What's your latest springer and why?

Roffe93 said:

Appreciate the insight thank you, it's the one thats stayed in the basket whilst still researching, if a pre tuned comes up im ripping arms off sure will end up with 1 by the end of month and probably a kral np02 aswell.

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om606 said:

I was tempted to get a NP02 or puncher K or rexymex lyra one of em in .25 6.35mm but nah! just stick with my old AT44 ( I rebarreled ) .177 and AA S400.22 no interest in PCPs beond these if i am honest. big presures kind of scare me a bit ill stay springers re air guns for the most part.

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Roffe93 said:

I'm in a very similar boat not sure if I want to fully invest in the equipment or have to go to the range or a shop for a fill, haven't found a range near me just yet as I work nights so would be something I can go to through the day, no chance I'm pumping and don't fancy having pressurised air cannisters stored in the house. 97kt 0.177 seems to be the dream girl.

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Roffe93 said:

I think i should just buy the 97kt have some fun, watch a thousand more hours on YouTube and buy whatever else my heart desires the month after, lust is a fickle bitch

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chouchin66 said:

A well set up springer is a bringer of much joy...time spent behind the trigger, in lieu of You Tube time, is time much better spent ..

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om606 said:

The thing is this take any HW springer, from the hw30 to the HW80 and yes ill encapsulate the air spring LOL! HW90 too. They are all good every last one of them and yes even the bad lad HW57.
Each cal is a different gun yet still the same model. i got three hw97s .22 .20 and .177. extensive use of .22 and .177 hw30s
The same but not the same in actual use.
The 30 is incredible its light compact capable accurate and affordable, its interesting to use it to long 45 yard ranges its very surprising and its like you need to be humane on things with a pulse but targets where is the crime in pushing the envelope are there better heavier springers with that bit more power more capable at 45 yards and some, ? Of course but the HW30 is fun in the way it manages so well when its so clearly out of its comfort zone.
The HW35, its the forever it seems classic springer quirky barrel latch period quality still there new today with consistency you can not fail to be impressed by.
The HW99s the do all break barrel with its middle weight charm only overshadowed by its tad fatter bigger brother the HW95 but never out classed.
The HW95 itself and the HW98 version the break barrel upper middleweight kings of the HW Range beloved of the break barrel fans everywhere.
The HW Underlevers the Super lightweight HW57 lightweight barrel profile and lever with compact lightweight sporter stock and safe dependable easy loading pop up breach the experts gun the die hard hunter who walks about a lot respects and enjoys the handling and power in the lightweight capable package.
The HW97/ 77 range be it iron sights or scope sight use they have it all covered a range of stocks various models and with renown performance its got unmatched performance in its class hunting or competition its remarkable.
The HW80 ... the king of the springer break barrels in the HW range it dose everything well fails at nothing, and the Ram HW90 the gas ram version of the hw80 for those who chose the GRT Darkside.
HW ? They do everything very well indeed and at reasonable money.

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om606 said:

The thing is this take any HW springer, from the hw30 to the HW80 and yes ill encapsulate the air spring LOL! HW90 too. They are all good every last one of them and yes even the bad lad HW57.
Each cal is a different gun yet still the same model. i got three hw97s .22 .20 and .177. extensive use of .22 and .177 hw30s
The same but not the same in actual use.
The 30 is incredible its light compact capable accurate and affordable, its interesting to use it to long 45 yard ranges its very surprising and its like you need to be humane on things with a pulse but targets where is the crime in pushing the envelope are there better heavier springers with that bit more power more capable at 45 yards and some, ? Of course but the HW30 is fun in the way it manages so well when its so clearly out of its comfort zone.
The HW35, its the forever it seems classic springer quirky barrel latch period quality still there new today with consistency you can not fail to be impressed by.
The HW99s the do all break barrel with its middle weight charm only overshadowed by its tad fatter bigger brother the HW95 but never out classed.
The HW95 itself and the HW98 version the break barrel upper middleweight kings of the HW Range beloved of the break barrel fans everywhere.
The HW Underlevers the Super lightweight HW57 lightweight barrel profile and lever with compact lightweight sporter stock and safe dependable easy loading pop up breach the experts gun the die hard hunter who walks about a lot respects and enjoys the handling and power in the lightweight capable package.
The HW97/ 77 range be it iron sights or scope sight use they have it all covered a range of stocks various models and with renown performance its got unmatched performance in its class hunting or competition its remarkable.
The HW80 ... the king of the springer break barrels in the HW range it dose everything well fails at nothing, and the Ram HW90 the gas ram version of the hw80 for those who chose the GRT Darkside.
HW ? They do everything very well indeed and at reasonable money.

