Beeman?

[Hoosier Daddy]

From experience it is not uncommon industry for a supplier to have two or more levels of quality stands for different makes of the same product.
Honda - Acura
Toyota - Infinity
Ford - Mercury - Lincoln

The same part may go on either vehicle but the higher end get the better parts out of the run.

[TwiceHorn]

Well, interesting.  I had not seen "current" accounts of the Beeman-branded rifles being any different in quality/finish than standard Weihrauch.

I will say this, both I and another forumner have purchased 97s from Krale (16J/12fpe models) within the last 18 months or so, and later sent them off to tuners.  Neither tuner could find much wrong with either one and neither tuner recommended changing much (other guy got a delrin spring guide, just because, I got krytox).  Long story short, recent Weirauch quality seems pretty good.

Thanks for all the input on what I assumed was a stale topic!

[garczar6]

I like these threads. If folks like us don't stay alert to what the co's are doing who will? Constantly monitoring quality and making results known to a wider audience is what we do. So far it seems that HW is still dedicated to making high quality products.