ago I had a AA TX200HC. I enjoy the HW50S more than my old TX.Disclaimer - I don't shoot from a table.
Not making light of physical injury and ailments, as I've been there myself, I do have other questions regarding Weihrauch springers.Should one consider budgeting for a spring (tune) kit for the gun, which ever it may be, right off the bat? My expirence with springers varies a bit. I know with the Hatsan springers I've owned, they were over sprung with a way undersized spring guide. One model I couldn't shoot more than a couple times as the "Twang" was so bad it would literally give me a migraine. On the other hand, the Diana's were better, with minimal Twang, that improved with time or a spring that fit just a bit more snug on the guide. Not to compare a monster magnum with fine German engineering So basically how twangy should I expect a Weihrauch to be? I don't mind a bit of twang, but see all the recommendations to have them tuned. Is it just to smooth them out, or are they in (dire) need of a better fitting spring/guide combination? As a side note, I realized I mixed up the R7 and R9 earlier. Just so many models out there
The Beeman R- series gets me mixed up. I previously said "HW95/R7", should have been HW95/R9, I believe. Just correcting myself. (Still learning )
Zack, I'm very much in the minority, here, as far as the tuning thing. I haven't tuned any of my springers. I just shoot them, as is, right out of the box other than a trigger adjustment. I do the keep shooting thing and let the guns smooth out as I go. HWs do smooth up, very nicely, and most of them get more accurate after a few tins of pellets, but some have been fabulously accurate, right out of the box. My guns haven't fallen apart for lack of being tuned and I've never had any interest in buying a gun with the intention of sending it off to make it shoot "better". Again, I have nothing against tuning, nor am I advocating my way is the best. Just a point of information for you. The only thing I'll add is that I am not at all recoil sensitive and twangy doesn't bother me in the least.
Zack, I'm very much in the minority, here, as far as the tuning thing. I haven't tuned any of my springers. I just shoot them, as is, right out of the box other than a trigger adjustment. I do the keep shooting thing and let the guns smooth out as I go. HWs do smooth up, very nicely, and most of them get more accurate after a few tins of pellets, but some have been fabulously accurate, right out of the box. My guns haven't fallen apart for lack of being tuned and I've never had one fail. Besides, I never buy a gun with the intention of sending it off to make it shoot "better". If I had to do that with all our springers, I would have stopped shooting springers long ago. Again, I have nothing against tuning, nor am I advocating my way is the best. Just a point of information for you. The only thing I'll add is that I am not at all recoil sensitive and twangy doesn't bother me in the least. if those things bothered me, I wouldn't be shooting springers.
Quote from: North Country Gal on May 04, 2021, 12:05:38 PMZack, I'm very much in the minority, here, as far as the tuning thing. I haven't tuned any of my springers. I just shoot them, as is, right out of the box other than a trigger adjustment. I do the keep shooting thing and let the guns smooth out as I go. HWs do smooth up, very nicely, and most of them get more accurate after a few tins of pellets, but some have been fabulously accurate, right out of the box. My guns haven't fallen apart for lack of being tuned and I've never had one fail. Besides, I never buy a gun with the intention of sending it off to make it shoot "better". If I had to do that with all our springers, I would have stopped shooting springers long ago. Again, I have nothing against tuning, nor am I advocating my way is the best. Just a point of information for you. The only thing I'll add is that I am not at all recoil sensitive and twangy doesn't bother me in the least. if those things bothered me, I wouldn't be shooting springers. +1I'm a newcomer to the Weihrauch world and I would find myself in Joanie's camp on the tuning thing. Out of the box, my 95 was such a huge improvement over what I had before that I didn't think it really needed anything more. However, I have never experienced a tuned Weihrauch so I have nothing to compare to. I do not yet know how good this thing might be if tuned. As for my HW95L, it is settling down now at around 1500 pellets shot through it since early March. The twang never bothered me too much but it was never bad to start with and I found the process to get here a good learning experience. Now I must also confess that I have ordered an ARH kit recently, more to have parts on hand than anything else. Eventually, either the OEM parts will fail or I'll get the itch (I'm cursed as an engineer that way) to see what could be done by opening it up. When that time comes, I will be relying on the advice/wisdom of the forum veterans posting here. A priceless reservoir of collective knowledge.
+1I'm a newcomer to the Weihrauch world and I would find myself in Joanie's camp on the tuning thing. Out of the box, my 95 was such a huge improvement over what I had before that I didn't think it really needed anything more. However, I have never experienced a tuned Weihrauch so I have nothing to compare to. I do not yet know how good this thing might be if tuned.
I bought a new HW50S a little over a month ago and have since put about a tin and a half of pellets through it. The accuracy and trigger pull on it are amazing and the shot cycle is good with the exception of a slight twang. I've been spoiled by a Paul Watts tuned R7 and a TX200 that I installed a V-Mach kit in. The R7 and TX200 have zero twang, just a dull thud when the trigger is pulled.I could live with the twang if I had to, but with everything I've heard about the Vortek kits I decided to order one and give it a try. As great as the 50S is, I'm thinking the Vortek kit will just make it that much better.