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Mark E Smith said:

Said it better than Hull Cartridge ever could !

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Vangard said:

I have a HW97k in .22 and instead of going down the route of short stroking and piston lightening.
I swapped the 26mm internals for 25mm don’t sound much but it makes one hell of a difference.
And it seems to me that the lock time is quicker.

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bootneckbob said:

Ok, full disclosure, I picked up a new (to me) springer yesterday, but I'm still away from home in a hotel and wasting time in my room. I know I could be making better use of my time!

Anyway, here's my latest, HW35e. I bought it off Loopy on here and it is as described; absolutely mint and unused. It has litterally been held in time from 1991. I'm using one of his sales pics as the lighting is terrible in my room and I think it deserves a good picture. What he didn't include in his picture is the mint test card, manual and HW label re attached to the trigger guard (as per shop condition).

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Now the why. As if the looks and condition were not enough, the reason for the HW35 is that my friends older brothers (back when I was 13) had one. I distinctly remember the catch on the breech. His other brother had the BSA Mercury Challenger; this would be the model I would later get for my 14th birthday. I remember me and my mate sneeking in to their room and looking at those two rifles, whilst at the time all I had was the GAT gun. Don't get me wrong, back then I thought the GAT was amazing too. But those rifles were proper airguns! I must confess I've resisted the urge to go full nostalgia and buy another GAT. I still tell myself it's not a real a airgun!

I have a fantastic used BSA Mercury Challenger in my collection now, it's not my original, but to be fair, I wouldn't have kept my box or the bits like this one so in some respects this one is better.

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The first picture on my laptop I found of it just happened to be with a HW45 I got last year (also a airgun from back when I was 14). Unlike these two which I shot loads back then, and still do now; the HW35 is one I never shot back then or still to this day. I have some lovely springers in my collection, all of which I regulary use, and my intent was to add this HW35e to the collection as hopefully a top quality open sights back garden plinker, and given what I know about HWs now, especially the trigger, I'm thinking shooting this against my BSA will be night and day difference, and yet both were around at the same time. I know the Challenger was the rifle I wanted back then regardless of which might have actually been better!

So, to this day, I still have never shot a HW35. I'm not sure if seeing Loopy's picture of his HW35e for sale was a combination of a desire to shoot something I didn't back then; or just because I'm shallow and a sucker for good looks .

After handling the rifle in my hotel room tonight (and smelling it) I too am feeling like Loopy and thinking after all this time it seems a shame to actually use it. I won't get a chance to actually shoot it until Friday at the earliest. Knowing me, I'm not a collecter, I'm an enthusiast, I'll ruin what has been a rifle held in a time bubble. It really looks and smells like it's just left the factory. That said, everytime I shoot my rifles they get wiped down and handled with care so aside some very light use, it won't change too much.

So, what is your latest springer and why?

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om606 said:

Love the Vulcans have one i got from a close friend in .177 a decade or more. its in the early 11s and i mostly shoot hobbys through it or ftts .

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theskipper said:

This is a 22 and I put these cheap as chips jobs through it and they seem quite good not as good as the wasps but they are half the money - I don't know much at all about pellets , I don't know much about any of this to be fair

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om606 said:

If Cheap works then it works i use milbro caledonians in lots of my guns they are cheap, and the smk spitfires cheap or not work well a big improvement from the early ones.

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